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Home / News / EGU news / EGU seeks proposals for the development of science communication workshops!
The overall aims for such workshops should be: To inform EGU members of the importance of communicating and engaging different non-scientific audiences with their science To train EGU members in current best practices within science communication, public engagement, and outreach To equip EGU members with the skills to undertake a variety of different communication, outreach, and engagement activities Details The committee aims for the first online workshops to be delivered in late 2021/early 2022 in English.
Home / News / Webinars and online events / Uneven Ground: Fieldwork Accessibility for LGBTQIA+ people
The webinar will last for one hour and conclude with an audience Q&A. Speakers: Jaime J. Coon (they/she) is an interdisciplinary restoration ecologist working at Earlham College in Indiana, USA, whose work integrates social and natural science to assess the impacts of management on biodiversity, especially grassland birds. Jaime leads field teams of undergraduate students each summer and has a scholarly interest in fostering inclusivity in science, especially for students in fieldwork settings.
Home / Awards & medals / Alfred Wegener Medal & Honorary Membership / 2008 / Pierre Morel
During his directorship, one of the major achievements of his action was the successful prediction of El Niño events one year in advance. This scientific progress was the source of a lot of economical benefits for countries in the tropical band. Medal lecture video (YouTube) of the Alfred Wegener Medal given at the EGU General Assembly 2008.
Home / Awards & medals / Philippe Duchaufour Medal / 2016 / Heike Knicker
Heike Knicker The 2016 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Heike Knicker for outstanding research in the field of soil organic matter, in particular on the impact of fire on humic materials, and for furthering the knowledge of the origin and properties of pyrogenic soil organic carbon and nitrogen.
Home / Awards & medals / Henry Darcy Medal / 2023 / Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc Bierkens has served a critical role in advancing hyper-resolution modeling in the hydrological community and he is having a great influence on the future of global hydrology and the future of our discipline.
Home / Education / Planet Press / Articles / High altitudes help slow down Antarctica’s warming
18 May 2017 When it comes to climate change, the Arctic and the Antarctic are poles apart. At the north of the planet, temperatures are increasing twice as fast as in the rest of the globe, while warming in Antarctica has been milder. A new study published in Earth System Dynamics shows that the high elevation of Antarctica might help explain why the two poles are warming at different speeds.
Home / News / EGU news / Former Italian Prime Minister and European Commissioner Mario Monti and Former Italian Parliamentarian Ilaria Capua at the EGU meeting
She is also actively participating in science communication, science policy and in promoting female leadership in the scientific arena. Mario Monti is currently a lifetime member of the Italian Senate and the President of Bocconi University in Milan where he also served as Rector in the early 1990s.
Home / News / Press releases / EGU22 Media Advisory: new dates and formats
EGU realises that this change in date of the meeting will bring its own barriers and disruptions, which may be insurmountable for some people. It is our hope and expectation that by late May, the new date of the meeting, global COVID -19 infection rates will be significantly lower and the restrictions on large, in-person events in Austria will be relaxed.
Home / News / Webinars and online events / EGU peer review training workshop - Session 2
Benefits of participating: Gain confidence in scientific reviewing Learn about the open peer review process in EGU journals and general features of peer review Get the answers to your questions Upon successfully completing the course, participants will be added to the Copernicus Referee Database Members apply free, today!
Home / Education / Planet Press / Articles / When ice shelves collapse, sea level can rise. But by how much?
This has put some of the peninsula’s ice shelves – including two called Larsen C and George VI – at risk of collapse. In a new study published in the EGU journal The Cryosphere , an international team of scientists calculated how much sea-level rise would result from the collapse of these two ice shelves.
