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The European Geosciences Union’s annual General Assembly will be held from 27 April – 02 May 2025 in a hybrid format. Journalists, science bloggers and other media participants can now browse the online press centre for press conferences and sessions of media interest.
The EGU General Assembly 2025 is fast approaching, and the full programme is now online! With over 1000 sessions and nearly 19,000 abstracts, the meeting will showcase groundbreaking research across the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. This year’s press conferences will highlight urgent topics, including climate hazards, air quality and public health, technological and social innovations for climate solutions, and even new discoveries from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter. For information on accommodation and travel, for in-person attendees, please refer to the appropriate sections of the main EGU General Assembly 2025 website.
Following a vote by EGU’s volunteer Council, the Union will no longer be posting on X, formerly known as Twitter.
EGU announces ‘Climate Hazard and Risk’ as our new Policy Priority Area and launches an open call for members of the Climate Hazard and Risk Policy Task Force, who will develop new ways to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from research into practice and to connect policymakers in Europe to the most relevant geoscience experts.
Sharing our appreciation and gratitude with the more than 11,900 volunteers and members who generously donated their time to EGU in 2024!
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 the EGU General Assembly in Vienna. As a children’s author myself, that phrase planted a seed from which this piece has grown. It was Friday morning …
Melissa Reidy is a postdoctoral researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. For 2025, she is the Early Career Scientist Representative for the Hydrological Sciences division. Can you tell us about the focus of your research? A common theme throughout all my research has been connections between land and water. What has been different is the ecosystems that I’ve studied that in. It started in a fire-affected swamp in south-eastern Australia for my honours. During my PhD, I …
We are excited to introduce the InterALAGE Team! and share their vision for the future of the organization! To get to know them better, our Media and Communications Officer conducted an in-depth interview with the new board members. In this engaging conversation, the board members share their personal backgrounds, journeys within InterALAGE, and goals during their term. 1. To start off, could you share a bit about your background and what you’re currently working on? Carlos Castillo Rivera – President …
