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Removing CO2 from the air required to safeguard children’s future
Reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is not enough to limit global warming to a level that wouldn’t risk young people’s future, according to a new study published in Earth System Dynamics by a team of scientists who say we need negative emissions. Measures such as reforestation could accomplish much of the needed CO2 removal from the atmosphere, but continued high fossil fuel emissions would demand expensive technological solutions to extract CO2 and prevent dangerous warming. [ Read more ]
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EGU Publications Committee Chair Hubert H.G. Savenije honoured by AGU
Hubert H.G. Savenije, Professor of Hydrology at the Delft University of Technology and the Chair of the EGU Publications Committee, has been named as the recipient of the International Award of the American Geophysical Union. This award is given annually to one honoree in recognition “for making an outstanding contribution to furthering the Earth and space sciences and using science for the benefit of society in developing nations.” [ Read more ]
EGU Autumn 2017 elections: call for candidates
The EGU Election Autumn 2017 for the next EGU President, General Secretary, and Division Presidents will take place from 1 to 30 November 2017. You are kindly asked to propose a candidate to any of these vacancies by 15 September 2017. You are welcome and encouraged to nominate yourself. [ Read more ]
EGU 2018 call for sessions
The call for session proposals for the EGU 2018 General Assembly is now open. Until 8 September you can suggest new sessions with conveners and description, or you can propose modifications to current ones. This year, the call for sessions includes short courses and townhall meetings. The next EGU General Assembly is taking place in Vienna, Austria on 8–13 April 2018. [ Read more ]
EGU journals: updated publication policy and revision of editors’, referees’, and authors’ obligations
In response to the detection of a case of scientific malpractice by a topical editor of two of its journals (SOIL and Solid Earth), EGU and Copernicus Publications have revised the guidelines for authors, editors and reviewers. The journals now also have an updated publication policy. [ Read more ]
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The double high tide at Port Ellen: Doodson’s criterion revisited
Some places experience double high tides, where the tide starts to ebb for a short while, only to briefly flood again before finally receding. The result is a very long high tide with weak currents, and is important for navigational purposes. The existing theory for when and where double high tides occur does not always capture them, and it can only be applied to double highs occurring on a twice-daily tide. Here, the criterion has been generalized to capture all double high or low tides. [ Read more ]
Reviews and syntheses: Systematic Earth observations for use in terrestrial carbon cycle data assimilation systems
This paper briefly reviews data assimilation techniques in carbon cycle data assimilation and the requirements of data assimilation systems on observations. We provide a non-exhaustive overview of current observations and their uncertainties for use in terrestrial carbon cycle data assimilation, focussing on relevant space-based observations. [ Read more ]
Periodic input of dust over the Eastern Carpathians during the Holocene linked with Saharan desertification and human impact
We present the first record of dust input into an eastern European bog over the past 10 800 years. We find significant changes in past dust deposition, with large inputs related to both natural and human influences. We show evidence that Saharan desertification has had a significant impact on dust deposition in eastern Europe for the past 6100 years. [ Read more ]
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