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Record-breaking 2024 Amazon fires drive unprecedented carbon emissions and ecosystem degradation
  • Press release
  • 8 October 2025

A new study by researchers at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, which triggered record-breaking carbon emissions and exposed the region’s growing ecological fragility despite a slowing trend in deforestation. The 2024 fires released an estimated 791 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which roughly equates to the annual emissions of Germany. This marks a sevenfold increase from the average of the previous two years.

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The Loupe – September: Powering the future
  • 30 September 2025

In our newsletter this month; what is the history of the OPEC nations and how does our petroleum-centric past prepare us for a sustainable future, what can you do to celebrate Earth Science Week, how to manage vulnerabilities during fieldwork, work-students; apply for a vacancy in community development, and more!

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The EGU Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force provide evidence for the EU’s proposed ‘European climate resilience and risk management initiative’.
  • 5 September 2025

The European Union’s proposed 'European climate resilience and risk management initiative' aims to set out a comprehensive framework and plan for action to support EU countries, notably on preparedness and planning in the face of an increasingly complex landscape of climate-induced risk. In order to support this process, EGU's Climate Hazards and Risk Task Force has answered the call for evidence with seven key recommendations.

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The Loupe – August: Fossils of our past
  • 29 August 2025

How much do you know about Sue the T-Rex?! Also revisit the Assam-Tibet earthquake of 1950, learn about how deaf communities are navigating climate change, nominate a candidate for EGU President and other Council roles, submit your EGU26 session proposals, and more in this month's newsletter!

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The Guinness Book of Sedimentology: your guide to the world’s largest EVER sedimentary landforms

There is something about really BIG things that always grabs people’s attention – look at dinosaurs for example. The geological record is littered with the extreme and today we will explore the biggest, the tallest, the deepest and steepest sedimentary structures and landforms ever to grace our planet. Depositional environments ranging from fluvio-lacustrine and aeolian, coastal environments and a range of marine settings have been studied to identify the record breaking dunes, bars, channels, deltas, sheet sands, canyons and more. …

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Writing Climate: a blog at the crossroads of Science, Art and Travel

It took me many travels, experiences, and an entire PhD on climate-related topics to realize that all these dots could be connected. How I Perceive Our Warming World is a blog at the intersection of my life passions: travel, art, and climate. It is not about travel, nor about art, nor about climate alone: it is about all of them together. Each of these passions offers a different lens through which to read our world. Although they may seem distant, …

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EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – 14th Edition

We are excited to announce the 14th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research in November. The Geodesy EGU Campfire Events “Share Your Research” give (early career) researchers the chance to talk about their work. We have two exciting talks by our guest speakers, Betty Heller-Kaikov and Pingping Huan. Below, you can find the details of the topics awaiting us. We will have time to network after the presentations. Please join us on Zoom on 28th November from 10:00 …

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