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NH
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 beforehand and put into practice every day ...[Read More]

Earth and Space Science Informatics

Good practice in the evaluation of researchers

January 8, 2018

A new statement on good practice in the evaluation of researchers and research programmes has been posted by three national academies (Académie des Sciences, Leopoldina and Royal Society). It states that “the use of bibliometric indicators for early career scientists must in particular be avoided. Such use will tend to push scientists who are building their career into wellestablished/fashio ...[Read More]

ERE
Energy, Resources and the Environment

Funding opportunity for Early Career Researchers to attend GSA Baltimore

June 8, 2015

The Heritage Stone Task Group in southern Europe is a Task Group within the IUGS. In March, HSTG  had a proposal accepted as Project 637 of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP 637). With this acceptance, IGCP 637 offered $US6,000 in 2015 to support conference participation. HSTG has decided that this funding should be used in 2015 to support attendance to our session in the GSA Baltimore ...[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 first generation of researchers who are excit ...[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 potentially the largest terrestrial fee ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

Mobilidiocy

August 12, 2026
Mobilidiocy

Guess who’s back? Back again! Sassy’s back, tell your colleagues! This week I am going to shoot the elephant in the room by answering Will’s question “Is Mobility a plus or a must for a research career?” Now I know I have already answered a similar question some time ago, but a changing world requires an updated saucy answer. Disclaimer: The reflections presented here reflect my perspective ground ...[Read More]

GeoLog

A geoscience reality check on World Biofuels Day

August 10, 2026
A geoscience reality check on World Biofuels Day

On a humid morning in Augsburg, Germany, on August 10, 1893, a ten-foot iron cylinder roared to life for the first time. The engine belonged to Sir Rudolf Diesel, and running through its veins was not the petroleum distillate we associate with his name today, but in fact, peanut oil! Diesel’s early experiment proved something revolutionary for the late Industrial Revolution: the engines driving hu ...[Read More]

GM
Geomorphology

Great Names in Geomorphology A–Z: Frank Ahnert

August 1, 2026
Great Names in Geomorphology A–Z: Frank Ahnert

Introducing our new mini-series by GM Blog co-editor Wioleta Porębna: Great Names in Geomorphology A–Z! Our readers will choose the next name in alphabetical order – leave your suggestions in the comments!  Frank Ahnert (12 December 1927 – 10 September 2017) was a German geomorphologist whose work played a pivotal role in establishing quantitative and process-based approaches to the study of ...[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during July!

July 31, 2026
GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during July!

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. For July, we are featuring the Planetary and Solar System Sciences (PS), Seismology (SM), and Tectonics and Structural Geology (TS). They are represented by the journals Solid Earth (SE), Geoscientific Model Developmen ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Reflecting on fifty years of Mars through Viking 1’s lens

July 30, 2026
Reflecting on fifty years of Mars through Viking 1’s lens

On July 20, 1976, a machine of steel and titanium dropped through a thin atmosphere and touched the dirt of Chryse Planitia. Scientists at NASA held their breath, since five years earlier, the Soviet Union’s Mars 3 probe had died less than two minutes after touchdown. To mitigate this nightmare, engineers programmed Viking 1 to scan its own footpad first. If the lander sank into oblivion, hu ...[Read More]