GeoLog

Imaggeo On Monday: Temple in floodplain

CiJian Yang June 17, 2024

Temple in floodplain. Credit: CiJian Yang (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This year for the EGU24 Photo Competition we had some amazing photos submitted! In case you missed them before the meeting, for the next few weeks we will be featuring all 10 of the shortlisted photos, and our three winners! This week, CiJian Yang’s image ‘Temple in floodplain’. In southwest Taiwan On the plains, rivers meandering, Water for rice fields, livelihoods growin ...[Read More]

Subimal Ghosh wins the 2024 Alexander von Humboldt medal for unlocking Indian monsoon secrets

Avijit Majhi June 12, 2024

Subimal Ghosh shaking EGU's President Peter van der Beek's hand during the awards ceremony at EGU's General Assembly 2024

Last month, on 19 April 2024, Subimal Ghosh from IIT Bombay brought immense pride to India by receiving the Alexander von Humboldt Medal 2024 at the EGU 2024 General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. This prestigious award in Geoscience recognizes Ghosh’s exceptional work in hydrometeorology, climate services, climate education, and the societal impacts of the South Asian Summer Monsoon System. Ghosh i ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Alessandro Silvano, winner of the 2024 Ocean Sciences Division Outstanding ECS Award!

Simon Clark June 11, 2024

Alessandro Silvano

Hello Alessandro. Thank you for joining me for this edition GeoTalk! Could you tell our readers about your background before we dive in? I am an oceanographer based at the University of Southampton (UK). I am interested in polar oceanography and ice-ocean interactions. The focus of my work is to understand the processes that control ocean heat transport toward rapidly-melting Antarctic glaciers. ...[Read More]

Interview with Peter van der Beek, President of EGU

Asmae Ourkiya June 10, 2024

We are excited to introduce Peter van der Beek, the new President of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). To learn more about Peter and his vision for the future of EGU, our Media and Communications Officer conducted an interview with him. In this conversation, Peter shares insights about his background, his journey to becoming EGU President, and his goals for the organization during his term.

Hello Peter, thank you for taking the time to speak with us and welcome to your new role as President of EGU! Can you tell us a little about yourself and what led you to this role? I am a professor of General Geology at the University of Potsdam in Germany. Originally from the Netherlands, I consider myself European. After completing my PhD at the Free University in Amsterdam, I did a postdoc in A ...[Read More]