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“Should I just jump in the lake in my lab coat?” EGU’s Teacher-Scientist Pairing Scheme

“Should I just jump in the lake in my lab coat?” EGU’s Teacher-Scientist Pairing Scheme

This was the moment when our video duet lesson really started to take shape. Yes, we’d already sketched the idea for a lake stratification lesson months earlier when we applied for EGU’s Teacher–Scientist Pairing Scheme, supported by the Education and Outreach committees, but we wanted an opening that would stop students in their tracks. Nothing …[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Ice forming on Chesapeake Bay

Imaggeo on Mondays: Ice forming on Chesapeake Bay

Sandwiched between the U.S states of Mayland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York State, the District of Columbia and Virginia, lies Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in North America. It is of huge ecological importance: “the bay, its rivers, wetlands and forests provide homes, food and protection for countless animals and plants”, says the Chesapeake Bay Program. …[Read More]

Artificial floods: Restoring the ecological integrity of rivers

Artificial floods: Restoring the ecological integrity of rivers

“You can never step into the same river, for new waters are always flowing on to you.” —Heraclitus of Ephesus Rushing rivers, with their unremitting twists and turns and continuous renewal, are often used as a metaphor for life, but the analogy is just as appropriate for scientific research, I reflected as I walked along …[Read More]