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Hydrological Sciences

Making measurements accessible through low-tech hydro sensors: a step towards better agricultural water management?

October 5, 2022
3D printers producing the casing for the low-tech hydro sensors. © P.Vandôme

“We can’t manage what we can’t measure”, said Peter Drucker, the founder of business management. Let’s see whether this applies to water management as well – especially agricultural water management. As part of my PhD project, I am wondering to what extent new (or alternative) hydro sensors may contribute to the improvement of the performance of irrigated agriculture.  As t ...[Read More]

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Seismology

Seismology Job Portal

October 4, 2022
Seismology Job Portal

On this page, we regularly update open positions in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal.   Latest open positions: Scientist – Passive Seismic Imaging Institute: GFZ Helmholtz Centre (Potsdam, Germany) Starting: — Duration: 2 Years De ...[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

Climate change: let’s talk about adaptive capacity

October 3, 2022
Climate change: let’s talk about adaptive capacity

The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “there is nothing permanent except change”. We are living in an epoch where constant change is the new normal. Unquestionably, climate change is one of the most significant challenges of our time. How can we shape our thinking to become more agile to change, and what attributes do organisations and societies need to increase their cap ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Knowns Unknown

October 2, 2022
The Sassy Scientist – Knowns Unknown

We have dealt with impostor syndrome before. Not only on this weekly column, but elsewhere in the EGU blog too. Time and time again early career researchers seem to think their peers are much smarter, promptly neglecting that everyone else has the same feelings. From the bottom of her early-career crisis, Shion asks: How do I convince myself that I know something (even if just a little bit) about ...[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoPolicy: Building stronger and more diverse communities at the science-policy interface

September 30, 2022
GeoPolicy: Building stronger and more diverse communities at the science-policy interface

There are numerous reasons why we should want to build stronger and more diverse scientific communities. Greater inclusivity leads to innovation, expands the pool of ideas, broadens perspectives, and encourages more people to engage. Strong and diverse scientific communities allow us to go beyond the information we can produce on our own and scale our research outcomes. But one reason not often ci ...[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

phase-sensitive Radio Echo Sounder, a.k.a. pRES, For Dummies

September 30, 2022
phase-sensitive Radio Echo Sounder, a.k.a. pRES, For Dummies

Greetings! My name is Reza. I’m (still) A PhD candidate in Geophysics and Glaciology at the University of Tübingen in Germany. Today, I will tell you all about a device named pRES, a radar system designed to study ice. Well, pRES and I have had an immense love/hate relationship during the last four years. It is one of the main tools I have used during my PhD, working in the Alps and Antarctica. I ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Motherhood in Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology Sciences

September 29, 2022
Motherhood in Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology Sciences

Are you a mother in the fields of Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology or Volcanology? Are you about to become a mother soon or have you just started to consider it? How many times have you considered it but thought that it wasn’t the right time? Starting a family can be challenging as it is, but juggling between starting one while managing a career in Academia can be frustrating and hard, especial ...[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during September!

September 29, 2022
GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during September!

Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we put the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights roundup. For September, however, all the EGU Divisions are in the spotlight as we celebrate EGU’s 20 year anniversary. So read on to discover the papers published this month, and while you’re at it – join us i ...[Read More]

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Biogeosciences

The hidden importance of Amazon forests

, and September 29, 2022
The hidden importance of Amazon forests

  Figure 1. Minirhizotron image acquisition in the field near Manaus, Brazil (photo credit Caroline Miron From different parts of continental Brazil, now working in different areas of Germany, we, three women scientists, share one more thing in common: our interest in making the hidden importance of the Amazon forest visible. In other words, we are root-nerds! Studying something that cannot i ...[Read More]

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Geodesy

Want to really understand sea-level rise? Bring in the geodesists!

and September 28, 2022
Want to really understand sea-level rise? Bring in the geodesists!

  A remarkably large number of papers and proposals have sentences like “this study is critical to better project future sea-level rise” in their introduction. Most times this is just marketing to trick reviewers and program managers into believing the work is important. On the other hand, geodetic papers and proposals have some compelling reasons to use this statement: a lot of geodetic tech ...[Read More]