GeoLog

The Early Career Scientists group ‘Jobs and Careers’ is here to help all ECS!

ECS group: Jobs and Careers March 11, 2022

Credit: Antonio Jordán (from imaggeo.egu.eu)

Early Career Scientists (ECS) often face challenges when it comes to finding and pursuing their career path. Science offers a wide variety of options, so building a career in or around science can be quite daunting, with no clear single path to follow. While research is an obvious career choice for ECS, it can be conducted in a variety of different settings; from academic and governmental institut ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Federico Amato, environmental data miner & ECS representative for ESSI Division

Simon Clark March 9, 2022

Hello Federico, thank you for agreeing to talk with us! Could you introduce yourself? Hello Simon, thanks for inviting me for this talk! As you can probably guess from my name, I am Italian. I completed my studies in Italy obtaining a master’s degree in Engineering and a PhD in Innovation and Sustainable Development Engineering. Then, three and a half years ago I moved to Switzerland for a Postdoc ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Effect of acid drainage on soil

Juan Antonio Campos March 7, 2022

Effect of acid drainage on soil. Credit: Juan Antonio Campos (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Acid drainage coming from the gangue piles of a metal sulfide mine. The resilient vegetation consists of isolated patches of Spergularia rubra and Molineriella laevis. Description by Juan Antonio Campos, after the description on imaggeo.egu.eu. Imaggeo is the EGU’s online open access geosciences image repository. All geoscientists (and others) can submit their photographs and videos to this ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: How a professional YouTuber inspired a science-policy debate in Europe

Chloe Hill March 4, 2022

Image credit: Burst in Business

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Joachim Allgaier, Professor for Communication and Digital Society at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences in Germany, about how video platforms such as YouTube support science communication and influence political decisions. This month’s GeoPolicy blog post explores some of the benefits of having an accessible online source of information and ...[Read More]