Geology for Global Development

What is happening after the Fuego eruption in Guatemala? Is climate migration a bad thing? This and more in Jesse Zondervan’s June 2018 #GfGDpicks #SciComm

Jesse Zondervan July 4, 2018

St. Martin's Island. . Credit: Saiful Islam, - CC BY-SA 4.0. .

Each month, Jesse Zondervan picks his favourite posts from geoscience and development blogs/news which cover the geology for global development interest. Here’s a round-up of Jesse’s selections for the last month: Everything about the Fuego eruption At the start of this month, Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted explosively, costing many lives and destroying properties and infrastructure. Professor ...[Read More]

Climate migration needs to be predicted and planned now. Geoengineering can slow down sea level rise but could also lead to international conflicts. CO2 as a natural resource. All in Jesse Zondervan’s Mar 8 – Apr 4 2018

Jesse Zondervan April 16, 2018

Climate migration will be mainly internal, but in huge numbers and will need to be planned. . Credit: Mathias Flick (distributed via Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0).

Each month, Jesse Zondervan picks his favourite posts from geoscience and development blogs/news which cover the geology for global development interest. Here’s a round-up of Jesse’s selections for the last month: Imagine 140 million people across sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia and Latin America migrating in response to climate change effect, by 2050. This is what a recent World Bank report claims ...[Read More]

Weighing up the pros and cons of artificial coral reefs

Heather Britton April 12, 2018

Coral reef near Bohol island, the Phillipines. Due to rising global temperatures and human activity these ecosystems are disappearing. . Credit: Matthias Alberti (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

The world’s oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface and contain 97% of Earth’s water. They play a key role in the climate cycle and, though perhaps not always visibly, are suffering significantly under our changing climate. An place where we can see the alarming effects of rising temperatures and increasingly acidic waters is coral reefs, which experienced the longest, most widespread, and possibl ...[Read More]