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CR
Cryospheric Sciences

You thought it was over? Here’s more on the 2023 Antarctic sea-ice extent record low

and April 26, 2024
A figure showing several lines for several years of sea ice extent. They look like a wave with the minimum around february each year and the maximum around october.

  In November last year (see this post), we promised to provide you an update of what happened with Antarctic sea ice during the year 2023 – a year of an exceptionally low extent. In this post, we try our best to discuss the conditions that lead to (part of) the recent loss in Antarctic sea ice, including atmospheric and ocean processes. How sea ice usually works… One of the ways scientists h ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Scaling the Peaks of Academic Hierarchy: A PhD Expedition

April 26, 2024
The Sassy Scientist – Scaling the Peaks of Academic Hierarchy: A PhD Expedition

This unstable weather and academia where PhD students are often treated like rare species – elusive, misunderstood, and occasionally overlooked in the grand canopy of academia – always bring me down: I can’t help but feel a bit under the weather (do not throw anything at me, pls). So John asks: Is it fair to exclude PhD students from staff activities and meetings, and how can I challenge thi ...[Read More]

HS
Hydrological Sciences

Historical evolution of water management: the example of Switzerland over 200 years

, and April 25, 2024
Historical evolution of water management: the example of Switzerland over 200 years

How can we use and manage natural resources more sustainably? This question stands at the core of many social, political and scientific debates about how we can reach the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The targets are ambitious, and there is a growing consensus that rapid and extensive structural change is needed in various sectors simultaneously. However, how transformation ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU24 Friday Highlights

April 19, 2024
EGU24 Friday Highlights

Tired after the week-long conference?   The GMPV division is ready with a number of interesting sessions to refresh your moods. Let’s enjoy the last moment of the EGU General Assembly 2024.   Let’s start the day with a cup of tea and join the conference with the energy of a volcano because a session is waiting for all of you on hydrothermal alteration in volcanic settings (GMPV8.2).  The sess ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU24 Thursday Highlights

April 18, 2024
EGU24 Thursday Highlights

Welcome to Thursday, the second last day of EGU – GA 2024! We have a lot of interesting sessions filled with highlighted talks, orals, posters and the prestigious medal awards lectures for the GMPV division. We have many brainstorming talks today and here I’m listing a few that might appeal to you following the EGU time blocks and breaks. Just as last year, the GA is in hybrid mode so ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

Geo-movie: Fire of Love (2022), a love story of Katia, Maurice and volcanoes

April 17, 2024
Geo-movie: Fire of Love (2022), a love story of Katia, Maurice and volcanoes

Geo-movies are often Sci-Fi movies, which usually borrow disastrous concepts from earth science, and turn them into the end of the world while crystallizing humanity along with it. “Fire of Love”, on the other hand, is a 2022 documentary movie that explores the lives, relationship and careers of legendary volcanologists Katia Krafft and Maurice Krafft. The movie is directed by Sara Dosa, and most ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU24 Tuesday Highlights

April 16, 2024
EGU24 Tuesday Highlights

Welcome to day 2 of our EGU General Assembly. GMPV researchers, buckle up to a great day, with many interesting sessions on magmatic processes, volcanic degassing, magma storage and integrated approaches to understand igneous systems. You also have a joint session in honour of W. Jason Morgan. There are so many things taking place today, make sure you know what is on today’s schedule! What i ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU24 Monday Highlights

April 15, 2024
EGU24 Monday Highlights

And finally, EGU24 is officially starting!! We waited one year, and now we can meet again our colleagues from all around the world, ready to talk about Science! Be ready to start the GA at 8.30 with one of the Short Courses organized by part of our ECS Team, on How to establish and grow your scientific network. Tips and tricks on how to establish, grow and maintain your scientific network will be ...[Read More]

ST
Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

Meet our divisions ECS team that organized events throughout 2023-2024

April 14, 2024

Hi, this is your ST-ECS team 2023-2024. We are a group of Early Career Scientists (ECSs) of the Solar-Terrestrial (ST) division, and we organize events and activities with and for ST-ECS, both during the EGU General Assembly and throughout the year. Our aim is to increase the visibility of ECSs and provide you with opportunities for networking.   Dr. Liliana Macotela, ECS Representative Lilia ...[Read More]

ST
Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

Events organized for early career scientists (ECS) by the ST-ECS Team during EGU24

April 14, 2024

The EGU General Assembly is around the corner, and we would like to advertise the events the Early-Career Scientist (ECS) Team of our Division have been preparing to create networking opportunities for ECSs. Solar-Terrestrial ECS Drinks: preGA Icebreaker Get-together for all ST ECSs before the opening reception. We’re meeting up at 15:00 hours in front of the entrance of the name badges coll ...[Read More]