The last two days of the conference were packed with geomagnetism related sessions. I had to leave my blogging and Earth Scientist self behind and fully embrace the wide range of talks and posters directly relevant and important to my own research. I’ve decided to merge my last two diary entries; whilst a lot of …[Read More]
EGU DIARIES: Day Three (30th May).
After a busy start to the conference, I decided to take it easy on Wednesday. Whilst there was a range of really interesting sessions that caught my eye, I decided instead to dedicate some time to talking to people (I’ve got some really interesting 10 minute interviews coming up!). In the afternoon, I attended the …[Read More]
10 Minute Interview – Live from EGU 2014, Sam Illingworth
Today I had the great pleasure of chatting with Sam Illingworth, the representative of Young Scientists at EGU. I mostly wanted to learn more about his role as EGU young scientist representative, so the format of the interview has changed a little,we also touch on his research interests and our shared passion for science communication. …[Read More]
EGU DIARIES: Day Two (Tuesday 29th April)
Tuesday was a seriously busy day! Again, I was in the situation where I found it difficult to choose which sessions to attend. I was spoilt for choice. There were a few highlights: an early morning session on geoethics and geoeducation proved to be an interesting experience whilst the session on geodynamics of the continental …[Read More]
10 Minute Interview – Live from EGU 2014
Today I had the great pleasure of interviewing Cindy Mora-Stock. It was a great success as I was finally able to put a face to the twitter handle that I’ve been following almost from my first days on Twitter. What’s even better is that I can safely say I’ve come away from the interview having …[Read More]
EGU DIARIES: Day One (Monday 28th April)
It is only the first day and my diary is already jam packed! There is so much on offer at the conference that I’ve found it difficult to choose how to organise my day. However, I followed some of the tips on Will Morgan’s blog: Conference Top Tips for EGU2014: 1)Chat to people – check; …[Read More]
Looking forward to EGU 2014
This time next week EGU 2014 I’ll be looking at a sea of posters and enjoying workshops, splinter sessions and talks galore and I literally can’t wait! You may have noticed (and we apologise), Dan and I haven’t been so good at updating Geology Jenga with regular posts. We have both made the transition into …[Read More]
A foreseeable, yet surprising earthquake?
On Wednesday morning I woke up to a flurry of activity on my twitter feed: there had been a large earthquake in northern Chile. I followed up some of the tweets and realised that there had also been some tsunami warnings as a result of the earthquake. After ascertaining that the scale of the disaster …[Read More]
Seismologists must leave their comfort zone: A Guest post by Steve Hicks
Scientists studying earthquakes should be prepared to put themselves forward to reduce the risk of earthquake damage. This was one conclusion from a meeting of scientists and engineers in London last week. Picture yourself here. You are an earthquake scientist. Years of research conclude that a capital city lies close to active fault that has …[Read More]
The Earth’s protective shield
I came across this video, which very clearly explains how the Earth’s magnetic field protects us from Solar Storms. It then goes on to explain the link of these phenomena to our planet’s climate. The added bonus is that the images are very cool and I think the voice over is done by Liam Neeson…. …[Read More]