• Hydrological Sciences
• posted 9 hours ago

The recent student protests against the war in Gaza reminded all of us that being a member of the academic community requires us to reflect upon our role in society. In Switzerland, the university occupations (see SwissInfo) led to several open letter-type reactions from academic staff, either supporting the protests or on the contrary, recalling that scientists should abstain from activism. This brought about interesting debates about why following a climate strike is almost universally acceptable for scientists, but supporting …

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• Geodynamics
• posted 1 day ago

In this week’s blog, Garima Shukla, ECS representative of the Geodynamics Division and PhD student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India, working with Dr. Jyotirmoy Mallik, discusses her research involving fieldwork and statistical calculations. Her research also delves into rock magnetism and palaeomagnetism to unravel the longstanding enigmas surrounding the magma origins of the Deccan Traps in the Indian Peninsula. Lift me up: the magma pathways from deep below to the surface Magma is generated …

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• GeoLog – EGU official blog
• posted 3 days ago

This year for the EGU24 Photo Competition we had some amazing photos submitted! In case you missed them before the meeting, for the next few weeks we will be featuring all 10 of the shortlisted photos, and our three winners! This week, Alberto Caracciolo’s image ‘Connection to the deep crust‘. The 2021 Fagradalsfjall volcanic eruption was the first one in the area after approximately 800 years. The photo captures the fire-fountaining phase of this eruption, during which geochemistry and petrology …

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