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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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News from the EGU: EGU18 call for sessions, call for candidates, evolution statement (July 2017)
The July 2017 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. [ Read more ]
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 ]
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The electric current approach in the solar–terrestrial relationship
The sequence of phenomena consisting of solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), auroral substorm, and geomagnetic storms is mostly a manifestation of electromagnetic energy dissipation. Thus, first of all, it is natural to consider each of them in terms of a sequence of power supply (dynamo), power transmission (electric currents/circuits), and dissipation (mostly observed phenomena), i.e., as an input–output process and the electric current line approach. [ Read more ]
Simultaneous measurements of new particle formation at 1 s time resolution at a street site and a rooftop site
This study reports the distinct effects of street canyons on new particle formation (NPF) under warm or cold ambient temperature conditions because of on-road vehicle emissions; i.e., stronger condensation sinks are responsible for the reduced NPF in the springtime, but efficient nucleation and partitioning of gaseous species contribute to the enhanced NPF in the wintertime. The oxidization of biogenic organics is suggested to play an important role in growing new particles. [ Read more ]
Has dyke development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta shifted flood hazard downstream?
In this study we provide a numerical quantification of changes in flood hazard in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta as a result of dyke development. Other important drivers to the alteration of delta flood hazard are also investigated, e.g. tidal level. The findings of our study are substantial valuable for the decision makers in Vietnam to develop holistic and harmonized floods and flood-related issues management plan for the whole delta. [ Read more ]
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