ISSUE 67, JULY 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/67/email/ ------------------------------------------------------------ HIGHLIGHTS Thursday 30 July marks the centennial of the birth of Marie Tharp, a pioneering geologist and cartographer whose groundbreaking scientific contributions played a key role in the eventual acceptance of the theory of plate tectonics. Tharp is best known for her detailed seafloor maps that revealed a wealth of previously unknown features, including seamounts, trenches, transform faults, and most notably, the mid-ocean ridge system. Tharp’s story is all the more compelling due to the adversity she overcame during her career—much of it related to her gender. Because Tharp didn’t always receive credit for her work, her contributions were initially overlooked. Fortunately, Hali Felt, the author of Tharp’s biography, and others have helped correct the record. “Marie wouldn’t have chosen to experience the gender discrimination that told her the humanities were a “better fit” and forced her to work in an office rather than the field,” says Felt in a recent EGU blog (https://egu.eu/7XPKNV/), “but the result was that she found her calling closer to home, and mapped 70 percent of the Earth’s surface in the process.” This month, EGU is celebrating Tharp’s achievements, and those of all women geoscientists, through a series of posts, including one by the Tectonics and Structural Geology Division that revisits her legacy and its importance (https://egu.eu/6A5LCS/) for laying the foundations of modern geology. EGU also spoke with six researchers (https://egu.eu/894MNW/) working in the fields of ocean science, tectonics, and mapping to ask them what Marie Tharp’s work means to them personally, as well as to the future of ocean science and tectonic research. “Her life story is a burning, guiding light for me,” says marine geographer Dawn Wright. We hope these articles will inspire all EGU members to help one another overcome whatever adversity we face. Tharp “succeeded in building a career that she loved, and was proud of,” says structural geologist Lucia Perez Diaz. “As a woman in science, I can’t imagine a better dream to work towards.” ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE EGU News General Assembly Journal Watch EGU Science in the News EGU Blogs ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU News * EGU urges Europe to commit to a green economic recovery plan post pandemic (https://egu.eu/6K9UPA/) * EGU journals: SOIL receives its first Impact Factor (https://egu.eu/2H2WVH/) * EGU announces first higher education teaching grant recipients (https://egu.eu/7MMLDS/) * Press release: Weaving Indigenous knowledge with scientific research: a balanced approach (https://egu.eu/3K0EV7/) * Press release: First findings from the MOSAiC ice floe (https://egu.eu/649YPK/) * Apply by 7 August to spend a week working with a Member of the European Parliament (https://egu.eu/28E5UU/) * Apply by 14 August for EGU financial support for training schools (https://egu.eu/7DSSA0/) and new conference series (https://egu.eu/1ATSMJ/) * Upcoming EGU webinar: Engaging with geoscience education (https://egu.eu/1NLCUG/) on 17 August at 16:00 CEST * EGU Autumn 2020 elections: call for Treasurer candidates (https://www.egu.eu/elections/) due 15 September * Register now for the EGU’s 2020 virtual science-policy event Integrating science into the EU Green Deal (https://egu.eu/4FAMBH/), which will be held on 30 September More EGU news (https://www.egu.eu/news/all/) items are available on the EGU website. ------------------------------------------------------------ General Assembly * EGU 2021 sessions: Great Debates and Union Symposia proposals (https://egu.eu/3ZM2S5/) are due by 15 August! More EGU 2021 information is available on the meeting website (https://egu2021.eu/). ------------------------------------------------------------ Journal Watch Annales Geophysicae (ANGEO) * Lower-thermosphere response to solar activity: an empirical-mode-decomposition analysis of GOCE 2009–2012 data (https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/38/789/2020/) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) * Enhanced growth rate of atmospheric particles from sulfuric acid (https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/20/7359/2020/) * Identifying a regional aerosol baseline in the eastern North Atlantic using collocated measurements and a mathematical algorithm to mask high-submicron-number-concentration aerosol events (https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/20/7553/2020/) * Smoke of extreme Australian bushfires observed in the stratosphere over Punta Arenas, Chile, in January 2020: optical thickness, lidar ratios, and depolarization ratios at 355 and 532 nm (https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/20/8003/2020/acp-20-8003-2020.html) Biogeosciences (BG) * The contribution of microbial communities in polymetallic nodules to the diversity of the deep-sea microbiome of the Peru Basin (4130–4198 m depth) (https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/3203/2020/) * Twenty-first century ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and upper-ocean nutrient and primary production decline from CMIP6 model projections (https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/3439/2020/) * N2O changes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the preindustrial – Part 2: terrestrial N2O emissions and carbon–nitrogen cycle interactions (https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/3511/2020/bg-17-3511-2020.html) * On giant shoulders: how a seamount affects the microbial community composition of seawater and sponges (https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/3471/2020/bg-17-3471-2020.html) Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) * Mātauranga Māori in geomorphology: existing frameworks, case studies, and recommendations for incorporating Indigenous knowledge in Earth science (https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/8/595/2020/esurf-8-595-2020.html) Earth System Dynamics (ESD) * The role of prior assumptions in carbon budget calculations (https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/11/563/2020/) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) * Why does a conceptual hydrological model fail to correctly predict discharge changes in response to climate change? (https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3493/2020/hess-24-3493-2020.html) Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) * Coastal impacts of Storm Gloria (January 2020) over the north-western Mediterranean (https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/20/1955/2020/nhess-20-1955-2020.html) * Spatial database and website for reservoir-triggered seismicity in Brazil (https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/20/2001/2020/nhess-20-2001-2020.html) Solid Earth (SE) * The enigmatic curvature of Central Iberia and its puzzling kinematics (https://se.copernicus.org/articles/11/1247/2020/se-11-1247-2020.html) The Cryosphere (TC) * Landfast sea ice material properties derived from ice bridge simulations using the Maxwell elasto-brittle rheology (https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/2137/2020/) * The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf (https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/2173/2020/tc-14-2173-2020.html) * Results of the third Marine Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (MISMIP+) (https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/2283/2020/tc-14-2283-2020.html) 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: * The great staycation – how the coronavirus pandemic could push a rapid transition to creative domestic holidays (https://egu.eu/5L3CBO/), based on a study by Marty et al. (https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/11/517/2017/) in The Cryosphere * Large-scale hydrological and water resources model aids in the accurate assessment of water supply and demand (https://egu.eu/2H5QZI/), based on a GMD study (https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/13/3267/2020/) by Burek et al. * Potent GHG SF6 rapidly accumulating in atmosphere, driven by demand for SF6-insulated switchgear in developing countries (https://egu.eu/1J2NRA/), based on an ACP study (https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/20/7271/2020/) by Simmonds et al. * Italy's melting glaciers face new threat: Pink ice (https://egu.eu/55HYVO/) and Pink ice in the Alps: how threatening to glaciers can it be? (https://egu.eu/6BRWWJ/), both based a study in The Cryosphere (https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/13/1125/2019/) by Zekollari et al. ------------------------------------------------------------ EGU Blogs GeoLog, the EGU blog * GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during July! (https://egu.eu/28ZK88/) * GeoPolicy: How to use webinars to share your science with a wider audience! (https://egu.eu/8YQA5C/) * New EGU webinar: Careers outside academia (https://egu.eu/0CAP5O/) * The benefits of online writing retreats in these weird times (https://egu.eu/2HCPLS/) * Imaggeo on Mondays: Geoscientific selfie at the Dead Sea (https://egu.eu/8G02SA/) EGU network blogs * WaterUnderground: How Covid-19 could change international food trade and impact water resources (https://egu.eu/1IPB8L/) * Geology for Global Development: Introducing our new authors – Olivia Mejías (https://egu.eu/80VTLB/) EGU division blogs * Welcome to the new Ocean Sciences Division blog! (https://egu.eu/0VYSGZ/) * Image of the week – The curious case of “glacier mice” (https://egu.eu/9KWUWR/), in Cryospheric Sciences * #Black in Soil Science (https://egu.eu/003CVW/), in Soil System Sciences * Amilcare Porporato (2020 John Dalton Medallist) on agile models for complex systems in the environmental sciences (https://egu.eu/8Q1EXD/), in Hydrological Sciences * Mind your head: The Imposter Syndrome (https://egu.eu/37A3DQ/), in Tectonics and Structural Geology * Glacier retreat and music (https://egu.eu/97TS78/), in Climate: Past, Present & Future * What is FAIR for Geodynamics? (https://egu.eu/8DWKFK/), in Geodynamics * In between Natural Hazards and Heritage, interview to Maria Bostenaru (https://egu.eu/2IWH14/), in Natural Hazards 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/67/email/ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=News+from+the+EGU%2C%20July%202020%3A%20https%3A//www.egu.eu/newsletter/egu/67/email/ ============================================================ Copyright © 2020 European Geosciences Union. 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