ISSUE 65, MAY 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/65/email/ ------------------------------------------------------------ HIGHLIGHTS EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online, the Union’s first completely virtual meeting, is destined for the record books! In April, shortly after the in-person General Assembly was cancelled, EGU Programme Committee Chair Susanne Buiter (https://egu.eu/2RJKXO/) described Sharing Geoscience Online as “an exciting opportunity (https://egu.eu/12W743/) to demonstrate if our members are interested in new models of interacting.” The statistics (https://egu.eu/06VMOA/) show that EGU members resoundingly responded to what Buiter called a “moment of truth,” with more than 26,000 participants from 134 countries taking part in Sharing Geoscience Online’s 701 scientific sessions. The vast majority of the discourse occurred through the exchange of live text chats, which had a median of 92 (and a maximum of 796) participants per chat and featured more than 200,000 posted messages. Sharing Geoscience Online also included ten livestreamed Great Debates and Union Symposia, half a dozen live and pre-recorded short courses, and several virtual press conferences. These were watched live by 7,000 people and have received an additional 19,000 views to date on the EGU YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS_7GuTIk_PEBto2w-_nXgg), where they’ll remain available for your viewing pleasure. Authors uploaded presentation materials to nearly two-thirds of the event’s 18,036 abstracts, and these plus the more than 6,000 comments made to them have been archived (https://egu.eu/00F1E3/) on EGUsphere (https://egu.eu/57ES8Z/), the Union’s new interactive digital repository. Sharing Geoscience Online also featured a number of fun traditions, including inspiring artwork created by EGU’s two (virtual) artists in residence (https://egu.eu/5N2YNV/) and kids’ “volcanic paint” masterpieces (https://egu.eu/7DK8R2/). The week also closed with the traditional Friday unveiling of the annual Imaggeo photo competition winners (https://egu.eu/1GH2B1/). The virtual gathering did not include the annual EGU awards ceremony; the recipients of the 2020 honours (https://egu.eu/93BUFK/) will be recognised alongside next year's awardees during EGU 2021. All nominations for the 2021 medals and awards are due on 30 June 2020. Sharing Geoscience Online would not have been possible without the large and dedicated group of volunteers who enabled the shift “from Vienna to virtual” in six short weeks. EGU extends its heartfelt thanks to all Sharing Geoscience Online participants and conveners and everyone who helped create this opportunity to connect the global geoscience community during unprecedented times. Your efforts are truly appreciated! ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE EGU News General Assembly Journal Watch EGU Science in the News EGU Blogs ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU News * Declaration of the Significance of Geoscience Expertise to Meet Global Societal Challenges (https://egu.eu/9JFF3D/) * Press release: Geoscience expertise: crucial for meeting global societal challenges (https://egu.eu/1H4B83/) * New ESA–EGU award for Earth observation excellence announced (https://egu.eu/07AUMO/) * It’s as easy as 1-2-3! Nominate candidates for EGU awards and medals by 30 June (https://egu.eu/787CUS/) * EGU Public Engagement Grants: 2020 winners announced (https://egu.eu/69NF37/) More EGU news (https://www.egu.eu/news/all/) items are available on the EGU website. ------------------------------------------------------------ General Assembly * EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online — by the numbers (https://egu.eu/06VMOA/) * Welcome to EGU 2020! (https://egu.eu/16GQC2/) * Policy-relevant sessions during EGU 2020 (https://egu.eu/67VWG1/) More EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online information is available on the meeting website (https://egu.eu/97WBA7/). ------------------------------------------------------------ Journal Watch Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) * The acidity of atmospheric particles and clouds (https://egu.eu/71VE6C/) * Dynamic projection of anthropogenic emissions in China: methodology and 2015–2050 emission pathways under a range of socio-economic, climate policy, and pollution control scenarios (https://egu.eu/77DRRT/) Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT) * Intercomparison of wind observations from the European Space Agency’s Aeolus satellite mission and the ALADIN Airborne Demonstrator (https://egu.eu/9DCSKY/) * A machine-learning-based cloud detection and thermodynamic-phase classification algorithm using passive spectral observations (https://egu.eu/5OZP1P/) * Microwave and submillimeter wave scattering of oriented ice particles (https://egu.eu/6043L5/) Biogeosciences (BG) * Summarizing the state of the terrestrial biosphere in few dimensions (https://egu.eu/6LJ41H/) Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) * Drainage divide networks – Part 1: Identification and ordering in digital elevation models (https://egu.eu/6HXE1B/) * Drainage divide networks – Part 2: Response to perturbations (https://egu.eu/9FQR3O/) Geoscience Communication (GC) * The benefits to climate science of including early-career scientists as reviewers (https://egu.eu/5UGY0I/) * Rapid collaborative knowledge building via Twitter after significant geohazard events (https://egu.eu/713TSB/) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) * Wetropolis extreme rainfall and flood demonstrator: from mathematical design to outreach (https://egu.eu/12E1BK/) Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (NPG) * Brief communication: Residence time of energy in the atmosphere (https://egu.eu/8TD5MJ/) The Cryosphere (TC) * Quantification of seasonal and diurnal dynamics of subglacial channels using seismic observations on an Alpine glacier (https://egu.eu/68A79N/) * The catastrophic thermokarst lake drainage events of 2018 in northwestern Alaska: Fast-forward into the future (https://egu.eu/7JVBQT/) 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: * Tracking elephant rumbles without breaking the bank (https://egu.eu/6IZERQ/), based on research presented by Oliver Lamb at the Epic Journeys press conference (https://egu.eu/3R1IY1/) at EGU 2020 * 200-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Squid Ancestor Attacking Prey (https://egu.eu/0LRHBG/) and 200-Million-Year-Old Fossil Captures Squid Viciously Entangled With Its Prey (https://egu.eu/01HPPE/), based on research presented by Malcolm Hart at the Journey to the Centre of the Earth press conference (https://egu.eu/4VIWYN/) at EGU 2020 * International declaration: Geoscience expertise is crucial for meeting societal challenges (https://egu.eu/5BSOHH/) and Geoscience Societies Commit to Tackling Global Challenges (https://egu.eu/86DXTB/), based on the Declaration (https://egu.eu/9JFF3D/) issued at the start of EGU 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU Blogs GeoLog, the EGU blog * Imaggeo on Mondays: Moonrise at Kata Tjuta (https://egu.eu/5M1TYQ/) * All at sea: UK women’s experiences of female leadership roles on ocean-going research vessels (https://egu.eu/0VWE17/) * GEOtrivial Pursuit: a new way to teach, learn and share the Earth Sciences (https://egu.eu/8G2QU5/) * #shareEGU20: meet the Virtual Press Assistants! (https://egu.eu/4HE6LW/) EGU network blogs * WaterUnderground: Should the pandemic change what we ‘do’ as sustainability scientists? (https://egu.eu/4O7X7D/) * Geology for Global Development: Environmental Symphonies (https://egu.eu/8FRHP5/) EGU division blogs * Social media for Early Career Scientists: is it really useful? (https://egu.eu/886329/), in Seismology * Dating mineral phases in geological remnants of early life (https://egu.eu/8BZM2K/), in Biogeosciences * Top 5 geodynamic movies to watch during lockdown (https://egu.eu/4GIN2M/), in Geodynamics * Call for must-read papers! (https://egu.eu/6ZM3BV/), in Tectonics and Structural Geology * New remote geomorphology seminar series “Landscapes Live” beginning 28 May 2020 (https://egu.eu/47VQ6V/), in Geomorphology * NH medallists Episode II – John Clague & his passion for Natural Hazard (https://egu.eu/6PTGCW/), in Natural Hazards * Did you know… tropical cyclones cause large snowfall on Kilimanjaro’s glaciers? (https://egu.eu/3HAXD8/), in Cryospheric Sciences More EGU blog posts are available at blogs.egu.eu (https://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/65/email/ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=News+from+the+EGU%2C%20May%202020%3A%20https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/65/email/ ============================================================ Copyright © 2020 European Geosciences Union. All rights reserved. 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