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

September 1, 2017
August GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from around the web
The International Space Station orbited over Hurricane Harvey and photographed the storm bearing down on the Texas coast. Credit: NASA.

Drawing inspiration from popular stories on our social media channels, as well as unique and quirky research news, this monthly column aims to bring you the best of the Earth and planetary sciences from around the web. Major Stories On August 25th Hurricane Harvey made landfall along the southern coast of the U.S.A, bringing record breaking rainfall, widespread flooding and a natural disaster on a ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Fuelling the clouds with fire

June 30, 2014

Wildfires frequently break out in the Californian summer. The grass is dry, the ground parched and a small spark can start a raging fire, but burning can begin even when water is about. Gabriele Stiller sets the scene for a blaze beside Mono Lake, exploring the events that got it going and what it may have started in the sky…  While on shores of Mono Lake in the summer of 2012, I spotted something ...[Read More]