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GeoLog

How many transdisciplinary researchers does it take to find out how an ocean sinks?

and November 27, 2020
How many transdisciplinary researchers does it take to find out how an ocean sinks?

There is no shortage of increasingly uphill challenges in the current research landscape, especially for Early Career researchers: discouragingly long-standing science questions; minimal freedom for developing methodologies; invariably ambivalent proposal reviews; an academic grading scheme based mainly on publication productivity and impact; and enforced competition for few permanent research positions, just to name a few. …[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

The multitasking skillbox of researchers, direct experiences from Early Career Scientists.

January 27, 2020
The multitasking skillbox of researchers, direct experiences from Early Career Scientists.

Science is “the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we obtain about them” (Collins online dictionary). In other words, science is tightly linked to gaining knowledge. However, this definition and many others never mention that to gain knowledge through science, a vast amount of experience must be acquired …[Read More]

WaterUnderground

A social media dashboard for researchers – taming the digital anarchy for nerds

6th January 2015
A social media dashboard for researchers – taming the digital anarchy for nerds

Is anyone else overwhelmed by updating their many webpages, blogs, streams etc? Jason Priem described the shift from a paper-native academia to a web-native academia, in an excellent article last year in Nature, a shift well beyond the traditional peer-reviewed journal to more diverse outlets of information, interaction and discussion. I am part of the …[Read More]

SSS
Soil System Sciences

Permafrost Young Researchers Network: the study of permafrost in a climate change scenario

June 8, 2014

Marc Oliva University of Lisbon, Portugal   The World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and the IPCC Working Group 1 (Fourth Assessment Report) recognize the Cryosphere as one of the most significant challenges of climate science and as a major source of uncertainty in global climate projections. While the permafrost carbon feedback has been identified as …[Read More]

GeoLog

In Defence of Uncertainty: Why we can’t avoid it and why we need it

and October 16, 2026
In Defence of Uncertainty: Why we can’t avoid it and why we need it

Welcome to the second post in our GeoLog series on communicating uncertainty! Written by students from an interdisciplinary course at the University of Tübingen led by Dr. Solmaz Mohadjer, this series highlights how reframing the unknown as a strength can transform science communication. In this piece, Ana Isidora Ciobanu and Sarah Lind show why uncertainty …[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

Post-Last Glacial Maximum intensification of marine faulting: resolution-dependent hazard assessment

, , , and October 13, 2026
Post-Last Glacial Maximum intensification of marine faulting: resolution-dependent hazard assessment

Subsea pipelines and cables are vital to modern energy and communications, yet assessing the active geological faults they cross underwater is notoriously difficult. By examining marine fault slip rates at higher stratigraphic resolution than previously analyzed in this region, our new research shows that displacement rates accelerated tenfold after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). This …[Read More]