Dealing with plagiarism at Climate of the Past 24 September 2015 Recently, Climate of the Past (CP) faced an unacceptable case of plagiarism, with a paper published in another open access journal copying figures, captions and large sections of the text from a paper originally published in CP. This is how the journal responded. Read more
EGU Galileo Conference programme: call for proposals 4 September 2015 The EGU is now accepting proposals for Galileo conferences, a newly established type of meeting which will be fully supported by EGU. The conferences address well-focused cutting-edge topics at the frontier of geosciences research. Any EGU member may propose to organise a Galileo Conference. Read more
News from the EGU: West Antarctica’s future, tsunamis in the Mediterranean, waves at comet 67P (August 2015) 31 August 2015 The August edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
Obituary: Arne Richter (1941–2015) 4 August 2015 Arne Richter, executive secretary of the European Geosciences Union from 2002 to 2009, passed away on 2 August 2015 after a battle with illness. Read more
News from the EGU: Young Scientists now Early Career Scientists, EGU 2016 call for sessions, co-sponsored meetings (July 2015) 30 July 2015 The July edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
EGU Vice-President Günter Blöschl awarded AGU’s Robert E. Horton Medal 24 July 2015 Günter Blöschl, Chair of Hydrology and Water Resources Management at the Vienna University of Technology and former EGU President (currently EGU Vice-President), has been awarded the Robert E. Horton Medal of the American Geophysical Union. This medal is given annually to one honoree in recognition for “outstanding contributions to hydrology.” Read more
EGU election for President/Vice-President and General Secretary: propose a candidate 22 July 2015 The autumn 2015 election, where 2015 EGU members will be able to vote for the next President/Vice-President and General Secretary, is taking place from 1 November to 1 December. From now until 15 September, you are kindly asked to propose a candidate to either vacancy. Read more
EGU 2016 call for sessions 15 July 2015 The call for session proposals for the EGU 2016 General Assembly is now open. Until 18 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 17 to 22 April 2016. Read more
Young Scientists renamed Early Career Scientists 6 July 2015 Following feedback from the 2014 young scientists survey, supported by the findings of the Young Scientist Forum at the EGU General Assembly 2014, the EGU Council has decided to replace the term Young Scientist (YS) by Early Career Scientist (ECS). Read more
Biogeosciences most cited articles in 2014 2 July 2015 The chief editors of Biogeosciences, an EGU open access journal, have put together a top-10 list of articles published in 2012 and 2013, which were the most cited ones in 2014 according to Web of Science. These papers contributed most to BG’s 2014 Impact Factor. Read more