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GeoTalk: Rita Carrasco: Researcher in wetlands biogeormorphology and EGU Biodiversity Task Force member

August 26, 2024
GeoTalk: Rita Carrasco: Researcher in wetlands biogeormorphology and EGU Biodiversity Task Force member

Rita, welcome to GeoTalk! Can you tell us a bit about what initially drew you to the field of coastal geomorphology and wetland ecosystems? Thanks for inviting me! My academic background is in environmental engineering, with a lifelong passion for coastal areas and geomorphology. The real inspiration comes from a constant desire to contribute to the conservation of natural ecosystems. Thus, at som ...[Read More]

GeoLog

What I wish someone told me early in my career: meet Jane Roussak, our Events Manager

August 23, 2024
What I wish someone told me early in my career: meet Jane Roussak, our Events Manager

‘What I wish someone told me early in my career’ is a new Geolog series that aims to provide valuable insights and guidance to early-career professionals within the European Geosciences Union (EGU) community. Each month, I will interview a staff member of EGU to share their personal career journey, experiences, challenges faced, and the tips they wish they had received earlier in their careers. Th ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

GMPV ECS Campfires – Meet the GMPV GA24 awardees! September 12th @11 am CET

August 23, 2024
GMPV ECS Campfires – Meet the GMPV GA24 awardees! September 12th @11 am CET

The first edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology Campfires of the 2024/2025 season is right at the door and will take place on Thursday September 12th at 11 am CET on Zoom. This edition will be a special Scientific Campfire, during which the three GMPV ECS awardees of the 2024 General Assembly will present their latest work to the community.  Our speakers for this editi ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Indigenous resilience through the waters: The story of the Aldeia Maraka’nà

August 19, 2024
Indigenous resilience through the waters: The story of the Aldeia Maraka’nà

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, observed each year on August 9, seeks to raise awareness and protect the rights of indigenous communities around the globe. To honour this, I have invited a few guest authors to write a series of blog posts that celebrate indigenous knowledge and highlight the intersection of natural hazards and climate issues, and resilience, across various ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Higher Education Resource: River Flood Hazard Modelling & Management

August 16, 2024
Higher Education Resource: River Flood Hazard Modelling & Management

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) supports bringing science into the classroom at all learning levels, from schools to universities. Since the Higher Education Teaching Grant programme launched in 2020, EGU has funded 24 projects to develop useful and freely-available geoscience resources to university educators. This blog is part of a series of blogs highlighting the innovative and accessible ...[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Inverted River Channels in Alcaniz: Insights into Mars’ Fluvial History

August 16, 2024
Inverted River Channels in Alcaniz: Insights into Mars’ Fluvial History

This edition of ‘Features from the field’ is brought to you by Faris Beg, a masters student on the EU Erasmus Mundus program. He will be talking about exhumed river channels in Alcaniz, Spain. Did you know one of the most striking pieces of evidence for the existence of water on ancient Mars comes from certain geological features cropped out from underneath the Earth surface as a resul ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Hortonian overland flow: when theory becomes reality

August 15, 2024
Hortonian overland flow: when theory becomes reality

Hortonian overland flow – if you have ever followed a hydrology class, you have certainly come across this jargon:  this is the name of a hydrological process – when rainfall flows off at the terrain surface because the rainfall intensity is so high that not all the water can infiltrate into the soil (rainfall intensity is higher than infiltration capacity). Almost every hydrological m ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Midnight stutters of an environmentalist, an open letter to the people and places of the planet

August 13, 2024
Midnight stutters of an environmentalist, an open letter to the people and places of the planet

We are in a state of environmental crisis. As someone who knows something about this, i’m really worried about the rising food crisis (due to ongoing wars in regions of russia-ukraine and israel-palestine), and waves of environmental refugees. In this strip of lands, soil is getting ruined daily. Every bomb ruins a patch of soil including moisture, microorganisms, roots, plants, … . Imagine how mu ...[Read More]