ISSUE 20, AUGUST 2016 EGU NEWSLETTER Monthly information service for members of the European Geosciences Union Read this email in HTML format at https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/20/email/ ============================================================ HIGHLIGHTS This month, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy, resulting in extensive damage and close to 300 fatalities. On the day of this tragic event, we put together information – with the help of officers from the Seismology and Natural Hazards Divisions – about what caused the earthquake and why it was so destructive. You can read it online on the EGU website (https://egu.eu/00XDU4). In other news, EGU members have a few more days to propose a candidate (https://egu.eu/34B8G0) to be the next EGU treasurer or division presidents (deadline 15 September). Those interested in convening sessions at the EGU General Assembly can submit their ideas by 9 September (https://egu.eu/7F375Y). ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE EGU News General Assembly Journal Watch EGU Blogs ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU NEWS * Magnitude 6.2 earthquake in central Italy (https://egu.eu/00XDU4) * EGU Autumn 2016 elections (https://egu.eu/78G1JM): call for candidates (deadline 15 September) More EGU news items are available on the EGU website at https://www.egu.eu/news/all/. ------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL ASSEMBLY * Submit your session ideas (https://egu.eu/7F375Y) for the EGU 2017 General Assembly by 9 September * Please note that two major events will be taking place in Vienna in parallel with the EGU meeting – we recommend booking your accommodation (https://egu.eu/7XNG2Y) as soon as possible More about the EGU General Assembly at https://www.egu2017.eu. ------------------------------------------------------------ JOURNAL WATCH Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) * Impacts of aviation fuel sulfur content on climate and human health (https://egu.eu/5A238S) * Large gain in air quality compared to an alternative anthropogenic emissions scenario (https://egu.eu/7XQJY7) * Satellite observations of stratospheric hydrogen fluoride and comparisons with SLIMCAT calculations (https://egu.eu/5EF1QG) Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) * Gravel threshold of motion: a state function of sediment transport disequilibrium? (https://egu.eu/0C0PZJ) Earth System Dynamics (ESD) * Coherence among the Northern Hemisphere land, cryosphere, and ocean responses to natural variability and anthropogenic forcing during the satellite era (https://egu.eu/6N8MIL) * Hemispherically asymmetric volcanic forcing of tropical hydroclimate during the last millennium (https://egu.eu/6LP9UA) * Why CO2 cools the middle atmosphere?–?a consolidating model perspective (https://egu.eu/7Z29YN) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) * A review of marine geomorphometry, the quantitative study of the seafloor (https://egu.eu/4UYQRV) * A thermodynamic formulation of root water uptake (https://egu.eu/3T0ESW) The Cryosphere (TC) * Annual Greenland accumulation rates (2009–2012) from airborne snow radar (https://egu.eu/7K362G) Other papers highlighted by the editors of EGU's open access journals are available online at https://www.egu.eu/news/journal-watch/. ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU BLOGS GeoLog, the official EGU blog * Geosciences Column: Improving together – science writing and football (https://egu.eu/3EI0CM) * GeoTalk: REcycle textile posters into useful products (https://egu.eu/5GOBH8) * GeoPolicy: How do Members of European Parliament learn about science? (https://egu.eu/7EIB1O) * Going deeper underground – why do we want to know how rocks behave? (https://egu.eu/6OST7V) * GeoEd: Career pathways and expectations in the geosciences – straight lines, wiggles and all out chaos (https://egu.eu/1DN1FI) * Who do you think most deserves the title of the Mother of Geology? (https://egu.eu/8ETN3B) EGU network blogs * 35th International Geological Congress (Cape Town, South Africa – https://egu.eu/6X9VZJ), in Geology for Global Development EGU division blogs * Science Communication – Brexit, Climate Change and the Bluedot Festival (https://egu.eu/5270TG), in Atmospheric Sciences * Image of the Week — Where do people stay in the “coolest” place on earth? (https://egu.eu/9L7HRO), in Cryospheric Sciences * Features from the field: slickenside lineations (https://egu.eu/9R0VC8), in Tectonics and Structural Geology * A seismologist on vacation (https://egu.eu/5ZSUP1), in Seismology * Coffee break biogeosciences–in situ sub-millimeter scale resolution imaging of benthic environments (https://egu.eu/4DVAIS), in Biogeosciences More posts from the EGU blogs are available at https://blogs.egu.eu/. ------------------------------------------------------------ POLICY Discover EGU's Science for Policy resources (https://www.egu.eu/policy/) & sign up to our database of expertise (https://egu.eu/2JN1DP) to help integrate science in the policy-making process ------------------------------------------------------------ MEETINGS Check the EGU Meetings Calendar for upcoming geoscience conferences: https://www.egu.eu/meetings/calendar/ ------------------------------------------------------------ JOBS Find vacancies in the Earth, planetary and space sciences on the EGU Jobs Portal: https://www.egu.eu/jobs ------------------------------------------------------------ EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS Visit the EGU Early Career Scientists website! https://www.egu.eu/ecs ------------------------------------------------------------ FOLLOW US Web: https://www.egu.eu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanGeosciencesUnion Twitter: https://twitter.com/EuroGeosciences LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-geosciences-union Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eurogeosciences/ Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+egu/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EuroGeosciencesUnion ------------------------------------------------------------ SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/20/email/ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=News+from+the+EGU%2C%20August%202016%3A%20https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/20/email/ ============================================================ Copyright © 2016 European Geosciences Union. 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