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Challenging challenges in Earth science research at the EGU General Assembly!

June 5, 2019
Challenging challenges in Earth science research at the EGU General Assembly!
At the short course 'Crowd-solving Problems in Earth Sciences' during the EGU General Assembly 2019, scientists came together to both network and brainstorm solutions to some of the challenges that fellow researchers face.

At the EGU General Assembly 2019 last month, if you walked through the dark basement and the most distant hallways of the convention centre,  into room -2.62 on Wednesday evening, you may have heard people introducing themselves followed by the words “… and I have a problem.” This may have sounded like a support group. In fact, if you had entered the room it would have been clear that you had just ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Sand and snow on the Tibetan Plateau

June 3, 2019
Imaggeo on Mondays: Sand and snow on the Tibetan Plateau
Snow & Sand in Harmony. Credit: Monica Cardarilli (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

Roughly 50 million years ago, the Eurasian and Indian continental plates began to crash into each other, dramatically changing the landscape of modern-day Asia. The force of the collision caused the Earth to scrunch together at the zone of impact, subsequently forming the Himalayan mountain range. However, to the north of the crash, a stretch of the Earth uplifted without bunching up or wrinkling; ...[Read More]