Highlights at a glance

08:30 – How can institutions assess impact beyond citations? Paths towards recognition and impact (US2 Room E1); Extreme Climate Events: Variability, Mechanisms, and Prediction (CL2.5/AS1: Orals Room E2; Posters: on-site Hall X5, virtual: vHall CL)
10:45 – How to get involved with EGU (SC1.2 pre-recorded, watch online); How to build and grow your scientific network (SC2.3 Room 0.96/97); Intelligent systems for Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (Methods, Models and Applications) (ITS1.5/GI1.5: Orals Room 0.94/95)
12:45 – EGU Plenary (UMI3: Room E1)
14:00 – Is social media outreach? (GDB5 Room E10); Surviving in Academia as a Parent (SC2.7 Room -2.61/62); Plastic in freshwater environments (HS2.3.4: Orals Room B); Open session on global ocean processes and oceanographic techniques (OS4.1: PICO PICO spot 3a)
16:15 – Mind your Head: Scared of giving presentations? (SC3.4 Room -2.61/62); Icy Moon Exploration: Bridging the Cryosphere and Icy Moon Communities (PS5.4: Orals Room 1.34; Posters: on-site Hall X4, virtual: vHall ST/PS); As climate change impacts accelerate, are we sleepwalking into the inferno…? (GDB2 Room E1); Observing and modelling glaciers at regional to global scales (CR1.1: PICO PICO spot 3a)
19:00 – Augustus Love Medal Lecture by Thorsten W. Becker: ‘On convective memory’ (MAL11 Room G2); Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal Lecture by Etienne Berthier: ‘From the tongue of the Mer de Glace to the world’s glaciers: 20 years of progress in measuring glacier mass changes from space’ (MAL18 Room L3)

Welcome message from the EGU Programme Committee Co-Chairs

Welcome to the EGU General Assembly! The Programme Committee is proud to present a stimulating and unique programme that covers the full range of subjects in the Earth, planetary and space sciences. This year we are also thrilled to be able to offer a General Assembly that is more hybrid than any we have managed before. Not only are all three standard presenting formats (posters, orals and PICOs) back on-site in Vienna, but also each offers a virtual component. This new set-up gives all our attendees full flexibility of choice in how they want to present their research and participate in EGU23.

This year’s programme includes 925 scientific sessions, 51 short courses, 11 union-wide Union Symposia and Great Debates, 39 Medal and Award lectures, as well as the Job Centre, Artists in Residence, Science-Policy events and much, much more. It is also a festive year as EGU turned 20 last September and, for a member-led organisation, there is no better way to celebrate our anniversary than by getting together.

We hope this week will give you the chance to really take the time to discuss your science in depth and detail, to build new connections and reinforce established ones, to cultivate new ideas and enjoy the company of other researchers. As we have seen in the last few years the EGU community is a strong, welcoming and curious one, dedicated to sharing ideas and knowledge in order to better serve humanity and the planet, and we want to thank all our attendees for joining us, whether on-site in Vienna or virtually, online.

We hope you enjoy the week and taking some time for science!

Maria-Helena Ramos and Athanasios Nenes, EGU Programme Committee Co-Chairs, 2023

How can institutions assess impact beyond citations? Paths towards recognition and impact

Despite a large reported interest, significant barriers prevent academics from contributing to decision-making processes, including a lack of knowledge about how to engage, insufficient time to participate, and a lack of acknowledgement of individual contributions beyond citations. For example, engaging with policy decision-making processes is not necessarily rewarded in the same way as other activities, such as publishing in journals or generating press coverage. This acts as a significant barrier to participation for many academics, but particularly early career researchers. This Union Symposium will explore various solutions to these barriers, including the role of funding agencies and academic institutions and the policy institutions themselves. Whatever the solutions are, they require the foundation of new incentive structures, better recognition of engagement, and cultural change that will require establishing a dialogue between academics, funding bodies, and policy institutions.

US2: 08:30–12:30 (CEST) Room E1

Medal and award lectures

GMPV Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Xin Zhong: ‘The generation, dissipation and geological implication of grain-scale stress variation in metamorphic rock’ (MAL39: 08:30–09:00 (CEST) Room D2)
NH Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Ankit Agarwal: ‘Disentangling the Characteristics and Drivers of Compound Drought and Hot Extremes’ (MAL42: 14:00–14:30 (CEST) Room M2)
Arne Richter Award for Outstanding ECS Lecture by Jessica McBeck: ‘Episodic delocalization in the upper crust: Implications for earthquake forecasting’ (MAL6: 14:05–14:35 (CEST) Room D1)
Augustus Love Medal Lecture by Thorsten W. Becker: ‘On convective memory’ & GD Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Ágnes Király: ‘Mantle flow around subduction zones: evolution through time’ (MAL11: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room G2)
Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal Lecture by Etienne Berthier: ‘From the tongue of the Mer de Glace to the world’s glaciers: 20 years of progress in measuring glacier mass changes from space’ & Arne Richter Award for Outstanding ECS Lecture by Harry Zekollari: ‘Changing glaciers in a changing climate through changing modelling approaches’ (MAL18: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room L3)

Short courses

How to navigate the EGU: tips and tricks (SC1.1: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) pre-recorded, watch online)
Careers inside and outside of academia: Panel Discussion (SC2.8: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room -2.61/62)
Theory and tools of statistical forecast verification (SC4.9: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room -2.85/86)
Monoplotting or how to quantify landscape changes based on historical terrestrial images in alpine environments? (SC5.4: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room 0.96/97)
Getting started with Python in climate science (SC5.6: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room 0.15)
How to get involved with EGU (SC1.2: 10:45–12:30 (CEST) pre-recorded, watch online)
How to build and grow your scientific network (SC2.3: 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Room 0.96/97)
Harmonizing writing and visualisation in publishing (SC3.8: 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Room -2.85/86)
Parallel computing using asynchronous many-tasks (SC5.3: 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Room -2.61/62)
The LGBT Pride group at EGU: Current progress and challenges for LGBT people in the Earth system sciences (SC1.3: 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room -2.85/86)

European Research Council (ERC) Funding Opportunities in Geosciences (SC2.1: 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room 0.96/97)
Surviving in Academia as a Parent (SC2.7: 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room -2.61/62)
How to date using Earth’s magnetic field? Tools and basic concepts about the archaeomagnetic dating (SC5.9: 14:00–15:45 (CEST) pre-recorded, watch online)
Mind your Head: Scared of giving presentations? (SC3.4: 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Room -2.61/62)
Neo-Colonialism in geosciences: what is it and why should you care? (SC3.11: 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Room 0.96/97)
Geodesy 101 (SC4.2: 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Room -2.85/86)

EGU23 Photo Competition – VOTING OPEN!

Voting has opened today for the thirteenth annual EGU Photo Competition! Ten creative and curious images were selected from 100’s of entrants for this year’s contest on the imaggeo website, in the hopes of being voted one of the top three photos of the year, awarding the winner with free registration to next year’s meeting. The winners are selected by you and voting is open until 18.00 (CEST) on Thursday 27 April. Winners are announced on Friday on the EGU blog, geolog.egu.eu, and at the EGU Booth in Hall X2.

Vote for your favourite.

Extreme Climate Events: Variability, Mechanisms, and Prediction

So far, the interannual-interdecadal variability and the long-term trend of extreme climate events have not been well understood. An important reason is that the mechanisms of extreme climate events are often complex. This session will examine the variability, mechanisms, and prediction of various extreme climate events, in relevant contexts.

CL2.5/AS1: Orals: 08:30–12:25 (CEST) Room E2; Posters: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) on-site: Hall X5, virtual: vHall CL

Is social media outreach?

Is social media a worthwhile vector for communicating science and reaching non-expert audiences? Proponents of social media highlight its ability for bringing otherwise inaccessible research to a global network, spreading research to new audiences and providing a voice to often under-represented or margianlised communities, but communicating via social media can result in a loss of nuance and accuracy required by the extremely short time-frames of the format. Critics also say that it requires a considerable investment in time and money, which can distract from core research activities. In this Great Debate, the panellists will discuss if effective communication on social media is possible or whether scientists are better investing their efforts elsewhere.

GDB5: 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room E1

Icy Moon Exploration: Bridging the Cryosphere and Icy Moon Communities

Palaeoclimate modelling is a challenging endeavour, not just due to the vast time scales that are often involved, but also the range of climate conditions that need to be incorporated. This session includes studies on model development, simulations and model-data comparisons, in an attempt to better simulate the past and facilitate future climate projections.

PS5.4: Orals: 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Room 1.34; Posters: 16:15–18:00 (CEST); on-site: Hall X4, virtual: vHall ST/PS

Plastic in freshwater environments

Plastic pollution in freshwater systems is a widely recognized global problem with potential environmental risks to water and sediment quality. Furthermore, freshwater plastic pollution is also considered the dominant source of plastic input to the oceans. Despite this, research on plastic pollution in freshwater environments and data and knowledge from field studies are still limited. This session will explore the current state of knowledge and activities on macro-, micro- and nanoplastics in freshwater systems.

HS2.3.4: Orals: 14:00–15:35 (CEST) Room B; Posters: 16:15–18:00 (CEST); on-site: Hall A, virtual: vHall HS

Observing and modelling glaciers at regional to global scales

The increasing availability of remotely sensed observations and computational capacity, drive modelling and observational glacier studies towards increasingly large spatial scales. These large scales are of particular relevance, as they impact policy decisions and public discourse. At a global scale, glaciers are among the most important contributors to present-day sea level change. This session will focus on advances in observing and modelling mountain glaciers and ice caps, at regional to global scales.

CR1.1: PICO: 16:15–18:00 (CEST) PICO spot 3a

Intelligent systems for Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (Methods, Models and Applications)

Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) describes the dynamic response of the solid Earth to ice sheet glaciation/deglaciation, which affects the spatial and temporal sea level changes, and induces surface deformation, gravitational field variation and stress changes in the subsurface. This session draws on observational data in order to better investigate the interactions between the ice sheets, solid Earth and sea levels.

ITS1.5/GI1.5: Orals: 10:45–12:20 (CEST) Room 0.94/95; Posters: 14:00–15:45 (CEST); on-site: Hall X4, virtual: vHall ESSI/GI/NP

As climate change impacts accelerate, are we sleepwalking into the inferno…?

Despite widespread media coverage of the dramatic increase in frequency and ferocity of extreme weather events in recent years, it often seems that policy and public opinion still lag a long way behind what is required to address the climate crisis effectively and rapidly. This Great Debate asks why this might be the case, and critically examines the role of the Earth sciences community in driving public opinion and policy making. It will examine the messaging, the tone and the science that shapes how climate change is presented to the public and policymakers, and look at how our community can help to drive climate action before it is too late.

GDB2: 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Room E1

EGU Exhibition

Don’t miss out the EGU Exhibition where you will get a chance to talk with industry representatives and members of other academic, scientific and publishing organisations. Several of the Exhibitors are running special events throughout the week, check the Exhibition events portal for events from lunch time talks (such as the ones organised by ENVRI) to the daily Open Science & Data Help Desk drop in sessions, to ‘Meet the Editors’ events (such as those being held by Cell Press, Elsevier and Nature).

List of Exhibitors.

Open session on global ocean processes and oceanographic techniques

This open session includes presentations on a wide range of ocean processes and oceanographic techniques, as well as advances due to new instruments and techniques such as gliders and autonomous vehicles. The session includes studies relating to all marine disciplines as well as interaction of the ocean with the atmosphere and/or the cryosphere.

OS4.1: PICO: 14:00–15:45 (CEST) PICO spot 3a