Blogs
This blog article is a contribution to the PAGES Early-Career Network (ECN). Early-career researchers (ECRs) are often affected by precarious employment, frequent moves, and an unsure future. This renders ECRs especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read 12 stories by ECRs in which they share their thoughts, concerns, and a glimpse into their lives during the global crisis.
The field of solar-terrestrial interactions, the interplay between the Sun and other planetary bodies in the solar system, is a fascinating area of research. My knowledge about this subject as a doctoral student now spans three years. The line of my research delves into the study of major disturbances (geomagnetic storms) of the Earth’s magnetic region (extending from the Earth’s interior out into space) that occur ...
University of Bern Library Open Science Blog, 2020
Zander, a PAGES ECN Member, shares his experience and perspective on open data, and discusses the Past Global Changes Magazine 26 (2): Building and Harnessing Open Paleodata.
This blog article is a contribution to the PAGES Early-Career Network (ECN). Come and dive head first into this story of suffocating lakes! Maurycy Żarczyński takes us on a 2000-year journey of human societies, land use, and the influence they have had on lake ecosystems. Featuring Polish lakes, hypoxia, climate change, and wonderful illustrations by the author himself.
This blog article is a contribution to the PAGES SISAL working group.
This blog article by Tommaso Alberti focuses on PAGES' CVAS working group leader Shaun Lovejoy, who received the 2019 EGU Lewis Fry Richardson Medal for “pioneering and leading research on multi-fractal cascade dynamics in hydrology, climate and weather, leading to a new class of comprehensive stochastic, rather than deterministic, sub-grid models."
This blog article is a contribution to the PAGES Early-Career Network (ECN). We need to look to the past to understand the present and predict the future - a simple fact. Julieta Martinelli talks about how paleoscientists can and should better communicate this fact to decision-makers and the wider community.
This blog article is a contribution to the PAGES Early-Career Network (ECN). Some PhD students think of their research project as their child. Or maybe as a very long, painful pregnancy. However, is raising a child also like doing a lifetime PhD? Nguyen Tan Thai Hung shares his story of the struggles and beauty of being both an ECR and a parent - featuring self-reflection, doubts, acceptance, and the importance of a support system.
This blog article is a contribution to the PAGES Early-Career Network (ECN). No pollen at the study site - a nightmare for a palynologist! However, if you look closely enough, you might find a way around this problem. Abraham Nqabutho Dabengwa shares how he, like a phoenix, rose from the ashes of a stalling PhD with the help of charcoal. Read about how Abraham overcame the difficulties in his research, regained his confidence, and how charcoal can help us study past grazing behavior.
This blog article is a contribution to the PAGES Early-Career Network (ECN). Deciding who is going to be a co-author on your paper can be a daunting task, with traps and dangers lurking in every corner, waiting for you to put your foot in it or be disappointed by someone else. However, as Carin Andersson Dahl outlines in her post, there are simple rules you can follow to avoid confusion and create a transparent and fair process.