ISSUE 33, SEPTEMBER 2017 EGU NEWSLETTER Monthly information service for members of the European Geosciences Union Read this email in HTML format at https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/33/email/ ============================================================ HIGHLIGHTS In early and mid-September, strong earthquakes hit Mexico causing widespread damage and casualties. On the EGU blog, GeoLog, we rounded up the available scientific information on the earthquakes (https://egu.eu/1AZUA1), including commentary by EGU seismologists. Meanwhile, in Bali, Indonesia, authorities have evacuated areas around Agung Volcano, leading to the displacement of over 75,000 people. On the new Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology blog, GMPV Division President Mike Burton writes about the ongoing threat of an eruption at Agung (https://egu.eu/0VC2IM). This week, with the deadline for session proposals now closed, the EGU Programme Committee is meeting to finalise the session programme for the EGU 2018 General Assembly. Very soon, you’ll be able to start submitting abstracts to the meeting. If you’d like to apply for funding to attend the General Assembly, beware that you’ll have to submit your abstract by 1 December. If you know a school teacher interested in learning more about Earth sciences directly from researchers, make sure to let them know about the next Geosciences Information For Teachers workshop (https://egu.eu/8YUJ72), taking place at the EGU 2018 General Assembly. ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE General Assembly EGU News Journal Watch EGU Blogs ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU NEWS * Mexico earthquakes: What we know so far (https://egu.eu/1AZUA1) * Are you a scientific expert who wants to be more involved in policy? Sign up to the EGU database of expertise now! (https://egu.eu/6J24VY) More EGU news items are available on the EGU website at https://www.egu.eu/news/all/. ------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL ASSEMBLY * Educators: apply now to take part in the 2018 GIFT workshop! (https://egu.eu/8YUJ72) * EGU 2018 General Assembly call for abstracts to open by mid October (https://egu.eu/2WN0JA) More about the EGU General Assembly at https://www.egu2018.eu. ------------------------------------------------------------ JOURNAL WATCH Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) * An update on ozone profile trends for the period 2000 to 2016 (https://egu.eu/0CZIJH) Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT) * Combining ground-based microwave radiometer and the AROME convective scale model through 1DVAR retrievals in complex terrain: an Alpine valley case study (https://egu.eu/1993M8) Climate of the Past (CP) * The Plio-Pleistocene climatic evolution as a consequence of orbital forcing on the carbon cycle (https://egu.eu/6ZC1DW) * Astronomical calibration of the Ypresian timescale: implications for seafloor spreading rates and the chaotic behavior of the solar system? (https://egu.eu/0XKX4J) Earth System Dynamics (ESD) * An explanation for the different climate sensitivities of land and ocean surfaces based on the diurnal cycle (https://egu.eu/88YNKE) * Community climate simulations to assess avoided impacts in 1.5 and 2C futures (https://egu.eu/491XJK) Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) * JRAero: the Japanese Reanalysis for Aerosol v1.0 (https://egu.eu/0RFI0D) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) * Complex relationship between seasonal streamflow forecast skill and value in reservoir operations (https://egu.eu/186BER) * A national-scale seasonal hydrological forecast system: development and evaluation over Britain (https://egu.eu/2N8Z2X) Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (NPG) * Extracting real-crack properties from non-linear elastic behaviour of rocks: abundance of cracks with dominating normal compliance and rocks with negative Poisson ratios (https://egu.eu/2EUAPP) Ocean Science (OS) * Response to Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf cavity warming in a coupled ocean–ice sheet model – Part 1: The ocean perspective (https://egu.eu/9U5CJV) Other papers highlighted by the editors of EGU's open access journals are available online at https://www.egu.eu/publications/highlight-articles/. ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU BLOGS GeoLog, the EGU blog * Is it an earthquake, a nuclear test or a hurricane? How seismometers help us understand the world we live in (https://egu.eu/6V9GVT) * Academia is not the only route: exploring alternative career options for Earth scientists (https://egu.eu/2X2CN2) * GeoTalk: The anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field which has geophysicists abuzz (https://egu.eu/45CQ39) * Record-setting forest fires in 2017 – what is to blame? (https://egu.eu/1ESNYI) * GeoPolicy: What are European Commission Consultations and how can scientists contribute? (https://egu.eu/5S63TF) * GeoPolicy: IPCC decides on fresh approach for next major report (https://egu.eu/63Q9NV) * Mapping ancient oceans (https://egu.eu/103R1V) * GeoSciences Column: When could humans last walk, on land, between Asia & America? (https://egu.eu/0UNK9V) EGU network blogs * Wearing the Earth Down: The environmental cost of fashion (https://egu.eu/52PW0E), in Geology for Global Development * Western water wells are going dry (https://egu.eu/0BK3OL), in WaterUnderground * Crowdfunding Science: A personal journey toward a public campaign (https://egu.eu/7J5O8A), in WaterUnderground * Guest Blog: Geoscience’s role in addressing fluorosis In Tanzania (https://egu.eu/6POAIH), in Geology for Global Development EGU division blogs * NEW BLOG: Ongoing unrest at Agung Volcano, Indonesia (https://egu.eu/0VC2IM), in Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology * Investigation of methane emissions in marine systems (https://egu.eu/2MFK5P), in Biogeosciences * Miho Janvier – The quest for solar storms (https://egu.eu/45R1ZM), in Solar-Terrestrial Sciences * How good were the old forecasts of sea level rise? (https://egu.eu/7QT894), in Geodynamics * Image of the Week – Bioalbedo: algae darken the Greenland Ice Sheet (https://egu.eu/55K30T), in Cryospheric Sciences * Minds over Methods: Making ultramylonites (https://egu.eu/7UAYYF), in Tectonics and Structural Geology * How can we use meteorological models to improve building energy simulations? (https://egu.eu/30XPXW), in Atmospheric Sciences * What speleothems can tell about the past climates (https://egu.eu/9K1OB6), in Climate: Past, Present and Future More posts from the EGU blogs are available at https://blogs.egu.eu/. ------------------------------------------------------------ POLICY Discover EGU's Science for Policy resources (https://www.egu.eu/policy/) & sign up to our database of expertise (https://egu.eu/2JN1DP) to help integrate science in the policy-making process ------------------------------------------------------------ MEETINGS Check the EGU Meetings Calendar for upcoming geoscience conferences: https://www.egu.eu/meetings/calendar/ ------------------------------------------------------------ JOBS Find vacancies in the Earth, planetary and space sciences on the EGU Jobs Portal: https://www.egu.eu/jobs ------------------------------------------------------------ EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS Visit the EGU Early Career Scientists website! https://www.egu.eu/ecs ------------------------------------------------------------ FOLLOW US Web: https://www.egu.eu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanGeosciencesUnion Twitter: https://twitter.com/EuroGeosciences LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-geosciences-union Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eurogeosciences/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EuroGeosciencesUnion ------------------------------------------------------------ SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/33/email/ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=News+from+the+EGU%2C%20September%202017%3A%20https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/33/email/ ============================================================ Copyright © 2017 European Geosciences Union. 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