Relaunch of AMT website 2 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, an open-access EGU journal. The new website features a redesigned home page, which includes news, recent papers and highlight papers, as well as fast-access buttons for manuscript submission and tracking of manuscripts under review. Find more details about the redesign over at the new AMT website. Read more
EGU 2015 General Assembly: Media advisory 2 – Meeting programme online, provisional press conference topics Press release 25 February 2015 The programme for the 2015 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is now online. The meeting, which attracts over 12,000 scientists, provides an opportunity for journalists to hear about the latest research in the Earth and space sciences and to talk to scientists from all over the world. This year’s conference features debates on water security and on negotiating climate policy. Press conferences include presentations on the latest results from ESA’s Rosetta mission and on Iceland’s Bárðarbunga volcanic eruption, among other topics. The meeting is taking place on 12–17 April in Vienna, Austria, at the Austria Center Vienna. Read more
Imaggeo Photo Competition 27 January 2015 The sixth annual EGU photo competition opens on 1 February. Up until 1 March, every participant pre-registered for the General Assembly can submit up three original photos and one moving image on any broad theme related to the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. This year, in line with the theme of the EGU 2015 General Assembly, we particularly encourage submissions representing A Voyage Through Scales. Read more
Communicate Your Science Video Competition 27 January 2015 Want to communicate your research to a wider audience and try your hand at video production? Now’s your chance! Young scientists pre-registered for the EGU General Assembly are invited to take part in the EGU’s Communicate Your Science Video Competition. Deadline has been extended to 12 March. Read more
Connecting Earth scientists and school students: apply to take part in I’m a Geoscientist! 23 January 2015 I’m a Geoscientist is a two-week-long science engagement event that takes place online. It aims to change students’ attitudes to the geosciences, and make them feel it’s something they can relate to and discuss in a rapidly changing world. For scientists, this is a unique opportunity to get involved with some public engagement from the comfort of your own home or lab computer, in your own time. The registration deadline for the next event, which is taking place on 9–20 March, is 6 February. Read more
Submit your abstract and register for the EGU 2015 General Assembly 3 January 2015 The EGU 2015 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 12–17 April, will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. Read more
Mason Inman and Karl Urban awarded EGU Science Journalism Fellowship Press release 15 December 2014 The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named journalists Mason Inman and Karl Urban as the winners of its 2015 Science Journalism Fellowship. The support will allow Inman to dig into how estimates of shale gas resources are made, while Urban will report on obtaining a new kind of geothermal energy. Read more
Water’s role in the rise and fall of the Roman Empire Press release 11 December 2014 Smart agricultural practices and an extensive grain-trade network enabled the Romans to thrive in the water-limited environment of the Mediterranean, a new study shows. The research, by an international team of hydrologists and Roman historians, is published today in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Read more
EGU 2015 General Assembly: Media advisory 1 – Media registration now open Press release 4 December 2014 The 2015 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) provides an opportunity for journalists to hear about the latest research in the Earth, planetary and space sciences, and to talk to scientists from all over the world. The meeting, the largest geosciences conference in Europe, brings together over 12,000 researchers, and is taking place in Vienna, Austria, from 12 to 17 April. Read more
New website for the EGU blogs 3 December 2014 The EGU blogs, which include GeoLog (the Union’s official blog), network blogs (by external collaborators) and the newly introduced division blogs, have a new home. Check out the new and improved pages to find out more about the EGU and its divisions, and to read the latest on research in the Earth, planetary and space sciences. Read more