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Home / Structure / Union office / Past EGU employees
Before EGU , Gillian worked in the Communications team at a multinational pharmaceutical company, and prior to that, in the healthcare team of a global public relations agency, and a reputed peer-reviewed medical journal. Feb 2022 – Dec 2022 Berit Schwichtenberg Berit joined the EGU office in early 2022 as the first Editorial Manager, supporting the work of our 19 Open Access journals, our preprint server ( EGU sphere) and the Publications Committee. As the first person to hold this position, she has been actively involved in shaping and directing the tasks of her new role.
Home / Awards & medals / Henry Darcy Medal / 2018 / Alberto Montanari
Montanari has served the hydrological community in many ways, including as President of the EGU Hydrological Sciences Division (2008-2011), EGU Awards Committee Chair (2009-2016), Editor-in-Chief of WRR (2013-2017), and as the intellectual cornerstone of the Panta Rhei scientific decade of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (2013-2022). Given his service to the community and impact on water resources engineering, Montanari is a deserving recipient of the 2018 Henry Darcy Medal.
Home / News & press / EGU news / EGU welcomes new Union President and Vice-President
Peter brings a wealth of expertise to this role, having previously served as Division President of the EGU Geomorphology Division (2015-2019) and Programme Committee chair (2020-2022). Peter is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany, where his research focuses on tectonic and climatic influences on topographic development and erosion in mountainous areas.
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All activities will be co-ordinated by the EGU’s Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force. EGU’s Policy Priority Area 2022-2024, Biodiversity : selected by the EGU’s Science for Policy Working Group and approved by the EGU Council, the EGU’s Policy Priority Area will allow EGU to provide specific scientific information to policymakers where it is most needed. All activities will be co-ordinated by the EGU’s Biodiversity Task Force.
Home / Outreach / Webinars and online events / How To Communicate Sensitive Science To Non-experts
Some significant events were spent dealing with misinformation and public perceptions across social media during the 2018 Kīlauea and 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption crises. You can view the online event here (Youtube). If you have any questions about ‘How To Communicate Sensitive Science To Non-experts’, please contact us via webinars@egu.eu .
Home / Awards & medals / Alina Kabata-Pendias Medal / 2023 / Ravendra Naidu
In recognition of his contributions, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has appointed him as the chair of the International Network on Soil Pollution (INSOP) established in 2022 as an urgent response to scale-up global efforts to prevent contamination of arable soils by chemicals, fertilisers and plastics, with the goal of zero pollution.
Home / Publications / Highlight articles
RUN: a deep-learning-based spatially contiguous runoff reconstruction for Switzerland">Read more Creating a national urban flood dataset for China from news texts (2000–2022) at the county level Hydrology and Earth System Sciences DOI 10.5194/hess-29-767-2025 19 February 2025 We create China’s first open county-level urban flood dataset (2000–2022) using news media data with the help of deep learning.
Home / Meetings / Conference series / Plinius Conferences on Mediterranean Risks
Plinius Steering Committee Pinhas Alpert Giorgio Boni Maria del Carmen Llasat Stefano Dietrich Vassiliki Kotroni Evelyne Richard Romualdo Romero Yves Tramblay Gregory Tripoli Past meetings 18th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks Chania, Greece 30 September – 3 October 2024 17th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks Rome, Italy 18–21 October 2022 16th Plinius conference on Mediterranean Risks Montpellier, France 9–12 October 2018 15th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks Taormina, Italy 8–11 June 2016 14th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms and Final MEDEX Conference Palma de Mallorca, Spain 13–16 November 2012 13th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Savona, Italy 7–9 September 2011 12th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Chandris Hotel, Corfu Island, Greece 1–4 September 2010 11th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Barcelona, Spain 7–11 September 2009 10th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Nicosia, Cyprus 22–24 September 2008 9th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Varenna, Italy 10–13 September 2007 8th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Dead Sea, Israel 17–20 October 2006 7th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Rethymnon, Crete, Greece 5–7 October 2005 6th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Mediterranean Sea (on board) 17–24 October 2004 5th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Ajaccio, Corsica 1–3 October 2003 4th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Mallorca, Spain 2–4 October 2002 3rd Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Baja Sardinia, Italy 1–3 October 2001 2nd Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Siena, Italy 16–18 October 2000 1st Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms Maratea, Italy 14–16 October 1999
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Home / EGU General Assembly 2022 Press Centre / Media highlights
You are viewing the EGU General Assembly 2022 Press Centre page. Click here to see information about media services and activities (e.g. press conferences) at the most recent General Assembly. Robots might make mining safer, sustainable Robots could help make future mining safer and more sustainable, especially as the world pivots to green technologies that require more raw materials.
