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GeoLog

Interview with Peter van der Beek, President of EGU

Interview with Peter van der Beek, President of EGU

Hello Peter, thank you for taking the time to speak with us and welcome to your new role as President of EGU! Can you tell us a little about yourself and what led you to this role? I am a professor of General Geology at the University of Potsdam in Germany. Originally from the Netherlands, I consider myself European. After completing my PhD at the Free University in Amsterdam, I did a postdoc in A ...[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

Meet the EGU Natural Hazards Division Early Career Scientists representatives

Meet the EGU Natural Hazards Division Early Career Scientists representatives

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) Natural Hazards Division is pivotal in supporting the growth of early career researchers, giving them a platform to share their work and ideas, enhancing networking opportunities and contributing to career development. So, are you reading this post and wondering who gives a voice to early career scientists in the Natural Hazards space? The EGU Natural Hazards D ...[Read More]

GeoLog

EGU’s Pride: Insights into our EDI’s committee’s initiatives

EGU’s Pride: Insights into our EDI’s committee’s initiatives

The Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is dedicated to promoting a vision of equality, diversity, and inclusion through an integrated, coordinated, and constructive approach. Their mission includes raising awareness of EDI values within the scientific community, organizing sessions and meetings focused on EDI issues, representing EGU in relev ...[Read More]

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Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

A Story of Fertilizer and the Colour Purple

A Story of Fertilizer and the Colour Purple

Introduction It is sometimes difficult to admit that you are (officially) a nerd, but I have a confession to make. I have collected dinosaurs on stamps for the last thirty years. Over 10,000 of these stamps have been issued across the world, and the vast majority of these issues are in my collection. One question that I am often asked is when the first dinosaur stamp was issued, which turns out to ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Exploring the Evolution of Rift Magmatism through Numerical Modelling

Exploring the Evolution of Rift Magmatism through Numerical Modelling

Continental rifts are a striking manifestation of the forces at work in the Earth’s interior and are often associated with volcanic activity. Contrary to intuition, volcanism is not confined to rift grabens, but migrates as the rifts evolve. How and why this happens is still not clear. This week, Gaetano Ferrante from Rice University, Houston (USA) will share his research with us, showing ho ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

HydroData Chronicles: A global precipitation climatology toolbox and database

HydroData Chronicles: A global precipitation climatology toolbox and database

Welcome back to the HydroData Chronicles, where we uncover the hidden stories within hydrological data! In our last post, we explored a novel high-resolution, 40-year rainfall dataset covering the Contiguous United States (CONUS), developed developed by Emmanouil et al. in 2021. This time, we dive into the world of precipitation datasets with a promising new tool: the pRecipe package developed by ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU GMPV ECS Campfires – Thursday June 13th @ 4pm CEST

EGU GMPV ECS Campfires – Thursday June 13th @ 4pm CEST

  The third edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology division’s ECS talks – the Campfires – of 2024 is right at the door and will take place on Thursday June 13th at 4 pm CEST on Zoom. This edition will be a Scientific Campfire, during which three early career scientists will present their latest work to the community.  Our speakers for this edition are:    Théo ...[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during May!

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during May!

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 section. This May we are not highlighting any specific Division as our monthly plan will start in June, so this month our GeoRoundup Journals will be alphabetical!   Highlights Earth System Dynamics: Dependency of the impa ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – To fly or to couch surf

The Sassy Scientist – To fly or to couch surf

One thing that the COVID pandemic has left us is the flexibility to attend a conference either in person or virtually. This has been the case for the last three editions of the EGU GA. As the deadline for an expected conference approaches, we face the dilemma of whether to attend it in person or opt for the virtual experience. Louis is asking: Should I fly to attend this conference or should I wat ...[Read More]

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Geodesy

Bits and Bites of Geodesy – Satellite altimetry: What else can we do with it?

Bits and Bites of Geodesy – Satellite altimetry: What else can we do with it?

In the previous post of this series, we learned how we can use satellite radar altimetry to retrieve highly accurate estimates of global sea level changes. If only reading “sea level” triggers your climate anxiety – we got you covered! In this post we will introduce you to three more applications of radar altimetry, where the first two are not directly connected to climate change. Instead, w ...[Read More]