Job opportunity at the EGU Executive Office: Communications Officer 18 March 2014 We are seeking to appoint a Communications Officer to work with the EGU Media and Communications Manager in maintaining and further developing media- and science-related communications between the EGU and its membership, the working media and the public at large. Read more
EGU 2014 General Assembly: Media advisory 2 – Meeting programme online, provisional press conference topics Press release 13 March 2014 The programme for the 2014 European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly is now online. The meeting attracts over 11,000 scientists from all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. This year’s conference features debates on mining and geoengineering, as well as Union sessions on ‘The Face of the Earth’ (the theme of this year’s meeting) and lessons learned from the IPCC’s findings. Press conferences will include presentations on ‘The 10 years of Cassini at Saturn’ and ‘The Anthropocene: are we living in the age of humans?’, among other topics. The event is taking place on 27 April – 2 May 2014 at the Austria Center Vienna. Read more
Obituary: Peter Fabian (1937 – 2014) 13 March 2014 Peter Fabian, the first EGU President, passed away on 11 March at the age of 76. Read more
New edition of GeoQ out now! 3 March 2014 This issue of the EGU quarterly newsletter is dedicated to The Face of the Earth, the theme of this year’s General Assembly. A special contribution from the EGU President and the EGU Programme Committee Chair at the start of the issue informs readers about this theme and what will be different at this year’s meeting. Read more
Greenland’s fastest glacier reaches record speeds Press release 3 February 2014 Jakobshavn Isbræ (Jakobshavn Glacier) is moving ice from the Greenland ice sheet into the ocean at a speed that appears to be the fastest ever recorded. Researchers from the University of Washington and the German Space Agency (DLR) measured the dramatic speeds of the fast-flowing glacier in 2012 and 2013. The results are published today in The Cryosphere. Read more
Imaggeo Photo Competition 29 January 2014 The fifth 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. Read more
Communicate Your Science Video Competition 29 January 2014 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 first ever Communicate Your Science Video Competition! Read more
Ancient forests stabilised Earth’s CO2 and climate Press release 23 January 2014 UK researchers have identified a biological mechanism that could explain how the Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate were stabilised over the past 24 million years. When CO2 levels became too low for plants to grow properly, forests appear to have kept the climate in check by slowing down the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The results appear in Biogeosciences. Read more
EGU 2014 General Assembly: Media advisory 1 – Media registration now open Press release 13 January 2014 The latest research in Earth, planetary and space sciences will be presented at the 2014 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna, Austria, from 27 April to 2 May. The meeting, the largest geosciences conference in Europe, brings together over 11,000 researchers from all over the world. Read more
Sybille Hildebrandt and Chelsea Wald awarded EGU Science Journalism Fellowship Press release 10 January 2014 The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named journalists Sybille Hildebrandt and Chelsea Wald as the winners of its 2014 Science Journalism Fellowship for projects on palaeontology, geochemistry and the origin of animal life, and on soil sciences and forensics, respectively. Read more
Europe to suffer from more severe and persistent droughts Press release 9 January 2014 By the end of this century, droughts in Europe are expected to be more frequent and intense due to climate change and increased water use, a new Hydrology and Earth System Sciences study concludes. Read more
Earth System Dynamics indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded 7 January 2014 Thomson Reuters has announced that they will include Earth System Dynamics (ESD) in their Web of Science/ISI listings following the completion of their assessment of the quality, characteristics and flow of papers published in the journal since its launch in 2010. Read more
Submit your abstract and register for the EGU 2014 General Assembly 2 January 2014 The EGU 2014 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 27 April-2 May, will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. Read more
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics becomes interactive! 18 December 2013 Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (NPG), an EGU-Copernicus publication, is transitioning from an open access journal with a traditional review process into an interactive open access journal applying the public peer-review and interactive public discussion concept. Read more
New EGU journal SOIL to be launched at the 2014 General Assembly 17 December 2013 SOIL, the newest interactive and open access journal of the EGU, is dedicated to the publication and discussion of high-quality research in the field of soil system sciences. It will open for submissions in May 2014, following the journal’s official launch at the EGU 2014 General Assembly. Read more
9th EGU Alexander von Humboldt International Conference 16 December 2013 The next AvH conference is on High Impact Natural Hazards Related to the Euro-Mediterranean Region, and will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 24–28 March 2014. The deadline for abstracts is 31 January 2014. Read more
GIFT teachers and EGU scientists: apply now to take part in I’m a Geoscientist, get me out of here! 13 December 2013 The EGU are funding a European-wide educational project to provide school students with the opportunity to meet and interact with real scientists. Read more
Welcome to a new Imaggeo! 9 December 2013 The EGU’s open access geoscience image repository has a new and improved home. Visit the all new Imaggeo at imaggeo.egu.eu. Read more
Geoengineering approaches to reduce climate change unlikely to succeed Press release 5 December 2013 Two German researchers used a simple energy balance analysis to explain how the Earth’s water cycle responds differently to heating by sunlight than it does to warming due to a stronger atmospheric greenhouse effect. Further, they show that this difference implies that reflecting sunlight to reduce temperatures may have unwanted effects on the Earth’s rainfall patterns. The results are now published in ESD. Read more
Results of the EGU Autumn 2013 elections 2 December 2013 The EGU election for the next EGU president/vice-president and general secretary closed on 01 December. The results are now available on the Elections page of this website. The EGU is thankful to all those who used their voting right. Active participation in elections ensures continuation of the well-established bottom-up structure of our Union! Read more
