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Imaggeo on Mondays: The invaluable role of soil dwellers

October 3, 2016
Imaggeo on Mondays: The invaluable role of soil dwellers
Find a new way . Credit: Alice Dohnalkova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

That soils are vital to secure our future supplies of water, food, as well as aiding adaptation to climate change and sustaining the planet’s biosphere is a subject we’ve featured on the blog as recently as the summer. That’s because never have humans been more out of touch with the vital importance of this natural resource. Inhabiting among soil particles thrives an even less familiar, but equall ...[Read More]

This calls for a celebration: GeoLog’s 1000 post!

September 30, 2016
This calls for a celebration: GeoLog’s 1000 post!

As far as blogging milestones go, today is pretty special. This is GeoLog’s 1000 post! Since the EGU’s official blog launched back in March 2010 (that’s right, there’s over 6 years of back catalogue for you to enjoy!), we’ve shared posts about research spanning almost every discipline in the Earth sciences; highlighted member’s adventures in the field and showcased the work of outstanding early ca ...[Read More]

Stop the press!: How to pitch your research to a journalist or editor

September 28, 2016
Stop the press!: How to pitch your research to a journalist or editor
If you think your work features a story worth telling, it might be time to dare and pitch it to a journalist or editor . Credit: Jon S (distributed via flickr)

Why does some research make it into the main stream media, while so many stories languish in the expanse between the lab bench and research papers? The answer isn’t straightforward. A variety of factors come into play: is the research newsworthy; is it timely; does it represent a ground-breaking discovery; or is it of human and societal interest? Newsworthiness isn’t the be all and end all. Someti ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: the rocks that look like Swiss cheese

September 26, 2016
Imaggeo on Mondays: the rocks that look like Swiss cheese
Sardinian coastal scenery . Credit: Michael Grund (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Over the course of centuries and millennia, the force of winds, seas, ice and rains, sculpt rock formations around the globe. From the world-famous glacier carved landscapes of Yosemite National Park, to the freeze-thawed hoodoos at Bryce National Park, through to the wind battered stone pillars of South China Karst, boundless geological formations have been transformed by the power of erosion and ...[Read More]