News from the EGU: EGU 2015 highlights and feedback (May 2015) 28 May 2015 The May edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
Glacier changes at the top of the world – Over 70% of glacier volume in Everest region could be lost by 2100 Press release 27 May 2015 A team of researchers in Nepal, France and the Netherlands have found Everest glaciers could be very sensitive to future warming, and that sustained ice loss through the 21st century is likely. The research is now published in The Cryosphere. Read more
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems indexed in Web of Science 19 May 2015 The EGU open access journal Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) has just been accepted for inclusion in the Web of Science, an important indexing site widely used by the scientific community for article search and discovery. Read more
New study shows Antarctic ice shelf is thinning from above and below Press release 13 May 2015 A decade-long scientific debate about what’s causing the thinning of one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves has now been settled. The Larsen C Ice Shelf – whose neighbours Larsen A and B collapsed in 1995 and 2002 – is thinning from both its surface and beneath. The research, by scientists from the UK and the US, is published today (Wednesday 13 May) in The Cryosphere. Read more
Nominate candidates for our awards and medals! 5 May 2015 Every year, the EGU honours individuals for their important contributions to the Earth, planetary and space sciences through its awards and medals programme. EGU members are kindly asked to submit their nominations for all EGU medals and awards by 15 June. Read more
‘Dead zones’ found in Atlantic open waters Press release 30 April 2015 A team of German and Canadian researchers have discovered areas with extremely low levels of oxygen in the tropical North Atlantic, several hundred kilometres off the coast of West Africa. The levels measured in these ‘dead zones’, inhabitable for most marine animals, are the lowest ever recorded in Atlantic open waters. The research is published today in Biogeosciences. Read more
Introducing the new EGU young scientist representatives at Union level 14 April 2015 Following a two-year term, Sam Illingworth steps down as Programme Committee Representative at this year’s General Assembly. Wouter Berghuijs, from the Hydrology Division, and Lena Noack, from Planetary Sciences, have been nominated by the young scientist division representatives to replace Sam. Wouter will serve as Head Representative within the next year, with Lena taking the role of Deputy Head Representative. She will become Head Representative the following year. Read more
Launching the EGU Galileo Conference programme 13 April 2015 The EGU Galileo conferences address well-focused cutting-edge topics at the frontier of geosciences research. The programme is being launched today at the EGU General Assembly, with interested EGU members invited to submit proposals for the first EGU Galileo Conference soon. Read more
A community journal grown up: celebrating 10 years of Climate of the Past 10 April 2015 Climate of the Past was launched as a community-driven journal on 05 June 2005, a few weeks after EGU 2005, and is celebrating its 10 years with a special reception at the EGU 2015 General Assembly. Read more
EGU 2015 General Assembly: Media advisory 4 – Press conferences live stream, on-site registration Press release 7 April 2015 Next week (12–17 April), over 12,000 scientists will gather in Vienna for the 2015 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), a meeting that 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. The press conference programme includes presentations on the latest results from ESA’s Rosetta Mission and on changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet. Interested journalists can register on-site, free of charge, during the meeting. Those who cannot make it to Vienna can watch press conferences remotely through a live streaming link. Read more
Job opportunity at the EGU Executive Office: Science Policy Fellow 7 April 2015 We are seeking to appoint a Science Policy Fellow to develop the Union’s science policy programme, which is aimed at building bridges between geoscientists and European policymakers, engaging the EGU membership with public policy, and informing decision makers about the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The deadline for applications in 3 May. Read more
Travelling pollution – East Asian human activities affect air quality in remote tropical forests Press release 31 March 2015 Researchers from the UK and Malaysia have detected a human fingerprint deep in the Borneo rainforest in Southeast Asia. Cold winds blowing from the north carry industrial pollutants from East Asia to the equator, with implications for air quality in the region. Once there, the pollutants can travel higher into the atmosphere and impact the ozone layer. The research is published today in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Read more
New websites for the EGU journals 26 March 2015 All of EGU’s open-access journals now have new online homes. The new websites feature redesigned home page, as well as fast-access buttons for manuscript submission and tracking of manuscripts under review. Read more
Relaunch of CP website 26 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Climate of the Past, 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 CP website. Read more
Relaunch of ANGEO website 26 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Annales Geophysicae, 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 ANGEO website. Read more
Relaunch of GI website 24 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 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 GI website. Read more
Relaunch of SE website 23 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Solid Earth, 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 SE website. Read more
Relaunch of OS website 23 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Ocean Science, 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 OS website. Read more
Relaunch of NHESS website 18 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 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 NHESS website. Read more
Relaunch of HESS website 18 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 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 HESS website. Read more
Relaunch of GMD website 17 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Geoscientific Model Development, 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 GMD website. Read more
Relaunch of SOIL website 16 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for SOIL, 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 SOIL website. Read more
EGU 2015 General Assembly: Media advisory 3 – Press conference schedule, online registration closing Friday Press release 11 March 2015 The schedule of press conferences at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), which includes presentations on ESA’s Rosetta Mission and on Iceland’s Bárðarbunga volcanic eruption, is now available. The meeting, taking place on 12–17 April in Vienna, attracts over 12,000 scientists and 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 programme features debates on water security and on negotiating climate policy. Journalists interested in attending should register online by Friday. Read more
Relaunch of TC website 11 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for The Cryosphere, 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 TC website. Read more
Relaunch of ESurf website 11 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Earth Surface Dynamics, 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 ESurf website. Read more
Relaunch of ESD website 10 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Earth System Dynamics, 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 ESD website. Read more
Relaunch of BG website 10 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Biogeosciences, 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 BG website. Read more
10th EGU Alexander von Humboldt International Conference 9 March 2015 The 2015 Alexander von Humboldt conference will be joined with the EGU Leonardo Conference Series and will focus on Water-Food-Energy River and Society in the Tropics. It is taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 18–20 November. The deadline for abstract submission is 13 July. The conference will also have an associated Geosciences Information for Teachers (GIFT) workshop, open to local teachers and educators. Read more
Relaunch of ACP website 6 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 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 ACP website. Read more
Relaunch of ADGEO website 4 March 2015 Our publisher Copernicus has just relaunched the website for Advances in Geosciences, an EGU open access journal for refereed conference proceedings and special publications. The new website features a redesigned home page, as well as fast-access buttons for manuscript submission and tracking of manuscripts under review. If you are organising a scientific meeting, or convening a session at the EGU General Assembly, consider submitting a contribution to ADGEO. Read more
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
Results of the EGU Autumn 2014 elections 2 December 2014 The EGU election for the next Treasurer and Division Presidents closed on 01 December. The results are now available on the Elections page of this website. The EGU is grateful 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
New edition of GeoQ out now! 1 December 2014 The latest, and final, issue of the EGU quarterly newsletter GeoQ is dedicated to The Anthropocene. It includes a report from the Anthropocene Working Group, the International Commission on Stratigraphy body in charge of examining whether humans have impacted the Earth significantly enough to merit defining a new geological epoch, an era of humanity’s own making. This issue also features a contribution from the EGU President about new thinking, data and models for doing geosciences in the Anthropocene. Read more
EGU 2015 Science Journalism Fellowships (up to €5k) – deadline extended Press release 17 November 2014 The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is once again offering fellowships for journalists to report on ongoing research in the geosciences. Successful applicants will receive up to €5000 to cover expenses related to their projects, including following scientists on location. The deadline for applications is 23 November. Read more
EGU co-sponsored meetings: support request 12 November 2014 Do you need support from the EGU to organise a meeting in the Earth, planetary or space sciences? Up until 31 December 2014, we welcome proposals for topical meetings, training schools and workshops, as well as applications for EGU sponsorship of external meetings, for the year 2015. Read more
Voting for the next EGU Treasurer and Division Presidents now open! 4 November 2014 From now until 1 December 2014, EGU members can vote in the Autumn 2014 EGU Election. If you are an active member of the Union, you should have already received an email with a personalised voting link. Remember that active participation in EGU elections ensures continuation of the well-established bottom-up structure of our Union! Read more
EGU2015: Applying for financial support to attend the General Assembly 29 October 2014 A limited amount of the overall budget of the EGU General Assembly is reserved to assist young scientists and established scientists from low and middle income countries who wish to present their work at the meeting. Scientists who wish to apply for financial support should submit an abstract, on which they are first authors, by 28 November 2014. Read more
EGU 2015 call for papers 29 October 2014 Are you interested in presenting your work at the upcoming EGU General Assembly? Make sure to submit your abstract by 07 January 2015, 13:00 CET. If you would like to apply for financial support to attend the meeting, please submit your abstract no later than 28 November 2014. The EGU 2015 General Assembly is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 12 to 17 April 2015. Read more
EGU announces 2015 awards and medals 13 October 2014 The EGU has named the 39 recipients of next year’s Union Medals and Awards, Division Medals, and Division Outstanding Young Scientist Awards. Read more
Educators: apply now to take part in the 2015 GIFT workshop! 23 September 2014 The Geosciences Information For Teachers workshop is taking place on April 13–15 2015 at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. The topic of the 2015 edition of GIFT is Mineral Resources. The workshop will explore the challenges of using natural mineral resources in a rapidly developing and growing world. Read more
New edition of GeoQ out now! 3 September 2014 The latest issue of the EGU quarterly newsletter is dedicated to ‘Local events, global impacts’. Read more
