EGU NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 72, DECEMBER 2020 ======================================== Antarctica Day A milestone of collaborative research The Antarctic Treaty, signed on 1 December 1959, set aside nearly 10% of the Earth for peaceful purposes in the interest of all humankind. But Antarctica seems far from most people’s lives, especially during 2020. So why is research in Antarctica so important? EGU asks experts why they think it really matters. Read more! (https://egu.eu/80KHCH/) DEADLINES --------- 8 JANUARY EGU membership renewal (https://egu.eu/4JJY48/) 13 JANUARY vEGU21 abstracts deadline (https://www.egu21.eu/) SCIENCE POLICY -------------- GeoPolicy: European Research Council funding opportunities – your questions answered! In October, EGU hosted a webinar highlighting key features of ERC individual grants, with a special focus on the Earth System Sciences panel (PE10). There were more questions than the panelists had time to answer, so they’ve kindly addressed them in this blog. Read their answers here! (https://egu.eu/8UTL75/) Watch the session here! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okzJoYMMvkQ&t=751s) New! EGU Science for Policy Newsletter Just in time for the new year, EGU’s monthly database of expertise email has a colourful new look. This issue highlights upcoming EU consultations likely to be of interest to geoscientists plus a holiday reading recommendation. Read it here! (https://egu.eu/3O9G44/) JOURNAL WATCH ------------- GEOROUNDUP December EGU journal highlights (https://egu.eu/912OCI/) UPDATES ------- For vEGU21, the Union is offering the most extensive scheme of annual meeting registration fee waivers and reductions in our history! Learn more! (https://egu.eu/4D3X5R/) Want to promote your session or start a conversation about vEGU21? The engagement toolkit is now available. Find it here! (https://egu.eu/0LXDZD/) RESOURCE OF THE MONTH --------------------- Top 5 (last-minute) gifts for geoscientists…! (https://egu.eu/6KDMAR/) From the ultimate sample collection kit (ziplocks & markers) to cake (no, really!), EGU has you covered with our last-minute guide. And the #1 gift? View it here! (https://egu.eu/6KDMAR/) UPCOMING DATES -------------- EGU General Assembly 2021 The abstract submission deadline for vEGU21 is 13 January at 13:00 CET. Check your login details here! (https://www.egu21.eu/) EGU Education Fellowships EGU’s Education Committee is seeking two ECS fellows interested in helping to spread the word about geoscience educational developments, innovations, and opportunities, including EGU’s GIFT workshops. The deadline to apply is 29 January. Learn more here! (https://egu.eu/6QKI6G/) EGU BLOGS --------- GeoTalk: Meet the Nonlinear Processes Division, with Division President Stéphane Vannitsem and ECS Rep Tommaso Alberti (https://egu.eu/0EGLPB/) GeoLog, the Union’s official blog Deep purple on ice – research on the Greenland Ice Sheet during the pandemic (https://egu.eu/29DFHN/) Climate: Past, Present and Future Division blog Hysteresis for dummies – why history matters (https://egu.eu/6781YV/) Cryospheric Sciences Division blog NPG paper of the month: “Applications of matrix factorization methods to climate data” (https://egu.eu/5WYS6V/) Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences Division blog 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: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/loupe/72/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=EGU+Newsletter%2C%20December%202020%3A%20https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/loupe/72/ ©2020 European Geosciences Union. All rights reserved. EGU - European Geosciences Union e.V. Kastenbauerstr. 2 81677 Munich, Germany Privacy policy (https://www.egu.eu/privacy-policy/) Subscribe (https://lists.egu.eu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newsletter/) Unsubscribe (https://lists.egu.eu/options/newsletter/)