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PhD. Atmospheric Sciences, Sorbonne Universités Paris VI

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Sahara desert sand is finding a newer, quicker route to the Arctic, sparks global warming fears, The National Newspaper, UAE

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by admin

Desert dust is travelling to the Arctic at a greater rate than previously thought, a new study carried out at New York University Abu Dhabi has found., 10 October 2018

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    by Kristina G Dunkel on June 1, 2020 at 10:55 am

    The structures in this photo might look three-dimensional, but they are completely flat. It is a photo of a polished thinsection of a rock, taken through a petrographic microscope under cross-polarized light. The width of the image is just 2 mm. The brownish mineral around the edges is carbonate, the white to grey mineral in the centre is […]

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    Hi Rhian, thanks for talking with us today about the EGU’s Award nominations, please start by introducing yourself! I’m a physical geography and geology lecturer at Swansea University, with a particular focus on teaching through the medium of Welsh. I have been awarded the Katia and Maurice Krafft Award for my work on the British Sign […]

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    Now that the week of #shareEGU20 is over, you may be wondering what happens to your display materials. As the materials have been uploaded to our new digital repository, EGUsphere, they will remain available online in their current format for the foreseeable future. Remember to check the copyright selected by the author if you want to interact […]

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    During the week of #shareEGU20 we were very fortunate that both of our Artists in Residence, Stacy Phillips and Priyanka das Rajkakati agreed to participate virtually. We will feature some of Priyanka’s work in a later post, but in case you missed it during the week we wanted to share some of Stacy’s photography, to perhaps give you […]

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