My first day at EGU 2014 in Vienna was principally spent listening to various speakers describe the life and death of tiny particles in the atmosphere, known as aerosols. These aerosol particles come from a variety of sources – one of the major sources is through burning of fossil fuels, which produces a cocktail of …[Read More]
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Geology Jenga
10 Minute Interview – Live from EGU 2014
Today I had the great pleasure of interviewing Cindy Mora-Stock. It was a great success as I was finally able to put a face to the twitter handle that I’ve been following almost from my first days on Twitter. What’s even better is that I can safely say I’ve come away from the interview having …[Read More]
GeoLog
At the Assembly: Tuesday highlights
Welcome back to the second day of the 2014 General Assembly! Today is packed full of excellent sessions, and this list of highlights is by no means comprehensive! Make sure you complement this information with EGU Today, the General Assembly newsletter, to get the most out of the conference – grab a copy on your …[Read More]
Geology Jenga
EGU DIARIES: Day One (Monday 28th April)
It is only the first day and my diary is already jam packed! There is so much on offer at the conference that I’ve found it difficult to choose how to organise my day. However, I followed some of the tips on Will Morgan’s blog: Conference Top Tips for EGU2014: 1)Chat to people – check; …[Read More]
Geology for Global Development
GfGD at EGU 2014 – ‘Hazards Education in the Himalaya’ Talk Reminder
In Session NH9.8 TOMORROW (Tuesday 29th April) Rosalie Tostevin will be talking about GfGD’s hazards education project in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, Northern India. (Please feel free to copy and share this image via Twitter/Facebook)
GeoLog
Photo Contest finalists – who will you vote for?
The selection committee received over 200 photos for this year’s EGU Photo Contest, covering fields across the geosciences. The fantastic finalist photos are below and they are being exhibited in Hall X (basement, Blue Level) of the Austria Center Vienna – see for yourself! Do you have a favourite? Vote for it! There are terminals in Hall X, just next …[Read More]
Green Tea and Velociraptors
Spice up your science with these 10 simple steps
What an awful title, eh. Well, you can avoid making this mistake! A recent Guardian post by Conversation UK’s Akshat Rathi (he’s popular on the blog today!) discusses some of the common mistakes in popular science writing and how best to avoid them. It’s fairly general, and by no means exhaustive, and mainly for more …[Read More]
Green Tea and Velociraptors
The greatest mass extinction in the history of life
In palaeontology, there are so many things more important than dinosaurs. For example, the study of large-scale patterns in the history of life on Earth, commonly known as macroevolution, is all about uncovering patterns of speciation and extinction. We are currently about to enter the sixth mass extinction within the last 542 million years of …[Read More]
GeoLog
At the Assembly: Monday highlights
Welcome to the 2014 General Assembly! This is the first full day of sessions and there’s a feast of them to choose from. Every day we’ll be sharing some super sessions and events at EGU 2014 here on GeoLog and you can complement this information with EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly. …[Read More]
Polluting the Internet
Conference top tips for EGU 2014
Vienna hosts the 2014 European Geosciences Union this week so I thought I would post my own top tips for getting the most of conferences. These are very much my own opinions on this; feel free to disagree and/or add to them in the comments or on Twitter! 1. Don’t go to too many talks …[Read More]