EGU Blogs

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#EGU23 session in the spotlight: Advances in monitoring and studying the presence and migration of fluids within the crust using multi-disciplinary approaches

PIYAL HALDER December 14, 2022

The deadline for the abstract submission in #EGU 23 is knocking at the door (last date- 10th January, 2023). Still, Confused to choose the session most appropriate to your work?? Well, we are here to help you. Scientific Community all over the world working on different geoscientific aspects of fluid migration within the crust can …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Biogeodynamics

Taras Gerya, Bob Stern, Loïc Pellissier and edited by Ágnes Király December 14, 2022

Would you like to participate in the development of a completely new research field? Here is the opportunity – Biogeodynamics! Biogeodynamics is an emerging field with exciting research opportunities. In this blog post professors Taras Gerya, Loïc Pellissier, and Robert Stern talk about what is Bio-Geo-Dynamics, how this field is developing, and what are the challenges …[Read More]

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#EGU23 session in the spotlight: Magmatic, tectonic and hydrothermal processes at Mid-oceanic ridges and transform faults: new insights from observations and models of the oceanic lithosphere

Simona Gabrielli December 13, 2022

The abstract submission deadline for #EGU23 is in less than a month (10 January 2023)! It can be difficult to decide which session is the best to present your research…As in the past years, we are here to help you find the right session for you! Today we highlight the session GD5.2 “Magmatic, tectonic and …[Read More]

GeoLog

Imaggeo On Monday: Arctic Winter Sun in Tromsø

Maria Scheel December 12, 2022

During parts of the dark Arctic winter, the sun only as much as touches the horizons, melting sunrise into sunset in a dramatic flash of red light. Photo by Maria Scheel, description from imaggeo.egu.eu. Imaggeo is the EGU’s online open access geosciences image repository. All geoscientists (and others) can submit their photographs and videos to this repository …[Read More]

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Seismology

Opinion: self-supervised Machine Learning in seismology

Martijn van den Ende December 12, 2022

Martijn van den Ende, a Postdoctoral research fellow at Université Côte d’Azur, writes about his thoughts on the state of Machine Learning in seismology… At this moment of writing, it is unlikely that any experienced seismologist is unaware of the recent advancements of Machine Learning (ML) methods in Earth Sciences. Some pioneering studies started paving …[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoPolicy: 5 ways for scientists to take the lead on evidence-informed policymaking

Chloe Hill December 9, 2022

On 15 November 2022, the EGU and the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’ jointly coordinated an event, ‘Supporting the EU’s Biodiversity Targets by Bridging the Science-Policy Divide’. The event highlighted how science could be used to support the ambitious targets outlined in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and proposed EU Nature Restoration Law. But …[Read More]

GeoLog

Are you ready to vote for your favourite Division blog of 2022?

Gillian D'Souza December 9, 2022

It’s that time of the year again! With the holiday season around the corner, many of us tend to reflect on the year gone by, with its ups and downs, and lessons and learnings. At EGU, reflection is a year-long process, but we like to end our year on a note of appreciation: for yet …[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

For Dummies: How Arctic sea ice and the AMOC interact

David Docquier December 9, 2022

In this post, I will talk about two famous characters of the climate system; I will define them and see how they have changed in the current context of climate change. I will also show you how these two characters interact, one influencing the other, and vice versa. Finally, let’s see how the future looks …[Read More]

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Geodesy

We need a new Early Career Scientist Co-Representative!

Andreas Kvas and Rebekka Steffen December 8, 2022

The general assembly 2023 is approaching, and the EGU Geodesy division is looking for an enthusiastic early career scientist (ECS) to take over the role of the division ECS Co-representative. But what do you have to do as an ECS-representative? And where can you sign up? Early career scientists represent a significant share of the …[Read More]

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Tambora 1815: From eruptive dynamics to the global impact of the eruption – with Jessica Kandlbauer

Alessandro Musu December 8, 2022

reading time: 10 minutes The Tambora 1815 eruption: a brief introduction On April 10th, 1815, the Tambora volcano, located on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia, was responsible for one of the largest eruptions in the last millennium (Stothers, 1984; Sigurdsson and Carey, 1989; Oppenheimer, 2003; Self et al., 2004; Kandlbauer et al., 2013a; Kandlbauer …[Read More]