Educators: apply now to take part in the 2017 GIFT workshop! 27 September 2016 The Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop is taking place on April 24–26 2017 at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. The topic of the 2017 edition of GIFT is The Mediterranean. Read more
All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season Press release 14 September 2016 New research published in The Cryosphere finds a trend toward earlier sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the autumn across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears. Read more
Register on the EGU Database of Expertise 5 September 2016 As part of its ‘science for policy’ programme, the EGU is creating a database to identify expertise within the Union that can be used in policy-related events of geoscientific relevance. Read more
News from the EGU: Italy earthquake, new papers (August 2016) 1 September 2016 The August 2016 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake in central Italy 24 August 2016 Early today, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit central Italy at 03:36 am local time (CEST). The epicentre of the earthquake was at (42.71 N, 13.22 E), according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. This is about 110 km northeast of Rome and about 35 km north of the deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit L’Aquila in 2009. Read more
News from the EGU: elections, EGU17 call for sessions (July 2016) 2 August 2016 The July 2016 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
New study reveals where MH370 debris more likely to be found Press release 27 July 2016 A team of researchers in Italy has used the location of confirmed debris from MH370 to determine where the airliner might have crashed, and where further debris could be found. The study is published today (27 July) in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, an open access journal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Read more
Fire clues in cave dripwater – researchers find wildfire signatures in cave formations for the first time Press release 21 July 2016 When mineral-rich water drips from a cave’s ceiling over centuries and millennia, it forms rocky cones that hold clues to the Earth’s past climate. Now, researchers in Australia and the UK have found that these structures can also help trace past wildfires that burned above the cave. Their research is published today in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Read more
EGU Autumn 2016 elections: call for candidates 18 July 2016 The EGU Election Autumn 2016 for the the Treasurer and Division Presidents will take place between 1 and 30 November. You are kindly asked to propose a candidate to any of these vacancies by 15 September 2016. You are welcome and encouraged to nominate yourself. Read more
EGU 2017 call for sessions 7 July 2016 The call for session proposals for the EGU 2017 General Assembly is now open. Until 9 September you can suggest new sessions with conveners and description, or you can propose modifications to current ones. The next EGU General Assembly is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 23 to 28 April 2017. Read more
