GeoLog

GeoLog

Portuguese wines at risk due to climate change?

Today’s guest post comes from Eline Vanuytrecht from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at KU Leuven, Belgium. New study explores the impact of climatic change on the suitability of agricultural land in Portugal for wine growing Wine is big business in Portugal. Viticulture or wine growing and the production of wine represent an important economic activity of the national agr ...[Read More]

Wednesday at the 2012 General Assembly

Welcome to the third  and middle day of the 2012 General Assembly! There are yet again plenty of events open to all Union members today, some of them highlighted below. Be sure to complement this information with EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly, available both in paper and for download here. Today features the first of two Great Debates, where big contemporary issues releva ...[Read More]

On the Ground at GA2012: Water, water everywhere… including under the ice

Fresh from leading a team of UK geophysicists on a two-week campaign of seismic investigations in northern Sweden, Dr Adam Booth of Swansea University reports to us from the halls of the 2012 General Assembly in Vienna. Hi, from a very sunny Vienna!   It’s my first day at the EGU General Assembly, and the whole city is under bright sunshine and blue skies.  Over the next few days, I’ll be blogging ...[Read More]

The EGU Booth: new location!

This year, the EGU Booth at the General Assembly has moved: you’ll find it in Hall X (basement, Blue Level). The booth is the place to come if you’d like to meet members of EGU boards (Meet EGU), discover EGU open-access journals and find out more about EGU outreach activities, sign up for the EGU Women in Geosciences Mentoring Programme, learn how to connect with us on social media, a ...[Read More]