ISSUE 22, OCTOBER 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/22/email/ ============================================================ HIGHLIGHTS The call for abstracts for the EGU 2017 General Assembly (http://egu2017.eu/) (Vienna, 23–28 April) opened last week. Until 11 January at 13:00 CET, you are welcome to submit your abstract for the chance to present and discuss your research at the largest European geoscience conference. To apply for financial support (https://egu.eu/463B2I), please make sure to submit your abstract before 1 December. This month, we are also advertising a job at the EGU Executive Office in Munich, Germany. Apply to be our new Science Policy Officer (https://egu.eu/9Y7O40) by 15 November, if you would like to help the EGU build bridges between geoscientists and European policymakers. Finally, stay tuned to the EGU 2016 Autumn elections (https://egu.eu/elections) for treasurer and division presidents happening next month. Active EGU members will receive a voting link by email. ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE EGU News General Assembly Journal Watch EGU Blogs ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU NEWS * Job opportunity at the EGU Executive Office: Science Policy Officer (https://egu.eu/9Y7O40) * Press Release: Receding glaciers in Bolivia leave communities at risk (https://egu.eu/1QO1FI) * Press Release: Applications open for EGU 2017 Science Journalism Fellowships (up to €5k) (https://egu.eu/581RCE) More EGU news items are available on the EGU website at https://www.egu.eu/news/all/. ------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL ASSEMBLY * EGU 2017 call for abstracts (https://egu.eu/8Y6R9E) (deadline 11 Jan, or 1 Dec if applying for funding) * Apply for financial support to attend the EGU General Assembly (https://egu.eu/463B2I) * 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 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) * Optical properties and aging of light-absorbing secondary organic aerosol (https://egu.eu/0VET8Z) * Screening of cloud microorganisms isolated at the Puy de Dôme (France) station for the production of biosurfactants (https://egu.eu/78TXMB) Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) * GMMIP (v1.0) contribution to CMIP6: Global Monsoons Model Inter-comparison Project (https://egu.eu/9L4PIA) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) * Influence of groundwater on distribution of dwarf wedgemussels (Alasmidonta heterodon) in the upper reaches of the Delaware River, northeastern USA (https://egu.eu/8TDANF) Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) * Brief communication: Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction – success or warning sign for Paris? (https://egu.eu/1WRX9P) SOIL * Leaf waxes in litter and topsoils along a European transect (https://egu.eu/2D31NB) The Cryosphere (TC) * Glacier change and glacial lake outburst flood risk in the Bolivian Andes (https://egu.eu/1MLPB1) * Ice core evidence for a 20th century increase in surface mass balance in coastal Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica (https://egu.eu/72B5K8) 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 * What is in your field rucksack? Backpacking in the wilderness (https://egu.eu/70NZVB) * GeoPolicy: Living in a post-factual society and why it’s more important than ever for scientists to engage (https://egu.eu/2PVSWY) * Stop the press! How to pitch your research to a journalist or editor (https://egu.eu/3SMYQW) * Imaggeo on Mondays: Recording the Earth’s magnetic field one grain at a time (https://egu.eu/85N4A2) * Geosciences column: Making aurora photos taken by ISS astronauts useful for research (https://egu.eu/1LRS3T) * This calls for a celebration: GeoLog’s 1000 post! (https://egu.eu/7J4B0H) EGU network blogs * NEW BLOG – Water Underground: a groundwater nerd blog written by a global collective of hydrogeologic researchers (https://egu.eu/4ZAR10) * Pilgrimage to Pompeii (https://egu.eu/3W9IT2), in GeoSphere EGU division blogs * When cooling causes heating (https://egu.eu/4S69IC), in Atmospheric Sciences * Sea Level “For Dummies” (https://egu.eu/4N20WP), in Cryospheric Sciences * Image of the Week – The Polar Hole! (https://egu.eu/7ZT2A5), in Cryospheric Sciences * ESurf – Special Issue on 4-D reconstruction of earth surface processes (https://egu.eu/4YFTQN), in Geomorphology * From Neptune to Planet Nine: finding planets with pen and paper (https://egu.eu/8B04HG), in Planetary and Solar System Sciences * Where and why does the chain break? Women in geoscience and letters of recommendation for postdoctoral fellowships (https://egu.eu/1FWI4C), in Seismology * Solid Earth, an open-access journal (https://egu.eu/3LRGY1), in Soil System Sciences * Introducing our Early Career Scientist Team (https://egu.eu/9YCWJZ), in Tectonics and Structural Geology * Soft Sediment Structures: Slumps and Flames (https://egu.eu/4B8F6M), in Tectonics and Structural Geology 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/22/email/ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=News+from+the+EGU%2C%20October%202016%3A%20https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/22/email/ ============================================================ Copyright © 2016 European Geosciences Union. 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