GeoLog

Trans masculinities, embodied geographies and the River Neath

CJ Wagstaff June 25, 2025

Picture taken by the author

How do our environments shape who we are? How do we shape them? Most people have a place (or places) that they know or love so deeply it feels inextricable from themselves. A place they keep coming back to over time, maybe even after years of resisting it. For me, it’s the River Neath in South Wales, which rises on the slopes of Fan Gyhirych before winding thirty-one kilometres southeast to the se ...[Read More]

Can seabed mapping help restore our blue planet?

Asmae Ourkiya June 20, 2025

Credit: Josue G Millan (imaggeo.egu.eu)

Some humans are racing to map the moon, Mars, and the stars, yet the very ground beneath our oceans remains largely unknown. What does it say about us, that we can chart the craters of distant planets before we bother to understand the seafloor that feeds us, cools us, and regulates our climate? In an age of climate breakdown, ecological collapse, and blue economy buzzwords, the seabed has become ...[Read More]

Surf’s up and so are marine heatwaves! How AI is forewarning the Mediterranean’s ocean sizzle

Asmae Ourkiya June 18, 2025

Photo taken by Maosheng He in 2016 at of the Mediterranean in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Imagine you’re standing on a rocky Mediterranean shore, early morning sun warming the air, the sea is calm and glassy. But away from sight and beneath that serene surface, there is a silent storm brewing. Marine heatwaves are sweeping across the basin, warming the water in ways that disrupt ecosystems, hit fisheries, and threaten everything from coral reefs to coastal livelihoods. That’s whe ...[Read More]

Queer Quarterly: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion during fieldwork

Pauline Gayrin and Asmae Ourkiya June 13, 2025

Queer Quarterly logo, designed by Lea Pennac

It’s pride month and we are delighted to feature a post on queer inclusion in fieldwork written by members of EGU’s pride group. Queer Quarterly is the blog series of the EGU pride group, an LGBTQIA+ team of geoscientists engaged to uphold and improve the rights of the community at EGU. This quarterly post is based on the EGU Webinar Uneven Ground 2 on improving fieldwork accessibility ...[Read More]