ISSUE 21, SEPTEMBER 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/21/email/ ============================================================ HIGHLIGHTS A new study published this month in The Cryosphere (https://egu.eu/5B9TX7) shows that all polar bear populations, found in 19 distinct Arctic regions, face a shorter sea ice season, with ice-covered days declining at the rate of 7 to 19 days per decade between 1979 and 2014. Other researchers, publishing in Earth Surface Dynamics (https://egu.eu/7GH83E), have investigated how the oxidation of sulfides in recent landslides drives intense weathering and how this process could be an important CO2 source. Meanwhile, a study in Biogeosciences (https://egu.eu/1Z8I03) reports observations to detect ocean carbonate chemistry outside preindustrial bounds to better understand ocean acidification impacts. Find out more about these and other studies published in EGU journals in the past month by following the links below. In other EGU news, check our website and social media channels in the coming weeks, as we will start the call for abstracts to the EGU 2017 General Assembly in October. In addition, we are celebrating Earth Science Week (October 9–15) with a number of live question & answer sessions on Twitter and other activities. Stay tuned! ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE EGU News General Assembly Journal Watch EGU Blogs ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU NEWS * Register on the EGU database of expertise (https://egu.eu/19U60F) * Press Release: All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season (https://egu.eu/5KJDUQ) * Educators: apply now to take part in the 2017 GIFT workshop! (https://egu.eu/6DT0GW) More EGU news items are available on the EGU website at https://www.egu.eu/news/all/. ------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL ASSEMBLY * Submit your abstract to the EGU 2017 General Assembly (http://egu2017.eu/) from 20 October * PICO: the how-to guide to Presenting Interactive COntent (https://egu.eu/6IF2R8) * Please note that two major events will be taking place in Vienna in parallel with the EGU 2017 General Assembly – 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 Annales Geophysicae (ANGEO) * Modified ion-Weibel instability as a possible source of wave activity at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (https://egu.eu/7AFHTY) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) * Long-term visibility variation in Athens (1931–2013): a proxy for local and regional atmospheric aerosol loads (https://egu.eu/6V2LM8) Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT) * First characterization and validation of FORLI-HNO3 vertical profiles retrieved from IASI/Metop (https://egu.eu/7Y3LBD) Biogeosciences (BG) * Using present-day observations to detect when anthropogenic change forces surface ocean carbonate chemistry outside preindustrial bounds (https://egu.eu/1Z8I03) Climate of the Past (CP) * Interactions between climate change and human activities during the early to mid-Holocene in the eastern Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) * Oxidation of sulfides and rapid weathering in recent landslides (https://egu.eu/7GH83E) Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) * Muographic data analysis method for medium-sized rock overburden inspections (https://egu.eu/3F5PQM) Solid Earth (SE) * New data on geology of the Southern Urals: a concise summary of research after the period of EUROPROBE activity (https://egu.eu/1RMKOQ) * A geological model for the management of subsurface data in the urban environment of Barcelona and surrounding area (https://egu.eu/94L29J) The Cryosphere (TC) * Quantifying ice loss in the eastern Himalayas since 1974 using declassified spy satellite imagery (https://egu.eu/7E4XIY) * Dispersion in deep polar firn driven by synoptic-scale surface pressure variability (https://egu.eu/9861QO) * Sea-ice indicators of polar bear habitat (https://egu.eu/5B9TX7) 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 * GeoTalk: Investigating the transport of plastic pollution in the oceans (https://egu.eu/4NLDSE) * Imaggeo on Mondays: The road to nowhere – natural hazards in the Peloponnese (https://egu.eu/1RQ05X) * What is in your field rucksack? Camping in Iceland (https://egu.eu/2S71TV) * GeoPolicy: Science and the policy cycle (https://egu.eu/8W6HDA) * Geosciences Column: A new rock outcrop map and area estimation for the entire Antarctic continent (https://egu.eu/7OEBQL) EGU network blogs * 4th GfGD Annual Conference – Geology and the SDGs (Registration Open) (https://egu.eu/6WQ62Y), in Geology for Global Development * It’s Been a While (https://egu.eu/4Q9MTW), in GeoSphere EGU division blogs * Science communication after disasters (https://egu.eu/93IM29), in Seismology * What was going on this week in the world of the ECSeismologists? (https://egu.eu/59Z0JX), in Seismology * Image of the Week — ice tsunamis! (https://egu.eu/2P3OJU), in Cryospheric Sciences * Minds over Methods: Numerical modelling (https://egu.eu/5PY6K9), in Tectonics and Structural Geology * The Scorpion and the… Trees: Surface mining (im)practical implications (https://egu.eu/5DLUVC), in Energy, Resources and the Environment * Water Masses “For Dummies” (https://egu.eu/6NQ7I5), in Cryospheric Sciences * Upcoming space events! (https://egu.eu/1NFAR7), in Planetary and Solar System Sciences * (Sicilian farmers look) Back to the future (https://egu.eu/6S4658), in Soil System Sciences 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/ 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/21/email/ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=News+from+the+EGU%2C%20September%202016%3A%20https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/21/email/ ============================================================ Copyright © 2016 European Geosciences Union. 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