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Imaggeo On Monday: Ice-coated roots at sunset

Katja Laute December 14, 2020

Ice-coated roots at sunset . Credit: Katja Laute (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The coating by the ice and the icicles are created through the interplay of wave action and the simultaneous freezing of the water around the exposed tree roots. The reason for the exposed tree roots is increased bank erosion due to a rather unusual circumstance. The combination of the lake not yet being frozen in early winter, and strong winter storms, make it very easy for the waves to erode the ...[Read More]

Top 5 (Last Minute) Gifts for Geoscientists…!

Hazel Gibson December 11, 2020

So it’s the winter holidays, and you may be looking for some last-minute gifts for the geoscientists in your life. But because it’s 2020, if you haven’t got anything already, you may be getting worried: shipping times are taking longer and longer, and you might not even be able to visit the nearest shopping centre due to a lockdown. If this is you, don’t panic: we’ve got you covered with th ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: European Research Council funding opportunities – Your questions answered!

Chloe Hill December 9, 2020

The European Research Council (ERC) is a leading European funding body supporting frontier research, investigator-driven, across all fields of science.The ERC offers various different funding opportunities with grants budgets of €1.5 to €3.5 million for individual scientists with the sole criterion for selection being scientific excellence. In October, the EGU hosted a webinar that highlighted som ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: A science outpost in midnight sun

Jan-Marcus Nasse December 7, 2020

A science outpost in midnight sun . Credit: Jan-Marcus Nasse (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Photo of the air chemistry observatory of the German Neumayer III Antarctic station during Polar Day 2017. Located in a clean air sector south of the station, the observatory’s main purpose is to record continuous, year-round data records of relevant particulate and gaseous trace components of the troposphere. As one of only few stations located in the very clean troposphere of Antarctica, i ...[Read More]