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A trial by fire: Can we learn how to read a burning planet?

May 5, 2026
A trial by fire: Can we learn how to read a burning planet?
Boreal forest fire in Canada. Credit: Stefan Doerr (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

I grew up watching my dad come home covered in soot. For most of his life, he worked as a firefighter in a natural reserve in Galicia, in northern Spain, a region of green mountains and steep terrain, almost Lord of the Rings in its landscape, but also a place where fire moves quickly and is notoriously difficult to control. Firefighting crews there are used to the fact that, to even begin work, t ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Marble quarry west of Alicante, Spain

August 15, 2022
Imaggeo On Monday: Marble quarry west of Alicante, Spain
Marble quarry west of Alicante, Spain. Credit: Christoph Mayr (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The largest marble quarry in Europe is located at Monte Coto next to Pinoso in the Spanish Alicante province. Here an Eocene limestone named “Crema Marfil” is exploited on a large scale.   Photo by Christoph Mayr, as described on imaggeo.egu.eu.   Imaggeo is the EGU’s online open access geosciences image repository. All geoscientists (and others) can submit their photographs ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Works of art – works of muck

August 8, 2022
Imaggeo On Monday: Works of art – works of muck
Works of art - works of muck. Credit: Irene Marzolff (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Dung cakes made from buffalo manure are artfully piled up in a village in Madhya Pradesh. Used as fuel for cooking fires, they are a sustainable energy source in rural areas of India, but add to air pollution by biomass burning.   Photo by Irene Marzolff, as described on imaggeo.egu.eu.   Imaggeo is the EGU’s online open access geosciences image repository. All geoscientists (and others) ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Beech leaves on burned ground

August 1, 2022
Imaggeo On Monday: Beech leaves on burned ground
Beech leaves don't burn. Credit: Gabriel Sigmund (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

A charred pine cone lies on the ground of a mixed beech-pine forest following a forest fire in the Rax-Schneeberg region of Austria in 2021. The charred pine cone and litter are surrounded by unburned yellow beech leaves that fell to the ground after the surface fire. Pyrogenic carbon such as the charred pine cone can remain stable in the environment for extended periods of time and can affect bio ...[Read More]