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GeoTalk: Anastasia Tezari – understanding space weather

December 4, 2015
GeoTalk: Anastasia Tezari – understanding space weather
Meet Anastasia! (Credit: Anastasia Tezari)

Weather – it dictates the clothes we wear, is engrained in our culture, shapes our seasons and plays an important role in our daily lives. Not only that, its long term forecast and understanding of its variability, is the focus of much research as it holds one of the keys to understanding the Earth’s past and future. Earthly weather has an altogether less familiar, but not less fascinating a ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: An expert discussion on ozone – working at the science-policy interface

December 2, 2015
GeoPolicy: An expert discussion on ozone – working at the science-policy interface
'Light up the city' Photo credit: Özge Can. Sourced from 'imageo.egu.eu'

Erika von Schneidemesser is our first guest blogger for the newly established EGUPolicy column. Erika is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies based in Potsdam, Germany. Her post gives an insight into working at the science-policy interface by describing a recent project she has been involved in. As scientists and researchers we are increasingly being asked to c ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Giants Causeway

November 30, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: Giants Causeway
Giants Causeway. Credit: Bernhard Aichner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Since its discovery back in the late 1600s the origin of the spectacular polygonal columns of the Giants Causeway, located on a headland along the northern coast of Ireland, has been heavily debated. Early theories for its origin ranged from being sculpted by men with picks and chisels, to the action of giants, through to the force of nature. It wasn’t until 1771 that Demarest, a Frenchman, sugges ...[Read More]