Imaggeo Photo Competition 27 January 2015 The sixth annual EGU photo competition opens on 1 February. Up until 1 March, every participant pre-registered for the General Assembly can submit up three original photos and one moving image on any broad theme related to the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. This year, in line with the theme of the EGU 2015 General Assembly, we particularly encourage submissions representing A Voyage Through Scales. Read more
Communicate Your Science Video Competition 27 January 2015 Want to communicate your research to a wider audience and try your hand at video production? Now’s your chance! Young scientists pre-registered for the EGU General Assembly are invited to take part in the EGU’s Communicate Your Science Video Competition. Deadline has been extended to 12 March. Read more
Connecting Earth scientists and school students: apply to take part in I’m a Geoscientist! 23 January 2015 I’m a Geoscientist is a two-week-long science engagement event that takes place online. It aims to change students’ attitudes to the geosciences, and make them feel it’s something they can relate to and discuss in a rapidly changing world. For scientists, this is a unique opportunity to get involved with some public engagement from the comfort of your own home or lab computer, in your own time. The registration deadline for the next event, which is taking place on 9–20 March, is 6 February. Read more
Submit your abstract and register for the EGU 2015 General Assembly 3 January 2015 The EGU 2015 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 12–17 April, will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. Read more
New website for the EGU blogs 3 December 2014 The EGU blogs, which include GeoLog (the Union’s official blog), network blogs (by external collaborators) and the newly introduced division blogs, have a new home. Check out the new and improved pages to find out more about the EGU and its divisions, and to read the latest on research in the Earth, planetary and space sciences. Read more
Results of the EGU Autumn 2014 elections 2 December 2014 The EGU election for the next Treasurer and Division Presidents closed on 01 December. The results are now available on the Elections page of this website. The EGU is grateful to all those who used their voting right. Active participation in elections ensures continuation of the well-established bottom-up structure of our Union! Read more
New edition of GeoQ out now! 1 December 2014 The latest, and final, issue of the EGU quarterly newsletter GeoQ is dedicated to The Anthropocene. It includes a report from the Anthropocene Working Group, the International Commission on Stratigraphy body in charge of examining whether humans have impacted the Earth significantly enough to merit defining a new geological epoch, an era of humanity’s own making. This issue also features a contribution from the EGU President about new thinking, data and models for doing geosciences in the Anthropocene. Read more
EGU co-sponsored meetings: support request 12 November 2014 Do you need support from the EGU to organise a meeting in the Earth, planetary or space sciences? Up until 31 December 2014, we welcome proposals for topical meetings, training schools and workshops, as well as applications for EGU sponsorship of external meetings, for the year 2015. Read more
Voting for the next EGU Treasurer and Division Presidents now open! 4 November 2014 From now until 1 December 2014, EGU members can vote in the Autumn 2014 EGU Election. If you are an active 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
EGU2015: Applying for financial support to attend the General Assembly 29 October 2014 A limited amount of the overall budget of the EGU General Assembly is reserved to assist young scientists and established scientists from low and middle income countries who wish to present their work at the meeting. Scientists who wish to apply for financial support should submit an abstract, on which they are first authors, by 28 November 2014. Read more
