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 23-27 May 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 (23-27 May) 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