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Diana FRANCIS

PhD. Atmospheric Sciences, Sorbonne Universités Paris VI

Videos and documentaries

Transformers Documentary on CNN about dust storms : 

https://www.drdianafrancis.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TransformersDianaDust-1.mp4

My interview on Dubai Eye about atmospheric rivers:

https://www.drdianafrancis.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/dianaInterview.mp4

 

Geoscience News

  • (Not just) school through play
    by Jakub Stepanovic on May 16, 2025 at 1:59 pm

    The far-reaching impact of play on learning has been celebrated through the centuries. Be it the work Schola Ludus by John Amos Comenius, Friedrich Schiller’s Spieltrieb, Johan Huizinga’s Homo ludens… or the Geoscience Games sessions during EGU General Assembly, which marked its 8th edition during EGU25. The EGU Geoscience Games sessions […]

  • GeoTalk: Meet Rita Carrasco, coastal geomorphologist and EGU Biodiversity Task Force member
    by Chloe Hill on May 16, 2025 at 10:00 am

    Rita, welcome to GeoTalk! Can you tell us a bit about what initially drew you to the field of coastal geomorphology and wetland ecosystems? Thanks for inviting me! My academic background is in environmental engineering, with a lifelong passion for coastal areas and geomorphology. The real inspiration comes from a constant desire to contribute to […]

  • GeoTalk: Meet Annegret Larsen, Biogeomorphologist and Quaternary Scientist passionate about rewilding and a member of EGU’s Biodiversity Task Force.
    by Chloe Hill on May 12, 2025 at 10:00 am

    Annegret, welcome to GeoTalk! You’re a researcher who focuses on abiotic-biotic environmental interactions. Can you tell us how the implications of your research extend to sustainable management practices?  The United Nations, European Union, and national governments require us to restore landscapes to a ‘natural’ state. However, European […]

  • Beyond the blame game: Bridging Climate science and policy Action
    by Jakub Stepanovic on May 12, 2025 at 12:00 am

    Findings supporting the urgency of climate change are coming ever-so-fast. Yet, so it seems that various economic, political, and ideological groups are stepping up their denial game. The complexity of the current state was reflected during the EGU25 press conference “Hot takes & policy quakes: When geoscience meets social science.” The […]

  • Unethical science: On gender, discomfort, and the stories we tell
    by Lucia Perez-Diaz on May 9, 2025 at 10:00 am

    Reflections following the discussions held in the EGU25 Great Debate “Gender in Geoscience” (available to watch online if you missed it).  “Fairytales are the fossils of human culture.” said Francesca Cavallo, author of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, during the Union Symposium US8 on “Gender in Geoscience” on the final day of […]

  • Congratulations to the winners of the EGU25 Photo Competition!
    by Hazel Gibson on May 2, 2025 at 6:00 am

    For this year’s Photo Contest, EGU received a number of amazing images capturing a broad spectrum of the geosciences. Since the selection committee whittled the field down to 10 finalists, you have been voting for your favourites throughout EGU25’s week-long conference, both on-site in Vienna at the EGU booth, and online. After an enthusiastic […]

  • A Geoscientist’s Colorful Journey from Research to Children’s Books
    by Anna Katsigera on May 1, 2025 at 3:59 pm

    In today’s blog we’re having a chat with our very own Dr Lucia Perez-Diaz. As Lucia put it at the start of this year’s General Assembly, us scientists get to wear many “hats”, and she lives up to that statement. Besides a brilliant geoscientist, she is an incredible artist – also featured as last year’s artist in residence – and a […]

  • AI: the good, the bad, and the forgotten
    by Lucia Perez-Diaz on May 1, 2025 at 9:36 am

    AI is here, and when I say here, I mean e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e. For all you know, this blog may have been written by an algorithm (it wasn’t — I’m not a robot, promise. Or am I?). In what feels like the blink of an eye, AI has gone from a curiosity to a fully-fledged co-pilot in science (and out of science). It’s generating satellite imagery, […]

  • Outside the Conference: Vienna and Beyond
    by Jakub Stepanovic on May 1, 2025 at 7:00 am

    EGU’s General Assembly (GA) has been in Vienna for over 15 years now. There are practicalities that make it a suitable choice, such as Vienna being able to accommodate 15-20 thousand on-site participants and its location allowing many EGU members to travel there by ground-based transportation. Still, the GA’s experience also encompasses what […]

  • Fieldwork maze: where are we and where are we going?
    by Jakub Stepanovic on April 30, 2025 at 4:00 pm

    Bracing the elements to be rewarded with new data — and spectacular views in the process — can be an experience of a lifetime. Yet, zooming out of the easily romanticized image can quickly paint a different scene, where negative experiences from fieldwork drive people away from the research. Moreover, some fieldwork practices prevent people […]

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  • The Secret life of dust
  • Sahara desert sand is finding a newer, quicker route to the Arctic, sparks global warming fears, The National Newspaper, UAE
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  • NASA Image of the Day
  • Sharav dust storm
  • Quantification of Dust load in the ITD region
  • Dry cyclogenesis and dust lofting over Sahara-Sahel
  • A newly identified mechanism for dust emission over West Africa
  • Model inter-comparisons of dust emission over the Bodélé Depression
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