Highlights at a glance

08:30 – Does climate change affect earthquake risks? (GDB2 Room E1); Mind your head: “How to say no” (SC4.3 Room -2.61/62); Exploring satellite imagery with the Copernicus Browser and the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem QGIS Plugin (SC6.10 Room -2.85/86); Turn your documents to ART: Blacking-out scientific papers to create poetry (SC7.2 Room -2.33); Angela Croome Award Lecture by Gaia Vince ‘Existential Threat: How Scientists Can Work With The Media To Communicate Complex Systemic Crises’ (MAL9-EOS Room M2); Icy Moon Exploration: Bridging the Cryosphere and Icy Moon Communities (PS2.5 Room L1, onsite posters 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Hall X3)
10:45 – Satisfaction, salary and value: how and when to negotiate your employment conditions (SC4.6 Room -2.61/62); Learning how to use the EPOS Data Portal: harnessing cross-disciplinary research (SC5.18 Room -2.85/86); Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) Initiative: science needs for the global ambition to protect everyone by 2027 (GDB2 Room E1); Large mass movements monitoring, modeling and early warning (NH3.2/GM4, Room 1.15/16, onsite posters 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Hall X4, virtual posters 14:00–15:45 (CEST) vHall X4); CL Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Maria A. A. Rugenstein ‘The pattern effect: How radiative feedbacks depend on surface warming patterns and influence near-term projections’ (MAL36-CL: 10:50–11:20 (CEST) Room F1); GM Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Fiona J. Clubb ‘Going beyond the river long profile’ (MAL43-GM: 10:50–11:20 (CEST) Room D3)
12:45 – Early Career Scientist (ECS) Forum (NET6 Room 3.29/30) Building meeting grounds between the Global South and North: how do we move away from neo-colonial geoscience research structures (SC2.8 Room 1.15/16); Katia and Maurice Krafft Award Lecture by Sinelethu Hashibi ‘Reclaiming the rocks: ukuthetha ngezifundo zomhlaba ngesiXhosa’ (MAL10-EOS Room M2); Jean Dominique Cassini Medal Lecture by Veronique Dehant ‘Rotation of Mars and the Earth revealing their core properties’ (MAL4 Room E1)
14:00 – NH Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Marleen C. de Ruiter ‘Advancing multi-(hazard)risk science: embracing complexity and cross-disciplinary collaborations’ (MAL17 Room M2); Elevate your Pitch: Developing Engaging Short Scientific Presentations (SC3.2 Room -2.61/62); Sustainable Research Software (SC5.13 Room -2.85/86)
16:15 – Understanding the solar corona, heliosphere and solar wind through radio observations and modelling (ST1.7 Room 0.51, onsite posters 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Hall X3, virtual posters 14:00–15:45 (CEST) vHall X3); Precise Orbit Determination for Geodesy and Earth Science (G2.1; Hall X2, orals, Fri, 19 Apr, 14:00–15:40 (CEST), 16:15–17:55 (CEST) Room -2.47/48); Introduction to Python for Earth System Sciences (SC6.3 Room -2.85/86)
18:00 – Geographically Under-Represented Geoscientists’ Networking Reception (NET9 18:00–19:00 (CEST) Rooftop Foyer)
19:00 – The Art of Communicating Risk: Tips for effective risk communication (SC3.7 Room M2); Careers inside and outside of academia: Panel Discussion (SC4.5 Room M1); Mastering Environmental Research through FAIR Data Integration, VREs and Open Science (SC5.19 Room 1.15/16); Medal and Award lectures

Does climate change affect earthquake risks?

Studies in recent years have provided evidence for the potential link between climate change and increased earthquake activity. For instance, seismicity has been shown to increase in former glaciated regions, while droughts that are expected to intensify in a warming climate have also been identified as another potential trigger for increased seismicity. Alternating periods of drought and heavy rain have been shown to cause the “rise and fall” of mountain ranges, which could potentially put stress on faults, particularly where they are already in a critical state. A recent study even shows that typhoons, which are expected to intensify in the future, could temporarily change the seismicity of a region significantly. Following from this, are we now really uncovering how deeply sensitive our planet is, and how interconnected its systems are? Could changes in our atmospheric, hydrospheric and cryospheric systems as a result of climate change really bring about damaging geospheric processes such as earthquakes? This Great Debate will examine this idea, whilst asking questions about how our evaluation and mitigation of seismic events may be affected.

GDB2: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room E1

Medal and Award lectures

Angela Croome Award Lecture by Gaia Vince ‘Existential Threat: How Scientists Can Work With The Media To Communicate Complex Systemic Crises’ (MAL9-EOS: 09:35–10:05 (CEST) Room M2)
CL Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Maria A. A. Rugenstein ‘The pattern effect: How radiative feedbacks depend on surface warming patterns and influence near-term projections’ (MAL36-CL: 10:50–11:20 (CEST) Room F1)
GM Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Fiona J. Clubb ‘Going beyond the river long profile’ (MAL43-GM: 10:50–11:20 (CEST) Room D3)
Katia and Maurice Krafft Award Lecture by Sinelethu Hashibi ‘Reclaiming the rocks: ukuthetha ngezifundo zomhlaba ngesiXhosa’ (MAL10-EOS: 11:50–12:20 (CEST) Room M2)
Jean Dominique Cassini Medal Lecture by Veronique Dehant ‘Rotation of Mars and the Earth revealing their core properties’ (MAL4: 12:45–13:45 (CEST) Room E1)
NH Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Marleen C. de Ruiter ‘Advancing multi-(hazard)risk science: embracing complexity and cross-disciplinary collaborations’ (MAL17: 14:00–14:30 (CEST) Room M2)
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal Lecture by Daniel J. Conley ‘Reflections regarding our biogeochemical studies in lakes and marine environments’ and BG Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Eliane Gomes Alves ‘Volatile Organic Compounds: mediators of forest-atmosphere interactions and indicators of forest vulnerability’ (MAL12-BG: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room E2)
Hans Oeschger Medal Lecture by Michael Sigl ‘A slice through time — securing timelines of past climate, global volcanism and human societies’ (MAL13-CL: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room F1)
Vening Meinesz Medal Lecture by Jeffrey T. Freymueller ‘The Evolution of Positioning Accuracy and Linear vs. Non-linear Motions of the Earth’ and G Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma ‘GRACE for Earth system science: novel insights into hydrology, sea level rise, and solid Earth uplift’ (MAL18-G: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room G2)

Short courses

Mind your head: “How to say no” (SC4.3: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room -2.61/62)
Exploring satellite imagery with the Copernicus Browser and the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem QGIS Plugin (SC6.10: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room -2.85/86)
Turn your documents to ART: Blacking-out scientific papers to create poetry (SC7.2: 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room -2.33)
Satisfaction, salary and value: how and when to negotiate your employment conditions (SC4.6: 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Room -2.61/62)
Learning how to use the EPOS Data Portal: harnessing cross-disciplinary research (SC5.18: 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Room -2.85/86)
Building meeting grounds between the Global South and North: how do we move away from neo-colonial geoscience research structures (SC2.8: 12:45–13:45 (CEST) Room 1.15/16)
Elevate your Pitch: Developing Engaging Short Scientific Presentations (SC3.2: 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room -2.61/62)
Sustainable Research Software (SC5.13: 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room -2.85/86)
Best Practices for Global Analysis of Water Cycle Components: Connecting-the-Dots (SC5.10: 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Room -2.61/62)
Introduction to Python for Earth System Sciences (SC6.3: 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Room -2.85/86)
The Art of Communicating Risk: Tips for effective risk communication (SC3.7: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room M2)
Careers inside and outside of academia: Panel Discussion (SC4.5: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room M1)
Mastering Environmental Research through FAIR Data Integration, VREs and Open Science (SC5.19: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room 1.15/16)

Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal Lecture by Christian France-Lanord ‘The Neogene record of Himalayan erosion in the Bengal Fan’ (MAL21-GM: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room D1)
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal Lecture by Kei Hirose ‘Exploring the deep Earth and planetary interiors by high-pressure experiments’ and Arne Richter Award for Outstanding ECS Lecture by Yanhao Lin ‘Effects of water on the evolution of the Early Moon and deep Earth investigated by experiments’ (MAL22-GMPV: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room -2.31)
John Dalton Medal Lecture by Paul D. Bates ‘How far can we go in global flood inundation modelling?’ (MAL24-HS: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room B)
Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal Lecture by Silvia Frisia ‘Sedimentary carbonates: fabrics, ultrastructures and geochemistry’ and SSP Division Outstanding ECS Award Lecture by Miguel Ángel Maté González ‘New technologies applied to modelling taphonomic alterations of human origins’ (MAL31-SSP: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room D3)
Philippe Duchaufour Medal Lecture by Jan Willem van Groenigen ‘Beasts, Balances and Boundaries in Soil Science’ (MAL32-SSS: 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room K2)
Stephan Mueller Medal Lecture by Yann Klinger ‘Fault segmentation, off-fault deformation, and fault maturity’ (MAL34-TS: 19:00–19:45 (CEST) Room G1)

Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) Initiative: science needs for the global ambition to protect everyone by 2027

The “Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL)” initiative announced by the United Nations (UN) Secretary General in March 2022 is a ground-breaking effort to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected from hazardous weather, water or climate events through life-saving early warning systems by the end of 2027. Delivering on this call requires global collaboration and is built around four key pillars: disaster risk knowledge and management; detection, observation, monitoring, analysis, and forecasting; warning dissemination and communication; and preparedness and response capabilities. Despite advancements related to weather, water and climate, there are still scientific and technological challenges that need to be addressed in order to improve the provision of accurate and effective early warnings for a variety of hazards. In this Great Debate, we will discuss the challenges for scientists working in the field of natural hazards monitoring and forecasting, impacts and disaster prevention, and social sciences, discussing how to enable this action plan and providing early warnings for all.

GDB4: 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Room E1

Large mass movements monitoring, modeling and early warning

Large instabilities affect all materials (rock, weak rocks, debris, ice), from low to high altitudes, evolving as slow or fast complex mass movements. This and the complex dependency on forcing factors result in different types and degrees of hazard and risk. This session will present case studies, sharing views and data, to discuss monitoring and modeling approaches and tools, to introduce new approaches for thresholds definition, including advanced numerical modeling, Machine Learning for streamline and offline data analyses, development of monitoring tools and dating or investigation techniques.

NH3.2/GM4, orals 10:45–12:25 (CEST) Room 1.15/16, onsite posters 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Hall X4, virtual posters 14:00–15:45 (CEST) vHall X4

Understanding the solar corona, heliosphere and solar wind through radio observations and modelling

This session combines advancements in solar and heliospheric science through radio observations and theoretical understanding of the solar wind and its modeling. Covering various wavelengths, from decameter to millimetre (e.g. Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the session includes contributions on topics such as solar eruptions, energy transport, non-thermal electron mechanisms, and the development of new radio instruments for the coronal and heliospheric observations.

ST1.7 orals 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Room 0.51, onsite posters 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Hall X3, virtual posters 14:00–15:45 (CEST) vHall X3

Early Career Scientist (ECS) Forum

Early Career Scientists are invited meet over lunch to provide feedback on the ECS experience at the Assembly, and learn about what EGU does for its ECS community throughout the year.

NET6: 12:45–13:45 (CEST) Room 3.29/30

Geographically Under-Represented Geoscientists’ Networking Reception

This event will be an opportunity for researchers from geographically under-represented parts of the world to meet, discuss shared challenges and build new collaborative networks. Attendees who are not from geographically under-represented regions are also encouraged to attend, in a supportive capacity.

NET9 18:00–19:00 (CEST) Rooftop Foyer

Icy Moon Exploration: Bridging the Cryosphere and Icy Moon Communities

The icy moons of our Solar System are prime targets for the search for extraterrestrial life. Moons such as Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa are considered potential habitats because of their subglacial water oceans, which are in direct contact with the rocks below. To assess the habitability and sample the oceans of these moons, several approaches are being discussed, including water plume surveys on Europa and Enceladus, as well as developing key technologies to penetrate the ice and even study the ocean itself with autonomous underwater vehicles, if the ice is thin enough. The goal of this multidisciplinary session is to bring together scientists from different fields, including planetary sciences and the cryosphere community, to discuss the current status and next steps in the remote and in-situ exploration of the icy moons of our solar system.

PS2.5: orals 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room L1, onsite posters 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Hall X3

Precise Orbit Determination for Geodesy and Earth Science

Precise orbit determination is of central importance for many applications of geodesy and earth science. The challenge is to determine satellite orbits in an absolute sense at the centimeter or even sub-centimeter level, and at the millimeter or even sub-millimeter level in a relative sense. Four constellations of GNSS satellites are available and numerous position-critical missions (e.g. altimetry, gravity, SAR and SLR missions) are currently in orbit. Altogether, outstanding data are available offering new opportunities to push orbit determination to the limit and to explore new applications. This session aims to make accessible the technical challenges of orbit determination and modelling to the wider community and to quantify the nature of the impact of dynamics errors on the various applications.

G2.1; onsite posters 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Hall X2, orals, Fri, 19 Apr, 14:00–15:40 (CEST), 16:15–17:55 (CEST) Room -2.47/48

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 a range of events.

Today at the Data Help Desk lunchtime sessions: Kerstin Lehnert on ‘Introduction to IEDA2 services: EarthChem and SESAR’

12:45 – 13:45 (CEST) Booth X212

Opening times of the Exhibition:
Monday, 15 April to Thursday, 18 April 2024: daily from 10:00 to 18:00 (CEST), Friday, 19 April 2024: 10:00–13:00 (CEST)

List of Exhibitors

Deep-time Digital Earth

Incomplete evidence for the long-term evolution of Earth and difficulties of integrating existing data, in particular in digital form, limit the geoscientific understanding of Earth’s past and future. This interdisciplinary Union-wide session includes contributions from various geoscience disciplines, particularly those where research progress is dependent on the availability and access to complex, global-scale datasets and models in deep time.

US4: 14:00–18:00 (CEST) Room E1