ISSUE 66, JUNE 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/66/email/ ------------------------------------------------------------ HIGHLIGHTS This month EGU issued an important statement condemning racism (https://egu.eu/9C7FE0/)—and all other forms of discrimination—anywhere in the world and re-asserting our commitment to improving equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion both within and beyond the geosciences. A crucial component of anti-racism is sustaining a productive conversation about issues related to equality, diversity and inclusion. In keeping with EGU’s bottom-up structure (https://www.egu.eu/structure/) and philosophy, we welcome diverse voices and opinions and encourage all geoscientists to constructively express their thoughts. In response to recent events, numerous individuals and groups have done so, including: * The Young Hydrologic Society (https://younghs.com/) took a stand against racism (https://egu.eu/0CD36E/) and pledged to take both group and individual actions for anti-racism * EGU’s Tectonics and Structural Geology Division (https://egu.eu/4SNACR/) and Cryospheric Sciences Division (https://egu.eu/9S6RIT/) began blog series featuring influential women in their disciplines * EGU's Seismology Division added to its popular Representing the Possible (https://egu.eu/6YBTCR/) blog series * The Geodynamics Division (https://egu.eu/6W4WVI/) introduced readers to some exceptional researchers who also "just happen to be black" In celebration of Pride Month, EGU also published an article (https://egu.eu/3Y8GTT/) about risks to safety and other issues that LGBTQIA+ geoscientists face while conducting fieldwork in certain countries. Since EGU’s founding, the organisation has worked to ensure equitable treatment for everyone in our community. Through our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion working group (https://www.egu.eu/outreach/diversity/), we are working towards our stated goals to increase diversity at EGU events and on EGU committees and boards, and we pledge to continue to foster diversity to advance fundamental and applied geoscience research—to the benefit of the Earth and all humanity. ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE EGU News Journal Watch EGU Science in the News EGU Blogs ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU News * Apply by 24 July to participate in the EGU's science-policy pairing scheme to share your expertise with a Member of the European Parliament (https://egu.eu/20HZ3H/) * EGU webinar: Careers outside of academia is now available to watch on EGU's YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/iBM1YG4VbqM/) * Cheers! Raise your glass and join us on 22 July for EGU's first virtual "science for policy" happy hour (https://egu.eu/1PMYX8/) * EGU sponsors training schools and conference series throughout the year. Apply by 14 August for financial support for your event (https://egu.eu/7DSSA0/). More EGU news (https://www.egu.eu/news/all/) items are available on the EGU website. ------------------------------------------------------------ Journal Watch Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) * Exploration of oxidative chemistry and secondary organic aerosol formation in the Amazon during the wet season: explicit modeling of the Manaus urban plume with GECKO-A (https://egu.eu/8U77WM/) * Modelling the potential impacts of the recent, unexpected increase in CFC-11 emissions on total column ozone recovery (https://egu.eu/5TUNOS/) Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT) * Simultaneous measurements of the relative-humidity-dependent aerosol light extinction, scattering, absorption, and single-scattering albedo with a humidified cavity-enhanced albedometer (https://egu.eu/7RAPRX/) *Model-based climatology of diurnal variability in stratospheric ozone as a data analysis tool (https://egu.eu/3FHRWO/) * N2O isotopocule measurements using laser spectroscopy: analyzer characterization and intercomparison (https://egu.eu/9OP1Z3/) Biogeosciences (BG) * Is there warming in the pipeline? A multi-model analysis of the Zero Emissions Commitment from CO2 (https://egu.eu/154NLZ/) Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) * RainNet v1.0: a convolutional neural network for radar-based precipitation nowcasting (https://egu.eu/2V8NYS/) * Towards an objective assessment of climate multi-model ensembles – a case study: the Senegalo-Mauritanian upwelling region (https://egu.eu/9QD9HP/) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) * Comparing Palmer Drought Severity Index drought assessments using the traditional offline approach with direct climate model outputs (https://egu.eu/6KQ560/) * Linking economic and social factors to peak flows in an agricultural watershed using socio-hydrologic modeling (https://egu.eu/69L4PX/) * Changing global cropping patterns to minimize national blue water scarcity (https://egu.eu/5IS0Q6/) Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) * Network-risk: an open GIS toolbox for estimating the implications of transportation network damage due to natural hazards, tested for Bucharest, Romania (https://egu.eu/3YDDWY/) * Induced seismicity risk analysis of the hydraulic stimulation of a geothermal well on Geldinganes, Iceland (https://egu.eu/2E8FNR/) Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (NPG) * Effects of upwelling duration and phytoplankton growth regime on dissolved-oxygen levels in an idealized Iberian Peninsula upwelling system (https://egu.eu/4Z2J5C/) The Cryosphere (TC) * New observations of the distribution, morphology and dissolution dynamics of cryogenic gypsum in the Arctic Ocean (https://egu.eu/6XLXY4/) * Changes of the Arctic marginal ice zone during the satellite era (https://egu.eu/2EFB6T/) 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: * Scientists present new method for remote sensing of atmospheric dynamics (https://egu.eu/9WS1I9/) and Using Heterodyne Detection to Measure Wind Speed (https://egu.eu/5RQWIO/), based on an Atmospheric Measurement Techniques article (https://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/13/2299/2020/) by Rodin et al. * This Alpine glacier is melting. So a ski resort put a tarp on it (https://egu.eu/1LRVMC/) and Italian ski resort covers glacier with tarps to slow melting (https://egu.eu/8JH63F/), both based on a study in The Cryosphere (https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/13/1125/2019/) by Zekollari et al. * Can Planting a Trillion Trees Stop Climate Change? Scientists Say it’s a Lot More Complicated (https://egu.eu/4ILILO/), covers research presented during a Great Debate about forests (https://egu.eu/9C3SYO/) at EGU 2020: Sharing Geoscience Online * Geology and Chemistry Drive Animal Migration in the Serengeti (https://egu.eu/3NVQGL/) and Monitoring African Elephants with Raspberry Shake & Boom (https://egu.eu/3EMAY1/), based on research presented by Eileen Eckmeier and Oliver Lamb, respectively, at an EGU 2020 press conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5yZRb4XsDM) ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU Blogs GeoLog, the EGU blog * GeoTalk: Inaugural Katia and Maurice Krafft Award winner, Rhian Meara talks about the EGU award nominations (https://egu.eu/7USCAL/) * Public Engagement Grant Winner – Crabby’s Reef (https://egu.eu/9C32RL/) * Imaggeo On Mondays: “The most valuable thing we extract from the ocean is our existence”, Dr Sylvia Earle (https://egu.eu/6XKSDT/) EGU network blogs * WaterUnderground: Calling on hydrologists to help each other with emergency remote teaching (https://egu.eu/11LFYJ/) EGU division blogs * Features from the Field: Chevron Folds (https://egu.eu/38XDLG/), in Tectonics and Structural Geology * Is planting trees a feasible large-scale solution to mitigate climate change? (https://egu.eu/9XPGRP/), in Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences * Lockdown in Northern Italy, what did seismology see? (https://egu.eu/69CK8W/), in Seismology * #MINERALMONDAY: Zdenĕkite, way too pretty to mine (https://egu.eu/3Q105C/), in Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology * Plant carbon allocation, soil nutrient availability and the mycorrhizal business (https://egu.eu/67HYPI/), in Soil System Sciences * Starting to teach? Here are 3 tips! (https://egu.eu/1632J1/), in Geodynamics 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/66/email/ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=News+from+the+EGU%2C%20June%202020%3A%20https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/66/email/ ============================================================ Copyright © 2020 European Geosciences Union. All rights reserved. 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