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New edition of GeoQ out now!
This issue of the EGU quarterly newsletter is dedicated to The Face of the Earth, the theme of this year’s General Assembly. A special contribution from the EGU President and the EGU Programme Committee Chair at the start of the issue informs readers about this theme and what will be different at this year’s meeting. [ Read more ]
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Submit your abstract and register for the EGU 2014 General Assembly
The EGU 2014 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 27 April-2 May, will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. [ Read more ]
GIFT teachers and EGU scientists: apply now to take part in I’m a Geoscientist, get me out of here!
The EGU are funding a European-wide educational project to provide school students with the opportunity to meet and interact with real scientists. [ Read more ]
Communicate Your Science Video Competition
Want to communicate your research to a wider audience and try your hand at video production? Now’s your chance! Young scientists pre-registered for the EGU General Assembly are invited to take part in the EGU’s first ever Communicate Your Science Video Competition! [ Read more ]
Press Release: Sybille Hildebrandt and Chelsea Wald awarded EGU Science Journalism Fellowship
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named journalists Sybille Hildebrandt and Chelsea Wald as the winners of its 2014 Science Journalism Fellowship for projects on palaeontology, geochemistry and the origin of animal life, and on soil sciences and forensics, respectively. [ Read more ]
Journal Watch
Subsurface pH and carbonate saturation state of aragonite on the Chinese side of the North Yellow Sea: seasonal variations and controls
Based upon eight field surveys conducted between May 2011 and May 2012, we investigated seasonal variations in pH, carbonate saturation state of aragonite, and ancillary data on the Chinese side of the North Yellow Sea. [ Read more ]
Exploring local adaptation and the ocean acidification seascape – studies in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
Here we present the OMEGAS strategy of co-locating sensors and oceanographic observations with biological studies on benthic marine invertebrates, specifically measurements of functional traits such as calcification-related processes and genetic variation in populations that are locally adapted to conditions in a particular region of the coast. [ Read more ]
Incidence of rough and irregular atmospheric ice particles from Small Ice Detector 3 measurements
2D light-scattering patterns were obtained in situ for the first time using the Small Ice Detector 3 probe during several flights in a variety of mid-latitude mixed-phase and cirrus clouds. [ Read more ]
Observed decline of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation 2004–2012
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and its component parts are monitored by combining a transatlantic array of moored instruments with submarine-cable-based measurements of the Gulf Stream and satellite derived Ekman transport. The time series has recently been extended to October 2012 and the results show a downward trend since 2004. [ Read more ]
Latest Posts from EGU Blogs
- New dinosaur competes to be Europe’s largest ever land predator, posted 7 hours ago on Green Tea and Velociraptors
- Science Snap #21: Nash Point, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, posted 23 hours ago on Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Science bloggers – join the 2014 General Assembly blogroll!, posted 1 day ago on GeoLog – EGU official blog
- Voice of the Future 2014, posted 1 day ago on Geology for Global Development
- Fire in Salford, posted 2 days ago on Polluting the Internet
- Imaggeo on Mondays: Iceland’s highlands, posted 3 days ago on GeoLog – EGU official blog
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