EGU announces election results
- EGU news
- 3 December 2019
The full results of the Union’s autumn 2019 election are now available.
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Monthly news from EGU: Union elections, new science-policy report, call for Galileo Conference proposals and a job opportunity (November 2019)
- EGU news
- 3 December 2019
The November 2019 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available.
EGU’s first science-policy pairing scheme held in November
- EGU news
- 28 November 2019
The scheme offered an opportunity for a member of the EGU to experience the daily work of an MEP, learn about the role of science in policymaking, and provide expertise on science-policy issues.
EGU Galileo Conference programme: call for proposals
- EGU news
- 27 November 2019
The EGU is now accepting proposals for Galileo Conferences, which aim to address well-focused cutting-edge topics at the frontier of geosciences research. The conferences are informal: the state-of-the-art is outlined in keynote talks designed to trigger in-depth discussion of important aspects of the conference topic. EGU members can propose to organise a Galileo Conference and apply for funding by 29 February 2020.
Job opportunity at the EGU Executive Office: Chief Strategy & Finance Officer
- EGU news
- 18 November 2019
We are seeking to appoint a Chief Strategy & Finance Officer to lead the development and implementation of the EGU’s strategic plan and vision, with particular responsibility for the Union’s financial security. The deadline for applications is 8 January 2020.
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Societal breakdown as an emergent property of large-scale behavioural models of land use change
- Earth System Dynamics
- DOI 10.5194/esd-10-809-2019
- 10 December 2019
Concerns are growing that human activity will lead to social and environmental breakdown, but it is hard to anticipate when and where such breakdowns might occur. We developed a new model of land management decisions in Europe to explore possible future changes and found that decision-making that takes into account social and environmental conditions can produce unexpected outcomes that include societal breakdown in challenging conditions.
First reported case of thunderstorm asthma in Israel
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
- DOI 10.5194/nhess-19-2715-2019
- 10 December 2019
During severe thunderstorms, cold outflows can eject pollen and dust particles from the surface, releasing allergens and causingthunderstorm asthmaepidemics in sensitive populations. We report the first case in Israel that occurred on 25 October 2015. The emergency room presentation records from three hospitals in central Israel showed a clear increase in patients with respiratory complaints immediately after the passage of a massive super-cell thunderstorm in the area.
The diurnal cycle of the smoky marine boundary layer observed during August in the remote southeast Atlantic
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
- DOI 10.5194/acp-19-14493-2019
- 10 December 2019
Boundary layer (BL) semi-direct effects in the remote SE Atlantic are investigated using LASIC field measurements and satellite retrievals. Low-cloud cover and cloud liquid water path decrease with increasing smoke loadings in the BL. Daily-mean surface-based mixed layer is warmer by 0.5 K, moisture accumulates near the surface throughout the night, and the BL deepens by 200 m, with LWPs and cloud top heights increasing, in the sunlit morning hours, as part of the smoke-altered BL diurnal cycle.
Can we use sea surface temperature and productivity proxy records to reconstruct Ekman upwelling?
- Climate of the Past
- DOI 10.5194/cp-15-1985-2019
- 10 December 2019
We test two assumptions that are often made in paleoclimate studies by using observations and ask whether temperature and productivity proxy records in the Southern California Current can be used to reconstruct Ekman upwelling. By examining the covariation between alongshore wind stress, temperature, and productivity, we found that the dominant covarying pattern does not reflect Ekman upwelling. Other upwelling patterns found are timescale dependent. Multiple proxies can improve reconstruction.
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- Cryospheric Sciences
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- Climate: Past, Present & Future
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