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Press Release: Has Antarctic sea ice expansion been overestimated?
New research suggests that Antarctic sea ice may not be expanding as fast as previously thought. A team of scientists say much of the increase measured for Southern Hemisphere sea ice could be due to a processing error in the satellite data. The findings are published today in The Cryosphere. [ Read more ]
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EGU 2015 call for sessions
The call for session proposals for the EGU 2015 General Assembly is now open. Until 12 September you can suggest new sessions with conveners and description, or you can propose modifications to current ones. The next EGU General Assembly is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 12 to 17 April 2015. [ Read more ]
New EGU partnerships
The EGU has signed Memoranda of Cooperation with the Geological Society of America and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. [ Read more ]
Looking back at the EGU 2014 General Assembly
From 27 April to 2 May, Earth, planetary and space scientists from all over the world got together in Vienna for the EGU 2014 General Assembly. The meeting, which for the first time had a theme (The Face of the Earth), was rich in scientific achievements, international discussions and interesting new features. With over 15,000 presentations and close to 12,500 participants from 106 countries, it was also the largest to date. [ Read more ]
Planet Press: EGU news for kids!
The EGU is launching a new educational initiative called Planet Press: short versions of our press releases written in a kids-friendly language. The project, currently in beta version, aims to get children (mainly 7-13 year olds), parents, and educators interested in and engaged with up-to-date scientific research and news. [ Read more ]
Journal Watch
Physicochemical changes in pyrogenic organic matter (biochar) after 15 months of field aging
Predicting the effects of pyrogenic organic matter (OM) addition (either natural or intentional as in the case of biochar amendment) on soil chemistry and crop yields has been hampered by a lack of understanding of how pyrogenic OM evolves in the environment over time. This work compared the physicochemical characteristics of newly made and 15-month-field-aged biochars and biochar–soil mixtures. [ Read more ]
A spurious jump in the satellite record: has Antarctic sea ice expansion been overestimated?
Here, we show that much of the increase in the reported trend for Antarctic sea ice extent occurred due to the previously undocumented effect of a change in the way the satellite sea ice observations are processed for the widely used Bootstrap algorithm data set, rather than a physical increase in the rate of ice advance. [ Read more ]
A high-resolution bedrock map for the Antarctic Peninsula
Assessing and projecting the dynamic response of glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula to changed atmospheric and oceanic forcing requires high-resolution ice thickness data as an essential geometric constraint for ice flow models. Here, we derive a complete bedrock data set for the Antarctic Peninsula north of 70° S on a 100 m grid [ Read more ]
Latest Posts from EGU Blogs
- Geosciences Column: The Toba eruption probably did have a global effect after all, posted 2 days ago on GeoLog – EGU official blog
- 10 Minute Interview – The new Science of Geocognition, posted 3 days ago on Geology Jenga
- Open geoscience, posted 4 days ago on GeoLog – EGU official blog
- Training and Development Questionnaire, posted 5 days ago on Geology for Global Development
- The Search for Ithaca, posted 6 days ago on GeoSphere
- Imaggeo on Mondays: Entering a frozen world, posted 6 days ago on GeoLog – EGU official blog
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