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Imaggeo On Mondays: Contrasting Colors of Pinnacles and Mountains

February 3, 2020
Imaggeo On Mondays: Contrasting Colors of Pinnacles and Mountains
Contrasting Colors: Pinnacles & Mountains. Credit: Lukas Hörtnagl (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Despite its rugged appearance of sandstone pinnacles and arches, the ecosystem of Arches National Park in Utah, U.S.A. is very fragile. Beyond the normal ‘high desert’ environment, this beautiful landscape is home to microbial communities in the soil called cryptobiotic crusts. These biological soil crusts are very vulnerable to damage and when harmed they can take years to grow back. These barren ...[Read More]

July GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from around the web

August 3, 2019
July GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from around the web
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, is photographed on the Moon by the Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment during the Apollo 11 mission. 20 July 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the Moon. Credit: NASA

Drawing inspiration from popular stories on our social media channels, major geoscience headlines, as well as unique and quirky research, this monthly column aims to bring you the latest Earth and planetary science news from around the web. Major story The world soaks up the sun This summer our planet experienced the hottest June in recorded history, with the average global temperature reaching 16 ...[Read More]

Giving back to the city: First EGU Public Lecture at the General Assembly 2018 in Vienna

June 21, 2018
Giving back to the city: First EGU Public Lecture at the General Assembly 2018 in Vienna
Climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf presenting at the the inaugural EGU Public Lecture. Credit: Robert Manoutschehri

The inaugural EGU Public Lecture, titled ‘After Paris: Are we getting the climate crisis under control?’, took place last April at the 2018 General Assembly in the Natural History Museum of Vienna. In this first public lecture, Stefan Rahmstorf, a climate scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, took the audience on a fascinating journey through the climate system ...[Read More]

October GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from around the web

November 2, 2017

Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open “Following Carbon Dioxide Through the Atmosphere” directly Carbon dioxide plays a significant role in trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere. The gas is released from human activities like burning fossil fuels, and the concentratio ...[Read More]