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Imaggeo on Mondays: Santorini cliffs sculpted by wind and sea

January 20, 2020
Imaggeo on Mondays: Santorini cliffs sculpted by wind and sea
<a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/14489/">The ancient sculpted wall</a>. Credit: Cedric Gillmann (distributed via <a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/">imaggeo.egu.eu</a>)

The cliffs look like a bas-relief sculpted by a tireless artist. Naturally carved by the wind and sea, Vlychada’s white cliffs border its black sands, on the southern shore of Thera (Santorini), Greece. Both are of volcanic origin. The material originates from the Late Bronze Age eruption around 1600 BCE, which also buried the prosperous Akrotiri settlement. This massive Plinian eruption led to th ...[Read More]

Winners of the EGU Best Blog Posts of 2019 Competition

January 17, 2020
Winners of the EGU Best Blog Posts of 2019 Competition
Image modified from Lava glow and space at the Kilauea volcano. Credit: Andreas Johnsson (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

2019 was a brilliant year for our blogging network here at EGU. Across the EGU’s official blog, GeoLog, as well as the network and division blogs there were so many interesting, educational and just downright entertaining posts this year it was hard to get the blog editors to choose their favourites! Nevertheless in December, to celebrate the excellent display of science writing across the network ...[Read More]

EGU Photo Competition 2020: Now open for submissions!

January 15, 2020
EGU Photo Competition 2020: Now open for submissions!
<a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/13769/">Temporary pond within ice fall of Fox Glacier</a>. Credit: Stefan Winkler (distributed via <a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/">imaggeo.egu.eu</a>). The photo is one of the three winners of the EGU Photo Competition 2019!

If you are pre-registered for the 2020 General Assembly (Vienna, 3 – 8 May), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! The tenth annual EGU photo competition opened on 15 January. Up until 15 February, every participant pre-registered for the General Assembly can submit up to three original photos and one moving image on ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Sampling sulfurous sinkhole water

January 13, 2020
Imaggeo on Mondays: Sampling sulfurous sinkhole water
<a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/14771/">Sampling of sulfurous sinkhole water, Ghor Al-Haditha</a>. Credit: Rob Watson (distributed via <a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/">imaggeo.egu.eu</a>).

Sampling of water present in sinkhole formed in superficial salt-rich lacustrine deposits at Ghor Al-Haditha, Dead Sea eastern shore, Jordan, during a field campaign in October 2018. The water in this sinkhole flows into the Dead Sea in a surface stream channel formed in 2012. The water was highly acidic and extremely conductive, with a strong sulfurous odour. Understanding the chemistry of the wa ...[Read More]

The Carbon Potential of Peat

January 10, 2020
The Carbon Potential of Peat
<a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/12044/">Northern carbon sink</a>. Credit: Mélina Guêné-Nanchen (distributed via <a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/">imaggeo.egu.eu</a>).

2020 is being described by many as a tipping point: the year that humanity as a species must take concrete and measurable action to prevent catastrophic climate change. But even if we do manage to slow carbon emissions from 2020 onwards, how would the planet deal with all the carbon dioxide we have produced so far? How much capacity do the planet’s natural carbon sequestration reserves actually ha ...[Read More]

Being a mentor at the General Assembly 2020

January 8, 2020
Being a mentor at the General Assembly 2020
Applications are open for the EGU General Assembly mentoring programme until 31 January! (Credit: Kai Boggild/EGU)

With more than 16,000 participants, 5,000 oral presentations, 9,000 posters and 1,200 PICO presentations, the EGU General Assembly can be an overwhelming experience for any scientist, whether it’s your first time or 10th time attending. However, you can make conference networking a bit easier by signing up for the EGU 2020 Mentoring Programme! This mentoring scheme aims to facilitate new connectio ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: When boulders hitch a ride from glaciers

January 6, 2020
Imaggeo on Mondays: When boulders hitch a ride from glaciers
<a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/14512/">Glacially transported boulders, Glen More</a>. Credit: Ian Watkinson (distributed via <a href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/">imaggeo.egu.eu</a>)

Glen More, on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, is a classic locality for studying glacial landforms and sediments. Here, two prominent ice-transported boulders stand guard at the head of the valley, left behind after the Loch Lomond Readvance (Younger Dryas stade), the final pulse of Quaternary glaciation in Scotland. Behind them in the characteristic U-shaped valley, hummocky morraines are littered wi ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The best of imaggeo in 2019

December 30, 2019
Imaggeo on Mondays: The best of imaggeo in 2019
The best images of 2018, from imaggeo, as chosen by our readers and followers.

Imaggeo, our open access image repository, is packed with beautiful images showcasing the best of the Earth, space and planetary sciences. Throughout the year we use the photographs submitted to the repository to illustrate our social media and blog posts. For the past few years we’ve celebrated the end of the year by rounding-up some of the best Imaggeo images. But it’s no easy task to pick which ...[Read More]