Educators and teachers: apply now to take part in the 2020 GIFT workshop! 15 October 2019 The Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop is taking place on May 4–6 2020 at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. The topic of the 2020 edition of GIFT is ‘Water in the solar system’, and teachers can apply by 30 November to attend. Read more
Monthly news from EGU: Input from members, artists in residence, wine grapes (September 2019) 23 September 2019 The September 2019 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
EGU member survey: please provide your input on EGU activities by 15 November! 18 September 2019 The EGU is a member-led organisation, with around 20,000 members from all over the world. We have designed a short survey for EGU members to provide input on what they value from EGU, the results of which will help ensure that we remain responsive to what our members want. If you are an EGU member, we’d ask you to take 5-10 minutes to give feedback on EGU and its activities. Read more
Artists: apply for a residency at Europe’s largest geoscience conference 18 September 2019 For the third year in a row, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will be hosting artists at its annual General Assembly. We are now opening a call for artists to apply for a residency at the 2020 conference, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 3-8 May 2020. The deadline for applications is 1 December. Read more
Burgundy wine grapes tell climate story, show warming accelerated in past 30 years Press release 29 August 2019 A newly published series of dates of grape harvest covering the past 664 years is the latest line of evidence confirming how unusual the climate of the past 30 years has been. The record shows wine grapes in Burgundy, eastern France, have been picked 13 days earlier on average since 1988 than they were in the previous six centuries, pointing to the region’s hotter and drier climate in recent years. The results are now published in Climate of the Past. Read more
Monthly news from EGU: Letter to funding agencies; new EGU journal (August 2019) 28 August 2019 The August 2019 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
New EGU journal: Weather and Climate Dynamics 23 August 2019 The EGU has launched its latest international not-for-profit scientific publication. Weather and Climate Dynamics is an open-access, two-stage journal with open review, following the model of other EGU journals, and is published by Copernicus Publications. Read more
Open letter to funding agencies regarding presentations at EGU meetings 20 August 2019 The EGU has issued an open letter to funding agencies and evaluation committees with information on the assessment of presentations given at its scientific meetings. The letter details the three presentation types given at EGU General Assembly and states that the selection of the type of presentation is not based on any evaluation of the scientific value of the contribution. As highlighted in a previous EGU statement, the letter also emphasises that there is no distinction regarding the standing, quality or prestige of oral, poster, or PICO presentations. Read more
New study: Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane Press release 14 August 2019 As methane concentrations increase in the Earth’s atmosphere, chemical fingerprints point to a probable source: shale oil and gas, according to new Cornell University research published today in Biogeosciences, a journal of the European Geosciences Union. Read more
Monthly news from EGU: Job opportunity, elections, financial support (July 2019) 30 July 2019 The July 2019 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
