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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Geo-Fantasy – between Fantasy Novel and the Real World

February 8, 2023
Geo-Fantasy – between Fantasy Novel and the Real World

When reading fantasy novels, we are usually brought to worlds of elves, dragons, and epic battles, all surrounded by breathtaking magical forests, or castles above impervious cliffs. However, even fantasy stories take inspiration from the real world and its geology. Who does not remember the ascent of Mount Doom of Frodo and Sam, or the importance of Dragon Glass (Obsidian) in Game of Thrones? So, ...[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoPolicy: Exploring life inside the European Parliament

February 8, 2023
GeoPolicy: Exploring life inside the European Parliament

The EGU’s annual Science-Policy Pairing Scheme connects a selected EGU member with a Member of the European Parliament to promote evidence-informed policymaking and encourage stronger science-policy partnerships! In November 2022, EGU Member of Manchester Metropolitan University Elias Symeonakis was paired with the selected Member of the European Parliament, Norbert Lins, an MEP representing Germa ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

EGU General Assembly for Newcomers … or those who are coming back to it

February 8, 2023
EGU General Assembly for Newcomers … or those who are coming back to it

I am finally going back to Vienna this year for the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly (GA) in April, for the first time since 2019. Strangely, I am now with this feeling of “finally back ‘home’ at the Austria Center Vienna”. I have been asking myself what is going to be different after these four years, who I will meet there, if the city has changed, which places I want to see agai ...[Read More]

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Geodesy

Women in the History of Geodesy

and February 8, 2023
Women in the History of Geodesy

When we look at the history of science, we mostly see male presence in inventions and discoveries. However, this is not actually a true representation of scientific history. A lot of fundamental aspects/parts of science were discovered by female scientists such as Caroline Herschel, Ada Lovelace, Alice Ball, Marie Curie, Chien-Shiung Wu, Grace Hopper and many others. These names are some of the mo ...[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

The Polar Night Week and the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System

February 3, 2023
The Polar Night Week and the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System

In the early days of 2023, nearly 100 researchers gathered in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, one of the last permanently inhabited places before reaching the North Pole (see my previous blogpost about Svalbard). The Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) held its fifth Polar Night Week. SIOS is an international partnership of research institutions that study the environment and climate ...[Read More]

GeoLog

When nature isn’t “natural”: Reflections on World Wetlands Day

February 2, 2023
Credit: Ragnar Sigurdsson (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In 1821, peat cutters discovered a body similar to a mummy, pinned down by two wooden stakes deep in the mud. The body’s face still held red hair and a beard, their teeth were well preserved, and a hoop of willow was wrapped around their throat. But this wasn’t the dry, hot climate of Egypt but a cold and rain-sodden bog of Ireland. Later assessment suggested that these were the remain ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Hydrological soundscapes: listening to hydrological regimes

and February 1, 2023
Hydrological soundscapes: listening to hydrological regimes

It is common to hear that a good illustration is better than a lengthy textual explanation, and we fully agree with that statement. We are used to retrieving information and understanding things through visual illustrations. In the scientific community, any paper comes with a number of plots to show the data, and diagrams to explain concepts, ideas or workflows. For example, a typical plot that hy ...[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during January!

January 31, 2023
GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during January!

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 roundup. For January, the Divisions we are featuring are: Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI), Planetary and Solar System Sciences (PS) and Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (ST). They are served by the journals: Annales Geophy ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Imaggeo On Monday: Blue cements in Jurassic rocks?

January 30, 2023
Imaggeo On Monday: Blue cements in Jurassic rocks?

Staining of thin sections and rock slabs is a method of identification that has long helped researchers to distinguish certain minerals which often otherwise appeared very similar. Modern studies have now largely replaced this method of identification with more analytical techniques that usually provide a higher degree of certainty, such as analysis with a microprobe or Scanning Electron Microscop ...[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

Writing successful research proposal: tips and tricks

January 30, 2023
Writing successful research proposal: tips and tricks

Have you arrived at that moment in your career when you have some potential ideas that you think would be relevant to science? Do you need financial support to advance your science career, and decided to apply for a grant? Today’s blog post brings you a good starting point with advice from three grant winners during the campfire organised by the NH ECS division team: “Writing successful research p ...[Read More]