Dr Adam Booth, now becoming a regular contributor to GeoLog, is about to begin a post-doctoral position at Imperial College, London. This is his final report from the 2012 General Assembly, following articles on subglacial lakes and mountain glacier research more generally. Another year, another conference! This is my final post from the EGU’s General Assembly and, again, I’ve found it a really u ...[Read More]
Are we giants or ants? The future of hydrology discussed at the 2012 General Assembly
Today’s guest post, written during the 2012 General Assembly, comes from Eline Vanuytrecht from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at KU Leuven, Belgium. This is her second post for GeoLog after her insightful piece on climate change and Portuguese wines. Keynote speakers, ‘giants’ in the field of hydrology, were invited to give their opinion on the path that hyd ...[Read More]
Uploading 2012 General Assembly presentations
This year it is once again possible to upload your General Assembly oral presentations and posters for online publication alongside your abstract, giving all participants a chance to revisit your contribution. Files can be in either PowerPoint or PDF format. Note that presentations will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. The upload of your presentation is free of ch ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Traveling resource
An iceberg is formed when large pieces of ice break from snow-formed glaciers or ice shelves and float through the open oceans carried by wind and currents. They range in size and can be as large as over 75 m high and over 200 m wide, an important threat to unknowing ships. To that end, last month marked a century since the Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg, killing over 1,500 passenger ...[Read More]