EGU’s Policy Pairing scheme – spend a week in Brussels with a Member of the European Parliament! 25 July 2022 The EGU, in close collaboration with the Secretariat of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, is providing an EGU member with the opportunity to visit Brussels and work alongside a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Read more
EGU Autumn 2022 elections: call for Treasurer candidates 19 July 2022 EGU are seeking candidates to volunteer as our next Treasurer. You are invited to propose a candidate who is a current EGU member and who has experience with running the finances of a similar organisation by 15 September 2022. Members are able, and encouraged, to nominate themselves. The election will take place in November 2022. Read more
Apply for EGU funding for training schools and conference series’ 11 July 2022 Need funding to help organise a training school or a conference in the Earth, planetary or space sciences? Up until 15 September 2022, any EGU member can apply for funding and support to help run a training school or a conference in the Angioletta Coradini, Mary Anning or Alexander von Humboldt Conference Series’. Read more
Nominations open soon for ESA-EGU Joint Award for Earth Observation Excellence 26 May 2022 The European Space Agency (ESA) and European Geosciences Union (EGU) are delighted to announce plans to recognise and honour an individual Early Career Scientist (ECS) and team that have contributed to the innovative use of earth observations (EO), with a focus on using European EO datasets in the field of science and applications. Read more
EGU Outreach Committee seeking new members 20 May 2022 EGU’s Outreach Committee, which focuses on public engagement activities, communication with scientists and the media, and policy issues, is searching for 3 new members to help further its programme. Applications are due on 12 June. Read more
Earth Day 2022: working together to make a change 22 April 2022 This Earth Day EGU joins with geoscience organisations around the world to share our commitment to making the changes needed to create a just and sustainable future for humanity and the planet. Read more
Mixed-media artist and digital artist-science communicator chosen as artists in residence at the EGU22 General Assembly 17 March 2022 Jakub Stepanovic, a mixed-media artist who focuses on mapping and the environment and Kelly Stanford, a digital artist and science communicator, have been selected for a residency at the next European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 23–27 May 2022. Our previous Artist in Residence, Elena Popova, will unfortunately no longer be able to join us in 2022. Read more
Call for applications: EGU Public Engagement Grants 2022! 16 March 2022 The grants will be awarded to EGU members interested in developing an outreach project to raise awareness of the geosciences outside the scientific community. The deadline for applications is 17 June. Read more
EGU call for Medal and Award nominations is open! 8 March 2022 Each year the EGU honours individuals for their significant contributions to the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. Union members are asked to submit their nominations for all 2023 medals and awards by 15 June 2022. Read more
EGU statement on the invasion of Ukraine 2 March 2022 The Union is gravely concerned by the recent invasion of Ukraine, and hopes for a swift and peaceful resolution, achieved through co-operation and negotiation, rather than aggression. Read more
Obituary: Chris King (1949-2022) 25 February 2022 Professor Chris King, chair of EGU’s Education Committee and a champion of geoscience education, died late last week. Read more
EGU announces the Biodiversity Task Force members! 24 February 2022 EGU announces the new 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
Job opportunity: EGU22 Press Assistant (photography) 14 February 2022 We are looking for a science communicator or science journalist with experience in photography and an interest in learning about how large geoscientific conferences work to join our Communications Team for the week of EGU22! This role is targeted towards students and recently graduated individuals, apply by 28 February 2022. Read more
Media registrations now open for the EGU General Assembly 2022 7 February 2022 Members of the media, public information officers and science bloggers are now invited to register for the meeting free of charge. EGU22 will be held from 23-27 May, 2022 both in-person (Vienna, Austria) and online. Read more
EGU22: registration is open! 1 February 2022 Registration for EGU22 is now open! Participant’s can choose to attend as an on-site participant and register until 13.00 CET 14 April or as a virtual participant and register until 27 May. Early-bird rates for both formats are available until 13.00 CET 31 March. Read more
EGU Outreach Committee sponsored workshop 27 January 2022 Are you an Early Career Scientist in the geosciences wanting to share your work with wider non-academic audiences? This EGU sponsored science writing workshop can help you to develop the specific skills for writing popular articles and interacting effectively with the media, led by tutors who work as science journalists and broadcasters. Places are limited to 30 people, so apply before 14 February to secure your spot. Read more
IMPORTANT UPDATE: EGU22 change of date and format 19 January 2022 Due to the changing regulations on events in Austria and concerns over high infection rates in Europe, we are moving the date of EGU22 to 23-27 May. Read more
EGU Education Committee seeks new members 18 January 2022 The EGU’s Education Committee is seeking to appoint new members, particularly Early Career Scientists, to join the committee to help EGU develop new initiatives in supporting geoscience teachers in primary, secondary and tertiary education. Apply by 28 February 2022. Read more
EGU announces election results 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 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 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 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! 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
EGU announces its 2022 awards and medals! 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 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! 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 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
Call for abstracts to the EGU General Assembly 2022 now open! 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! 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 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 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
The Loupe – August: Geodesy and photography 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! 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 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
EGU autumn elections 2021: call for candidates now open! 21 July 2021 The EGU 2021 autumn elections for the next EGU President, General Secretary, and Division Presidents will take place from 1 to 30 November 2021. EGU would like to invite you to propose a candidate to any of these vacancies by 15 September 2021. All our members are welcome to propose a candidate, and you can even nominate yourself! Read more
EGU seeks proposals for the development of science communication workshops! 12 July 2021 Do you run science communication workshops online? The EGU Outreach Committee is soliciting the development and delivery of online workshops in science communication, outreach, and public engagement for its members, so submit your idea by Monday 16 August 2021. Read more
Impact Factors have increased for all EGU journals in 2020! 1 July 2021 Newly announced journal metrics for EGU’s journals, managed by our publishing partner Copernicus, have revealed an increase in Impact Factor for all EGU Journals. Several journals, including Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), Earth System Dynamics (ESD), Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) and The Cryosphere (TC) have reached their highest value ever. See the full list of new details on Copernicus’ website. Read more
Submit your session ideas for the EGU General Assembly 2022! 21 June 2021 The call for session proposals for the EGU General Assembly 2022 is now open. Until 6 September you can suggest new scientific sessions with co-conveners, and/or submit short course ideas. The deadline to submit proposals for Union Symposia and Great Debates is 16 August. Session proposal options exist for both online and in-person participation in the EGU General Assembly, which is taking place in from 3–8 April 2022. Read more
vEGU21 — by the numbers 31 May 2021 Thanks to the enthusiastic efforts of our members and volunteers, vEGU21 reached an amazing 18,155 people over the two weeks of the virtual General Assembly! Read more
vEGU21 Closing words 30 April 2021 Many thanks to all vEGU21 participants and volunteers who have ensured that the EGU General Assembly 2021 was a productive and stimulating experience—despite a few unexpected bumps along the way! Read more
Flies grow bigger up north: insect size a promising new proxy for palaeoclimate 29 April 2021 Can the body size of ancient flies reveal past temperatures? Scientists may have extended a proxy for past climates back millions of years. The results will be presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021, which is taking place from 19-30 April 2021. Read more
‘Picture A Scientist’ screening extended! 28 April 2021 Due to popular request, and as a thank you to all vEGU21 participants for their patience earlier this week, EGU has extended the viewing license of ‘Picture A Scientist’ from Thursday 29 April at 9:00 CEST through Sunday 2 May at 9:00 CEST. Read more
A sincere apology to all vEGU21 participants 26 April 2021 We sincerely apologise to all conference participants for the difficulties of this Monday. All vEGU21 events from Tuesday, April 27 on will take place as scheduled as secure Zoom meetings. We would like to thank you, our community, for your responsiveness and positive attitude throughout this difficult day. Read more
How to vPICO! 24 April 2021 Here’s a short walk-through video to answer your questions about how the vPICO scientific sessions will work during the EGU General Assembly 2021! Read more
EGU awards: a special Earth Day edition! 22 April 2021 On behalf of our 20,000 members, the European Geosciences Union congratulates all of our 2020 and 2021 medal and award recipients. Read more
Welcome to vEGU21: Gather Online! 19 April 2021 We’re excited to welcome participants from around the globe to the EGU General Assembly 2021! Read more
The Loupe – Everything you need to vEGU! 16 April 2021 Here are all the resources you need to get the most out of this new virtual experience. Read more
Strike it rich with your vPICO (and other) vEGU21 presentations! 14 April 2021 From the ‘golden nugget’ of your 2-minute live presentation, to display materials, to a full-length pre-recorded talk, vEGU21 offers many enriching ways to share your science. Read more
vEGU21 Photo competition finalists! 14 April 2021 Which of these inspiring images will you pick in this year’s contest? Voting will be open from Monday, 19 April until Thursday, 29 April 2021 at 18:00 CEST! Read more
Schedule your own vEGU21 networking event! 9 April 2021 This year’s General Assembly will feature a wide range of networking options, including the ability to schedule your own event! Read more
