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CR
Cryospheric Sciences

The Arctic’s Blind Spot: Why Satellites Struggle Where Ice Meets the Coast

June 12, 2026
The Arctic’s Blind Spot: Why Satellites Struggle Where Ice Meets the Coast

The first time I stood on sea ice, I could not tell which direction the coast was. A community member named Bryan could. That gap in situational awareness, between what a trained remote sensing scientist could read from the landscape and what a local hunter understood instinctively, turned out to mirror almost exactly the gap in our satellite data: ICESat-2 produces reliable freeboard across the c ...[Read More]

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Geodesy

Geodesy Cartoons – A Creative Tool for Outreach and Education

June 12, 2026
The Geodetic Tailor (cropped). Cartoon by Eda Uzunoglu, distributed by geodesy.science/cartoon. CC BY.

Geodesy is fundamental to understanding our dynamic planet. From monitoring sea-level rise and glacier melt to maintaining precise terrestrial reference frames for GNSS and Earth observation, geodesy provides the scientific backbone for many disciplines represented within the EGU and beyond. Despite its importance, geodesy often remains invisible outside the scientific community. Even within geosc ...[Read More]

HS
Hydrological Sciences

HydroTalks podcast: Introducing Ilias Pechlivanidis, the HS Division President-elect

June 11, 2026
HydroTalks podcast: Introducing Ilias Pechlivanidis, the HS Division President-elect

For this  episode of HydroTalks, we’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Ilias Pechlivanidis, Senior Researcher and Associate Professor (Docent) in hydrology and water resources at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), and Visiting Researcher at Uppsala University. He is currently the Vice President of the EGU Hydrological Sciences Division and will serve as Division President for th ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

(Almost) everything wrong with: Journey to the Centre of the Earth

and June 10, 2026
(Almost) everything wrong with: Journey to the Centre of the Earth

 Spoiler warning!   Have you ever watched a science fiction movie and thought, huh, I wonder if that is actually possible? Now, I hope by the time the dinosaurs turned up during this film, that this transient thought had departed from your mind, but to satisfy the idle curiosity of those who wondered this during Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and perhaps even impart some geodynamical les ...[Read More]

HS
Hydrological Sciences

EGU General Assembly 2026 – A Hydrological Wrap Up

June 5, 2026
EGU General Assembly 2026 – A Hydrological Wrap Up

The EGU General Assembly (GA) 2026 was an amazing success! Over the course of five sunny days in Vienna, 20,173 presentations were given across 1,014 sessions by the 20,027 on-site participants and 2,470 online attendees. There were plenty of events to choose from for the hydrologists attending. Across sessions, networking events, short courses, posters and medal lectures, we have put together som ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Melting Glaciers Move Lithospheric Plates and Fluctuate Mid-ocean Ridges’ Spreading

and June 3, 2026
Melting Glaciers Move Lithospheric Plates and Fluctuate Mid-ocean Ridges’ Spreading

The rise and fall of massive ice sheets have shaped Earth’s surface for millions of years, but their influence may extend far deeper than previously recognized. This week in News & Views, Tao Yuan, a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder, explores how glacial cycles can alter lithospheric plate motions and even modulate the spreading of mid-ocean ridges. The ongoing melting of glac ...[Read More]

OS
Ocean Sciences

Join the EGU Ocean Sciences blog team 🌊

and June 2, 2026
Join the EGU Ocean Sciences blog team 🌊

The EGU Ocean Sciences division blog is looking for new volunteer editors. So far, the team consists of two early career scientists, Jacqueline and Maurie — both working in ocean biogeochemistry — and we would love to grow. As an editor, you will keep an eye out for interesting new articles and datasets to write about, write short blog posts about ocean related news, and approach other scientists ...[Read More]

HS
Hydrological Sciences

Reclaiming scientific publishing: Our duty to make science freely accessible to all

and June 2, 2026
Reclaiming scientific publishing: Our duty to make science freely accessible to all

Editor’s note: While this article explores the benefits of Diamond Open Access and critiques commercial, for-profit publishing structures, it is important to note that the European Geosciences Union (EGU) operates on a community-led, transparent, and not-for-profit Open Access model. EGU journals use Article Processing Charges (APCs) strictly to cover publishing costs and support the scientific co ...[Read More]

TS
Tectonics and Structural Geology

Join the team! The TS division is looking for new volunteers

June 2, 2026
Join the team! The TS division is looking for new volunteers

Hello there! Welcome to the TS-Blog! I’m Pauline, editor in chief. If you’re reading this, you’re probably already intrigued by our announcement and might wonder: What is it like being a blog editor? Or simply: What if the next editor of a post was… ME?  Well, let me tell you more about being an editor. Because our editor team is looking for new members to bring in their pe ...[Read More]

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Biogeosciences

The beauty of Soil!

and May 29, 2026
The beauty of Soil!

The Life Beneath Our Feet Where would we be without healthy soil? A lot of our research live would be in turmoil I’m here today to spread some soil appreciation, Which may require some thought transformation. Soil Is the base of our beautiful landscapes, Often where we go for some restorative escapes, Some key reasons to save soils from destruction They support 95% of global food production, And a ...[Read More]