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Home / Structure / Elections / EGU Election Autumn 2024
The EGU Election Autumn 2024 for the next Treasurer and Union representative of the Early Career Scientists was closed on 30 November 2024. We would like to thank each of the candidates for their initiative in standing for the election. We also sincerely thank all those EGU members who used their voting right. Active participation in elections ensures continuation of the well-established bottom-up structure of our Union!
Home / EGU General Assembly 2022 Press Centre / Media highlights
In the case of the coal mine, parts of an old river channel — artificially abandoned to accommodate mining — were reoccupied by the floods.
Home / Awards & medals / Philippe Duchaufour Medal / 2022 / Mary K. Firestone
It is impressive to see that her thirst for better understanding of soil functioning still runs high: in the last years she has included new biological players in the picture, namely viruses. Her induction at the USA National Academy of Sciences is a clear recognition of her outstanding scientific achievements.
Home / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards / 2017 / Rachel Bazile
More generally, Rachel is interested in understanding the influence and respective roles of different sources of uncertainty. She is also interested in improving predictability at long lead-times, especially in the context of operational hydrological forecasting. Publication resulting from this award Bazile, R., Boucher, M.
Home / News / Press releases / Mason Inman and Karl Urban awarded EGU Science Journalism Fellowship
Shale gas is a promising energy resource in Europe, especially in countries such as the UK and Poland. But how much of it is available for extraction is very much a matter of debate, as there are large uncertainties about the geological properties of the rock formations trapping the gas.
Home / Publications / Highlight articles
Read more Mitigating Mazuku hazards: implementation and effectiveness of local dry-gas degassing measures in the Goma area (Virunga Volcanic Province) Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences DOI 10.5194/nhess-26-1141-2026 6 March 2026 This paper studies how households in Goma (Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) respond to mazuku – invisible, odourless carbon dioxide gas that accumulates in depressions.
Home / News / Press releases / New model predicts landslides along wildfire burn scars: an early warning system for high-risk areas
More information The European Geosciences Union ( EGU ) is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. It is a non-profit interdisciplinary learned association of scientists founded in 2002 with headquarters in Munich, Germany.
Home / News / Press releases / Tim Kalvelage, Cécile Dumas and Aisling Irwin awarded EGU Science Journalism Fellowships
The European Geosciences Union ( EGU ) is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. It is a non-profit interdisciplinary learned association of scientists founded in 2002 with headquarters in Munich, Germany.
Home / Awards & medals / Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awards / 2017 / Eleanor Frajka-Williams
Frajka-Williams touched on a wide range of scientific topics including the physical controls of the major hot spot of biological productivity in the Labrador Sea, the elucidation of the fate of mesoscale eddies impinging on the western boundaries of ocean basins, and the dynamical controls on AMOC variability.
Home / News / EGU news / Changes to EGU journal article processing charges
This discount strengthens EGU’s commitment to open science as a member-led, community-driven learned society, not a profit-focused model. In addition to these changes, EGU are clarifying the availability of financial support for publication charges, to encourage scientists from all regions in Europe to participate in the Union’s activities, including publishing.
