GeoLog

Imaggeo On Monday: Condensation drop on sulphur

Hazel Gibson September 7, 2020

Condensation drop on Sulphur. Credit: Ulrich Kueppers (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Mineralogy, as a subject, often has a hard time. Despite it’s place at the core of the traditional geological sciences, and its importance in a huge variety of other subjects, mineralogy sometimes has a reputation of being complicated and inaccessible and, well, some people have even called it boring. This is also related to the way that minerals are often hugely misunderstood by non-geoscie ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: A window into a career in Science Policy, as EGU’s first Policy Intern.

Ned Staniland September 4, 2020

Photo Credit: Ned Staniland

My name is Ned Staniland and I am a third year PhD student in space physics at Imperial College London. I study the magnetic field of Saturn using data from the Cassini-Huygens mission that was launched in 1997. In July 2020, I was lucky enough to be EGU’s first intern where I worked in their policy and communications team. Finding an Internship Since the beginning of my PhD, I have kept an eye ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: The kidneys of the Planet

Elisa Palazzi August 31, 2020

The kidneys of the Planet. Credit: Elisa Palazzi (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In the past, humans considered wetlands as morbid environments where it was difficult, if not impossible, to live. Wetlands, instead, are vital to the health of wildlife and humans, as the Ramsar convention stated in 1971. Wetlands regulate the water flow, buffering droughts as well as floods, and also contribute to the provision of clean water. In addition to water flow regulations and to the pro ...[Read More]

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during August!

Hazel Gibson August 31, 2020

Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we will be putting the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights roundup. For August, the Divisions we are featuring are: Biogeosciences (BG) and Soil System Sciences (SSS). They are served by the journals: Biogeosciences (BG), SOIL, Advances in Geosciences (ADGEO), Earth Surface ...[Read More]