EGU NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 73, JANUARY 2021 ======================================= The Greenhouse Effect 120 years of climate-change language When Swedish meteorologist Nils Ekholm coined the term “greenhouse effect” in 1901, the impact of atmospheric gases on the planet’s temperature was more of a mathematical curiosity than a critical societal issue, writes EGU Communications Officer Hazel Gibson. As our scientific understanding of climate science evolves, she argues, so too must the language we use to communicate about the escalating climate crisis. Read more! (https://egu.eu/4SBCXH/) DEADLINES --------- 2 MARCH Galileo Conference proposals (https://egu.eu/1HUO8K/) 8 MARCH vEGU21 mentoring registration (https://egu.eu/9B57MA/) SCIENCE POLICY -------------- EGU announces new Science for Policy Working Group In response to member feedback, the EGU Council has established a working group whose focus will be on supporting evidence-informed policy and highlighting policy-relevant research conducted by EGU members. Learn more here! (https://egu.eu/0OKBO4/) EGU policy activities: what’s coming up in 2021? From the most policy-related sessions ever organised at an EGU General Assembly to dedicated online networking events, 2021 promises to be a big year for EGU science for policy activities. Chloe Hill, the Union’s Policy Officer, has also created a snazzy new Science for Policy Newsletter (https://egu.eu/3O9G44/). Read more about these activities! (https://egu.eu/2MHZQ8/) JOURNAL WATCH ------------- GEOROUNDUP January EGU journal highlights (https://egu.eu/1XPPJX/) UPDATES ------- Proposals for Galileo Conferences to be held from March 2022 through February 2023 are due on 2 March 2021. These fully supported gatherings address well-focused, cutting-edge topics at the frontiers of Earth, planetary, or space science research. Apply today! (https://egu.eu/1HUO8K/) Part 2 of EGU’s Promoting inclusive language: an incomplete guide is now online. Read it here! (https://egu.eu/6K2V9X/) RESOURCE OF THE MONTH --------------------- EGU webinar: All about open access! (https://egu.eu/94QCIO/) In this interview, the initiator and co-chair of the open-access initiative OA2020 addresses members’ questions, including how abstracts submitted to vEGU21 are protected. View it here! (https://egu.eu/94QCIO/) UPCOMING DATES -------------- vEGU21 mentoring This popular mentoring programme helps first-time participants get the most out of EGU’s annual meeting. Anyone who has attended twice can serve as a mentor. Register here! (https://egu.eu/9B57MA/) EGU Communications Interns EGU is searching for two part-time, paid interns to help produce content and visuals for vEGU21. Learn more! (https://egu.eu/67NY80/) EGU BLOGS --------- Cyclone Idai disaster: European agencies foresee climate danger but poor countries stumble (https://egu.eu/6ZSMWY/) GeoLog, the Union’s official blog A new European effort to better understand extreme weather (https://egu.eu/37DOC8/) Atmospheric Sciences Division blog Community effort to explore the papers that shaped tropospheric chemistry (https://egu.eu/9ZSY6S/) Atmospheric Sciences Division blog Open Access publishing and Open Science at conferences: what do you need to know? (https://egu.eu/8T9W1H/) GeoLog, the Union’s official 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/73/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=EGU+Newsletter%2C%20January%202021%3A%20https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/loupe/73/ ©2021 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/)