Image description: A landscape of rolling hills. Text reads:'' Best GeoLog Post of the Year" and "And the winner is…" with cartoon eyes and a Europe Geosciences Union (EGU) logo.

We are excited to announce the award for the Best #GeoLog Post of 2025!

🎉 Congratulations to CJ Rajendran for his article, '' The 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake: A singular Himalayan earthquake on its 75th Anniversary.''

🧵 Read more here: egu.eu/797BO9
📸 Kai Boggild on imaggeo.egu.eu

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🤔 Did you know that 22 February marked a major milestone in space history: 40 years since the launch of the first Swedish #Viking #satellite?

Vikings represent a series of fascinating explorations into the secrets of the solar system, helping us understand #plasma.

🧵 #GeoLog: egu.eu/2JEWJS

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#Wetlands matter more than we think!

They regulate the #climate, store significant amounts of #carbon and protect communities from floods. However, wetlands are disappearing faster than many other ecosystems.

👀 Read more here in our #GeoLog blog: egu.eu/9LMUTR

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In this #GeoLog, Julia Martin takes us on a trip to #McMurdo Sound - a dream that became a reality as she reports!

Julia and her team spent four weeks camping on the sea ice to investigate the physical properties of the #snow and to understand the sea ice energy balance.
👀Read more: egu.eu/1JZ7OH

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👋Meet Elsa Abs, Microbiologist and Early Career Scientist Biogeosciences Representative!

In this #GeoLog, they share their academic journey as well as their experience and role as #ECS Biogeosciences Representative.

👉 Read more here: egu.eu/29RNSM

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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science🧪🔬!

Simona Gabrielli, a seismologist based in Italy, shares her reflections, personal experience, academic journey and the challenges of fieldwork in our recent #GeoLog

🧵 Read more here: egu.eu/7S0S1U

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Have you ever wondered what we learned from the #Challenger and the teacher who was meant to inspire a generation from #space?

This #GeoLog shares important lessons taken from this historic #space mission

🧵Read the full article: egu.eu/44EJUY

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January 19th marked the 175th birthday of Dutch #astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn. His work and legacy had a profound yet subtle impact on the astronomical community and our understanding of the #cosmos.

🧵 Read the full article in our last #GeoLog: egu.eu/7EO1HQ

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This #GeoLog post highlights a session: "How to communicate uncertainty to non-experts”, which took place in Vienna during #EGU25, along with some of the key messages that were shared.

👀 Check out the full article here: egu.eu/55OU4C

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Thanks to Schrödinger's equation, radiometric dating and quantum simulations became possible, allowing scientists to measure #geological time and explore Earth's deep interior. It has, in fact, helped build modern Earth #science.

👀 Read more in our last #GeoLog post: egu.eu/0ZU1I3

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Are you attending #EGU26 in Vienna, and coming from a non-EU country? Applying for a #visa might be a concern.

No need to worry! In this #GeoLog, EGU's Asmae Ourkiya will walk you through the whole process and give you some tips for a successful application.

🧵Learn more: egu.eu/96PEKO

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This #GeoLog post explains how scientific discoveries in the 1970s revealed that CFCs were destroying the ozone layer, and how this evidence led to international cooperation through the Montreal Protocol.

🧵Read the full article here: egu.eu/867PD8

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In this #GeoLog EGU's Simon Clark shares all the online events that took place in #2025, along with the recordings↩️available to watch on our YouTube channel: European Geosciences Union.

👀 Check it out here: egu.eu/20ICQF

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In December 1900, the French Académie des Sciences announced the Prix Pierre Guzman. The #challenge😮? 100,000 francs for anyone who could communicated with an #extraterrestial!

👉 Read more: in our latest #GeoLog: egu.eu/3814EK

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''...Unlike popular opinion, I am not like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, nor am I like my autistic peers. I am unique and part of a spectrum.''

Meet Fernanda in our latest #GeoLog where she shares her thoughts and experiences as an autistic person working in #STEM

🧵Read more : egu.eu/2EPC6H

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Are you attending #EGU26 in Vienna, and coming from a non-EU country? Applying for a #visa might be a concern.

No need to worry! In this #GeoLog, EGU's Asmae Ourkiya will walk you through the whole process and give you some tips for a successful application.

🧵Learn more: egu.eu/96PEKO

Image description: Close-up of soil with text reading:' The living skin of our planet: Why a world soil health index is our next great global scorecard' Read Now.

❓Did you know that #soil is a dynamic #ecosystem that supports 95% of all the food we eat, filters every drop of our drinking water? Up to 90% of the planet’s land surface could be degraded by 2050😮.

What can be done to address this? Read our #GeoLog to learn more: egu.eu/5K6B6K

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🌱Happy International #Soil Day!

We'd like to highlight an incredible #paper in the journal SOIL by Raza et al. (2025), titled “Missing the input: the underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research.”

🧵Read more in this #GeoLog : egu.eu/4LE7VG
📸Antonio Jordán on #imaggeo

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Finding the perfect #gift can be a challenge. But we are not talking about just any gift - we mean the kind that can delight your favourite geoscientist.

In this #GeoLog, EGU's Hazel Gibson shares her top 5 gift ideas for 2025 for the #geoscientist in your life😍 !

👀Find out more: egu.eu/22QC8M

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🌈 Ever wondered how #EGU support its #queer members?

In our latest #Geolog post, EGU's Simon Clark highlights some of the activities undertaken by EGU - from EDI initiatives and the EGU Pride network to webinars and online events, as well as in the General Assembly.

🧵Read more here: egu.eu/2MP9P4

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What if we could use“Near Me” search behaviour to improve #risk #communication?
EarthquakeNearMe, can help! it's a simple real-time dashboard that translates complex #seismic feeds into clear, location-based updates for the public.

🧵Continue reading in our last #GeoLog: egu.eu/1NHBNK

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As 18 November marks the International Day of #LGBTQIA+ People in #STEM, Lisa Gourdon-Grünewald, a postdoctoral researcher at LMU Munich in Germany, explores in this #GeoLog post the intersection of identity and innovation in the scientific world.
🧵: egu.eu/961PQ6
📸 François Dulac on #imaggeo

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While ‘preprint’ may sound like just a preliminary version of a document, they shift control from reviewers and editors to authors. Here are 3 reasons why you, as a #researcher, should consider preprinting your work.

👀 Read more in our latest #GeoLog : egu.eu/0DK8SV
📸: Matt Trevers on #imaggeo

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As 21 November 2025 approaches and the #EGUGeoscienceDay prepares to take place in Portugal, EGU's Asmae Ourkiya interviewed the organising members about the event's impact on local communities.

👉 Head over to our latest #GeoLog to read more: egu.eu/0E3UPA

📸: Glenn Strypsteen on imaggeo.egu.eu

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👋 Meet Thanushika Gunatilake, researcher of earthquake impacts on geothermal energy!

In our last #GeoLog post, learn more about her journey, motivation, and her role as Early Career Scientist Representative for the Energy, Resources and the Environment (ERE) division.

🧵 Read more: egu.eu/4LIO00

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What if the ghost of a forgotten #volcano still shapes our understanding of #climate today?

This #GeoLog post explores how scientists use high-resolution climate #models to uncover the hidden regional impacts of the 1257 Samalas eruption, one of the largest in history.

🧵 Read more: egu.eu/0WNMW3

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In this #Geolog, EGU's Damla Posta will explore how the first case of rights of Nature in #Europe, the Mar Menor Lagoon in Spain, highlights the value of nature and could inspire stronger #environmental #laws across the continent.

🧵 Read the full article here: egu.eu/7TFNAU

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🌈 What if it's about letting in instead of coming out?

In this #GeoLog, EGU's Asmae Ourkiya and Simon Clark share their experiences and invite us to rethink the pressure to come out, focusing instead on self-compassion and authenticity.

🧵 Read more here: egu.eu/61U7LP

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In this #GeoLog, Peter Alexander reviews The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholar’s Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding from a Global South perspective.

🧵Read more: egu.eu/7177RX

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What if the impact of #slavery is more than #social- it's #geological? From plantation farming, soil loss, and atmospheric changes left lasting marks in soil, rivers and ice cores.

👉 Read the full #GeoLog post here: egu.eu/52IFM1