GeoLog

Last chance to enter the EGU Photo Contest 2018!

Olivia Trani February 13, 2018

A selection of the best photographs uploaded to imaggeo in 2015, as voted for by our Facebook followers.

If you are pre-registered for the 2018 General Assembly (Vienna, 8 -13 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! But hurry, there are only a few days left to enter! Every year we hold a photo competition and exhibit in association with our open access image repository, Imaggeo, and our annual General Assembly. Th ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Tasman Lake Down Under

Martina Ulvrova February 12, 2018

Tasman Glacier Down Under. Credit: Martina Ulvrova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

The Tasman Glacier Terminal Lake, seen in this photograph, lies in the Aoraki Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand’s south island. The photographer, Martina Ulvrova, stated she “finally got to see the largest glacier in New Zealand after several days of heavy rain, during which the landscape was bathing in mist”. The Tasman Glacier is 23 km long and is surrounded by a terminal proglacial lake w ...[Read More]

Geosciences Column: How fast are Greenland’s glaciers melting into the sea?

Jon Fuhrmann February 9, 2018

The Greenland ice sheet is undergoing rapid change, and nowhere more so than at its margins, where large outlet glaciers reach sea level. Because these glaciers are fed by very large reservoirs of ice, they don’t just flow to the coast, but can extend many kilometres out into the ocean. Here, the ice – being lighter than water – will float, but remain connected to the ice on the mainland. This phe ...[Read More]

Migrating scientists

Robert Emberson February 7, 2018

What impact does migrating for science have on the lives of researchers? Credit: Nubia Navarro (nubikini) (distributed via Pexels).

Scientific research is no doubt enriched by interdisciplinarity and collaborations which cross borders. This, combined with the scarcity of academic positions and the need to further ones horizons by experiencing varied research environments, leads many scientists to relocate (if only on a short term basis) to a country which is not their own. In today’s post, freelance science writer Rober ...[Read More]