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Press Release: GPS solution provides three-minute tsunami alerts
Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems (GPS) to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting tsunami in just a few minutes after the earthquake onset. For the devastating Japan 2011 event, the team reveals that the analysis of the GPS data and issue of a detailed tsunami alert would have taken no more than three minutes. The results are published on 17 May in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, an open access journal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). [ Read more ]
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Austrian Science and Research Minister at the EGU General Assembly
Karlheinz Töchterle, the Austrian Federal Minister for Science and Research, will attend the EGU Award Ceremony where he will give a presentation on the future of geosciences in Europe. [ Read more ]
March edition of the EGU newsletter, GeoQ, now published!
Don’t miss the Articles section, the letter from the EGU Awards Committee Chair Alberto Montanari in EGU Voice, and a very interesting Education article featuring micropalaeontology activities for the classroom. The pieces in the External News section are also of mention: one introduces the Future Earth initiative and the other a science policy programme from the other side of the Atlantic. [ Read more ]
Press Release: Unprecedented glacier melting in the Andes blamed on climate change
Glaciers in the tropical Andes have been retreating at increasing rate since the 1970s, scientists write in the most comprehensive review to date of Andean glacier observations. The researchers blame the melting on rising temperatures as the region has warmed about 0.7°C over the past 50 years (1950-1994). This unprecedented retreat could affect water supply to Andean populations in the near future. These conclusions are published today in The Cryosphere, an Open Access journal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). [ Read more ]
Press Release: Kate Ravilious and Liz Kalaugher awarded EGU Science Journalism Fellowship
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named journalists Kate Ravilious and Liz Kalaugher as the winners of its second Science Journalism Fellowship for projects on reporting continental earthquakes and climate-change effects on ecosystems, respectively. [ Read more ]
Journal Watch
Instant tsunami early warning based on real-time GPS – Tohoku 2011 case study
Taking the 2011 Tohoku earthquake as an example, we demonstrate the ability of real-time GPS to provide qualified tsunami early warning within minutes. We show that in case of the Tohoku earthquake, it would be feasible to provide accurate tsunami warning as soon as 3 min after the beginning of the earthquake. [ Read more ]
Reducing cloud obscuration of MODIS snow cover area products by combining spatio-temporal techniques with a probability of snow approach
This study develops a rule-based, multistep method for removing clouds from MODIS snow cover area images. The methods used include combining images from more than one satellite, time interpolation, spatial interpolation, and estimation of the probability of snow occurrence based on topographic information. [ Read more ]
Comparative assessment of predictions in ungauged basins – Part 1: Runoff-hydrograph studies
The objective of this assessment is to compare studies predicting runoff hydrographs in ungauged catchments. The aim is to learn from the differences and similarities between catchments in different locations, and to interpret the differences in performance in terms of the underlying climate and landscape controls. [ Read more ]
Surface pathway of radioactive plume of TEPCO Fukushima NPP1 released 134Cs and 137Cs
134Cs and 137Cs were released to the North Pacific Ocean by two major likely pathways, direct discharge from the Fukushima NPP1 accident site and atmospheric deposition off Honshu Islands of Japan, east and northeast of the site. High density observations of 134Cs and 137Cs in the surface water were carried out by 17 cruises of cargo ships and several research vessel cruises from March 2011 till March 2012. [ Read more ]
Latest Posts from EGU Blogs
- Geosciences column: Rainfall and climate – a dynamic problem, GeoLog – EGU official blog, 24 May 2013 11:00 CET
- Friday Photo (80): Wildlife in the Field – Lizard on Dolomite, Geology for Global Development, 24 May 2013 10:00 CET
- Guest Blog: An Economist’s Perspective on Natural Resources, Geology for Global Development, 22 May 2013 13:09 CET
- 7 ‘P’s to a successful interview, GeoLog – EGU official blog, 22 May 2013 11:50 CET
- Imaggeo on Mondays: Great glacial folds, GeoLog – EGU official blog, 20 May 2013 11:00 CET
- New Placement Opportunities – Deadline Midday 2nd June 2013, Geology for Global Development, 20 May 2013 09:00 CET
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