climate change

GeoPolicy: My experience with the EGU’s science-policy pairing scheme

Solmaz Mohadjer January 28, 2020

Solmaz Mohadjer and MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri

“Thanks for coming, but no time for celebratory drinks,” I told my colleagues. I arrived in Brussels right after defending my doctoral thesis to brief the Finnish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Miapetra Kumpula-Natri and her team about the impact of sea-level rise and climate change on the coastal communities of the Baltic Sea. Climate science? Baltic Sea? EU Parliament? I was soon bombar ...[Read More]

The Carbon Potential of Peat

Hazel Gibson January 10, 2020

Northern carbon sink. Credit: Mélina Guêné-Nanchen (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

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]

September GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from around the web

Olivia Trani October 2, 2019

The retreating Pilatte Glacier located in the massif des Ecrins in the French Alps. A new IPCC report details how such cryospheric environments will fare in the future as our climate changes. Credit: Alexis Merlaud (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

Drawing inspiration from popular stories on our social media channels, major geoscience headlines, as well as unique and quirky research, this monthly column aims to bring you the latest Earth and planetary science news from around the web. Major stories Latest IPCC report puts the oceans and cryosphere in focus Last month the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releas ...[Read More]

July GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from around the web

Olivia Trani August 3, 2019

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, is photographed on the Moon by the Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment during the Apollo 11 mission. 20 July 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the Moon. Credit: NASA

Drawing inspiration from popular stories on our social media channels, major geoscience headlines, as well as unique and quirky research, this monthly column aims to bring you the latest Earth and planetary science news from around the web. Major story The world soaks up the sun This summer our planet experienced the hottest June in recorded history, with the average global temperature reaching 16 ...[Read More]