ISSUE 63, SPRING 2020 EGU NEWSLETTER Monthly information service for members of the European Geosciences Union View this email in HTML format at https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/63/email/ ------------------------------------------------------------ HIGHLIGHTS In place of our annual physical General Assembly in Vienna, the EGU will be hosting EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online (https://egu.eu/97WBA7/) (#shareEGU20) from 4–8 May. This event will offer all geoscientists opportunities to share their research and stimulate scientific discourse during these unprecedented times. Following an Herculean effort by our partner Copernicus.org, EGU’s conference organiser, and the EGU Programme Committee members, the face-to-face General Assembly schedule has been revised. A new programme (https://egu.eu/25CK42/) of the online activities that will be available during the first week of May is now posted on the meeting website, along with extensive guidelines so that authors and conveners know how to prepare and what to expect during this unusually large pilot project. The authors of the more than 18,000 abstracts are now invited to upload presentation materials of their choice, such as an animation, a graph or a few slides, to expand on their published abstracts. To make this process 'as easy as pie’, the members of the EGU Communications Team, who are fans of the Great British Bake-Off show, have created a very short video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi8SnXN_EpI&feature=youtu.be) to show you how to upload your materials in a few easily digestible steps. On your mark, get set, BAKE! Yesterday EGU President Alberto Montanari and EGU Programme Committee Chair Susanne Buiter hosted a webinar (https://egu.eu/77TU0C/) to describe how to get involved in EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online and what the #shareEGU20 agenda will include. They also provided answers to numerous questions about what to expect. The webinar is available for viewing on EGU’s YouTube channel (https://egu.eu/7KQ1C8/). Montanari also blogged about what geoscientists can do to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 (https://egu.eu/3EGUJ6/). Last but not least: could #shareEGU20 serve as a model for minimising the carbon footprint of future scientific conferences? (https://egu.eu/12W743/) “It’s an exciting opportunity to demonstrate if our members are interested in new models of interacting,” says Buiter. ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE Sharing Geoscience Online EGU News Journal Watch EGU Science in the News EGU Blogs ------------------------------------------------------------ Sharing Geoscience Online All the #shareEGU20 resources you'll need, right at your fingertips: * Authors: upload your presentation materials (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi8SnXN_EpI&feature=youtu.be) * Conveners: plan and moderate your text chat session (https://egu.eu/7NTMRF/) * Journalists: register to participate (https://egu.eu/5RHPQQ/) in online sessions & virtual press conferences * Meeting Programme (https://egu.eu/25CK42/) * Frequently Asked Questions (https://egu.eu/97WBA7/) * Plan your week of digital interaction (https://egu.eu/7ZNIPB/) * #shareEGUart (https://egu.eu/43MZ0B/) More EGU2020 information is available on the meeting website (https://egu2020.eu/sharing_geoscience_online/). ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU News * Geoscience in a time of pandemics (https://www.geosci-commun.net/3/71/2020/): Geoscience Communication’s executive editors offer research-based strategies for effectively communicating the science behind the COVID-19 outbreak and other crises * EGUsphere: A new open-access platform (https://egu.eu/57ES8Z/) with unique interactive features to serve the Earth, planetary and space science community * Press release: New satellite-based algorithm pinpoints crop water use (https://egu.eu/552D7P/) * EGU’s Education Committee has issued a call for applications for a series of grants to fund the preparation of university-level geoscience teaching materials (https://egu.eu/4JPJRL/). University geoscience teachers should apply by 1 June 2020. More EGU news (https://www.egu.eu/news/all/) items are available on the EGU website. ------------------------------------------------------------ Journal Watch Annales Geophysicae (ANGEO) * On the alignment of velocity and magnetic fields within magnetosheath jets (https://www.ann-geophys.net/38/287/2020/) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) * Methanethiol, dimethyl sulfide and acetone over biologically productive waters in the southwest Pacific Ocean (https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/20/3061/2020/acp-20-3061-2020.html) * Ultra-clean and smoky marine boundary layers frequently occur in the same season over the southeast Atlantic (https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/20/2341/2020/) Biogeosciences (BG) * Scaling carbon fluxes from eddy covariance sites to globe: synthesis andevaluation of the FLUXCOM approach (https://www.biogeosciences.net/17/1343/2020/bg-17-1343-2020.html) Earth System Dynamics (ESD) * Back to the future II: tidal evolution of four supercontinent scenarios (https://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/11/291/2020/esd-11-291-2020.html) * Earth system data cubes unravel global multivariate dynamics (https://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/11/201/2020/) Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) * TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI):motivations and protocol version 1.0 (https://www.geosci-model-dev.net/13/707/2020/) Geoscience Communication (GC) * “This bookmark gauges the depths of the human”: how poetry can help to personalise climate change (https://www.geosci-commun.net/3/35/2020/gc-3-35-2020.html) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) * Changing suspended sediment in United States rivers and streams: linking sediment trends to changes in land use/cover, hydrology and climate (https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/24/991/2020/) * Temperature controls production but hydrology regulates export of dissolved organic carbon at the catchment scale (https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/24/945/2020/) Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) * Modelling global tropical cyclone wind footprints (https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/20/567/2020/) * Measuring compound flood potential from river discharge and storm surge extremes at the global scale (https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/20/489/2020/) * The 22 December 2018 Mount Anak Krakatau volcanogenic tsunami on SundaStrait coasts, Indonesia: tsunami and damage characteristics (https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/20/549/2020/) SOIL (SOIL) * Time-lapse monitoring of root water uptake using electrical resistivitytomography and mise-à-la-masse: a vineyard infiltration experiment (https://www.soil-journal.net/6/95/2020/) The Cryosphere (TC) * Assimilation of surface observations in a transient marine ice sheet model using an ensemble Kalman filter (https://www.the-cryosphere.net/14/811/2020/) Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD) * The substructure of extremely hot summers in the Northern Hemisphere (https://www.weather-clim-dynam.net/1/45/2020/) Other papers highlighted by the editors (http://egu.eu/4XF4JN) of EGU open access journals are available online. ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU Science in the News A snapshot of recent English-speaking news coverage based on research published in EGU's 19 open access journals: * Munich’s Oktoberfest is a real gas (https://egu.eu/1Z3HR2/), based on an Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics article (https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/20/3683/2020/acp-20-3683-2020.html) by J. Chen et al. * New method to determine how resistant rivers are to drought (https://egu.eu/46E2BO/) and Sensitivity to low flow (https://egu.eu/4VK2GA/), both based on a Hydrology and Earth System Sciences study (https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/24/849/2020/) by M. Stoelzle et al. * Gas-powered vehicles contribute more to city pollution than thought: research (https://egu.eu/2ZHDJU/), based on an Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics paper (https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/20/2911/2020/) by C. Whaley et al. * Satellite System Preserves Water Resources for Crops (https://egu.eu/917CTS/) and New satellite-based algorithm pinpoints crop water use and management (https://egu.eu/73ABSI/), both based on a Hydrology and Earth System Sciences study (https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/24/1251/2020/) by C. Jiang et al. * Climate change to bring heavier rainfall events (https://egu.eu/9IUZM1/), based on an Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics paper (https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/19/12887/2019/) by O. Hodnebrog et al. ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU Blogs GeoLog, the EGU blog * GeoPolicy: Interview with the former President of the European Research Council – Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (https://egu.eu/6QPBB6/) * #shareEGU20: let’s get creative and share EGU art! (https://egu.eu/43MZ0B/) * #shareEGU20: planning your week of digital interaction! (https://egu.eu/7ZNIPB/) * Imaggeo on Mondays (https://egu.eu/0ZOT93/): Tertiary Flying Saucers * GeoTalk: Meet the EGU’s next president, Helen Glaves (https://egu.eu/9XU3W9/) EGU network blogs * Geology for Global Development: What role should academic institutions be playing in changing people’s perception towards Geosciences? (https://egu.eu/3JRPUA/) * WaterUnderground: underground social solidarity: rose, thorns and buds in the COVID-19 pandemic (https://egu.eu/1YE28X/) EGU division blogs * Are the risks of zoonotic diseases rising in the Anthropocene due to climate change? (https://egu.eu/7VE6RV/) In Climate: Past, Present & Future * Should we still study LLSVPs? (https://egu.eu/5VR3VR/) In Geodynamics * Mind your head: Taking care of yourself during the Corona-virus crisis (https://egu.eu/6F5EW3/), in Tectonics and Structural Geology * Life of a scientist: When fieldwork doesn’t go to plan…. (https://egu.eu/0K20G2/) in Cryospheric Sciences * When the students are gone (https://egu.eu/88JJI5/): Transition to online teaching, in Hydrological Sciences * How Climate Sciences can help in understanding uncertainties in Covid-19 epidemic projections (https://egu.eu/9KSL5N/), in Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences * Representing the Possible: Milena Marjanovic (https://egu.eu/5F36TW/), in Seismology More EGU blog posts are available at blogs.egu.eu. ------------------------------------------------------------ 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/63/email/ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=News+from+the+EGU%2C%20March%202020%3A%20https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/63/email/ ============================================================ Copyright © 2020 European Geosciences Union. 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