EGU announces election results EGU news 2 December 2021 The full results of the Union’s autumn 2021 election are now available. Read more
2022 call for EGU Geoscience Education Field Officers EGU news 1 December 2021 The EGU’s Education Committee is seeking to appoint volunteer geoscience education field officers to represent the EGU in countries across Europe. The major role of the field officers will be to provide professional development through interactive workshops for school teachers who have elements of geoscience in their teaching curriculum. Apply by 4 January 2022. Read more
EGU22: registration fees announcement EGU news 25 November 2021 As work continues on the new hybrid format for the General Assembly, get updated information about the various types of registration fees available for EGU22. Read more
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group seeks a new Eastern European member EGU news 23 November 2021 EGU’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group is seeking a new member to represent the views of Eastern European geoscientists within the working group and to contribute to actions to increase their participation in the European Geosciences Union. Interested persons should apply by 31 January 2022. Read more
Join the EGU’s new Biodiversity Task Force! EGU news 17 November 2021 EGU announces ‘Biodiversity’ as our new Policy Priority Area and launches an open call for members of the Biodiversity Policy Task Force, who will develop new ways to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from research into practice and to connect policymakers in Europe to the most relevant geoscience experts. Read more
Apply to be one of our Artists in Residence for #EGU22! EGU news 16 November 2021 Returning for a fifth year, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will be hosting artists at its annual General Assembly. We now welcome applications from science-artists for a residency at EGU22, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 3-8 April 2022. The deadline for applications is 15 December 2021. Read more
EGU announces its 2022 awards and medals! EGU news 3 November 2021 The European Geosciences Union is honouring 50 people at all stages of their careers who have made substantial contributions to the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. Read more
EGU Public Engagement Grants: 2021 winners announced EGU news 2 November 2021 The EGU Outreach Committee has named three Public Engagement Grant winners this year: a card game of geological time, space weather teaching kits for blind and visually impaired students and a musical about climate change! Read more
The Loupe – October: Venture into space! EGU news 2 November 2021 Venture into space! Learn more about why we study space science with Joby Hollis, meet the Planetary Sciences Division ECS rep Joshua Dreyer and submit your abstract to EGU22! Read more
Vote for the next EGU President, General Secretary and Division Presidents EGU news 1 November 2021 From now until 30 November 2021, EGU members can vote in the Autumn 2021 EGU Election. If you are a 2021 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
Job alert! EGU Events Co-ordinator EGU news 26 October 2021 The Union is hiring an Events Co-ordinator to support our Programme Committee in planning the annual General Assembly and other EGU events run throughout the year. Applications will be reviewed from 16 November 2021 until the position is filled. Read more
Call for abstracts to the EGU General Assembly 2022 now open! EGU news 25 October 2021 The EGU General Assembly 2022 (3-8 April) will bring together geoscientists from all over the world for an hybrid format meeting, combing both in-person and online elements, that will cover all disciplines in the Earth, planetary and space sciences. Read more
Previous EGU medallists awarded Nobel Prize for Physics! EGU news 7 October 2021 Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann, two former EGU medal winners have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on climate modelling, alongside physical systems modeller Giorgio Parisi. Read more
The Loupe – September: Climate activism and air pollution EGU news 1 October 2021 Climate science and activism. Find out how environmental activism became climate activism, meet the Atmospheric Sciences Division ECS rep Mengze Li and apply to work as EGU’s new Editorial Manager! Read more
First insights from new EGU author survey EGU news 1 October 2021 After 6 months of surveying the initial results of the Publication Committee’s first author survey are available. Find out what our authors think of the open peer review system, publishing times and publishing costs, and what that will mean for EGU publishing in the future. Read more
Job alert! EGU Editorial Manager EGU news 13 September 2021 The Union is hiring an Editorial Manager to support our Publications Committee to assist the executive editors of its journals and support the numerous volunteer scientific editors and referees. Applications are currently being accepted for review on an individual basis, until the position is filled. Read more
The Loupe – August: Geodesy and photography EGU news 31 August 2021 Geodesy and photography! Learn our top 5 tips to get a great science photo, meet the Geodesy Division ECS co-rep Rebekka Steffen and submit your session proposal for EGU22. Read more
EGU Higher Education grant winners announced! EGU news 2 August 2021 The EGU Education Committee has awarded four Higher Education teaching grants for 2021, to educators from Europe and the United States. Find out more about our deserving winners and their plans for Higher Education teaching projects. Read more
The Loupe – July: Natural Hazards in the news EGU news 30 July 2021 Natural Hazards in the news: flooding in western Europe, meet the Natural Hazards Division ECS Rep Valeria Cigala, how the Olympics has more geology than you expect and submit your session proposal for EGU22. Read more
Flooding in Western Europe: what happened in July 2021? EGU news 29 July 2021 From the 13th to the 15th July 2021, a period of intense rainfall led to catastrophic and deadly flooding in Western Europe. Several of EGU’s Division Presidents from natural hazards, hydrology, geomorphology and more, explain what happened and why interdisciplinary disasters like this are difficult to manage. Read more
