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Home / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Awards / 2014 / Martina Ueckert
The EGU 2014 poster summarizes the results about concentration, size distribution and elemental composition of particles in the river Inn which were obtained by means of filtration and ensuing acid digestion resp. SEM/EDX analysis.
Home / News / EGU news / Joint EGU-AGU statement of principles for a code of ethics for the geosciences
To that end, we encourage all geoscientists to adopt the following code of conduct for rigour, respect, and responsibility in their professional activities. Rigour Act with skill and care in all scientific work. Accept personal accountability to report findings and interpretations fully, accurately, and objectively, including characterization of uncertainties.
Home / News / Press releases / Despite willingness to speak to the media, journalists say scientists often do not follow through, fearing their science will be misrepresented: EGU Media Survey
Dijkstra et al., 2015; Stewart and Nield, 2013 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 / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards / 2018 / Sharlene L. Gomes
Her research on groundwater problems in the peri-urban Ganges Delta, sheds light on the institutional context of groundwater management and helps support peri-urban communities in addressing them. As part of this research, Sharlene has designed a transdisciplinary community-based approach for strategic exploration of drinking water problems by peri-urban communities in Khulna, Bangladesh.
Home / Awards & medals / Beno Gutenberg Medal / 1996 / Frank Press
Frank Press served as Associate Professor in geophysics at the Columbia University from 1949 – 1955, as Professor in geophysics and later on as Director of the Seismological Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology from 1955 – 1965, as Professor in geophysics and Chairman of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1965 – 1980, as Science Advisor to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Executive Office of the President from 1977 to 1980, as President of the National Academy of Sciences from 1981 – 1993 and as Cecil and Ida Green Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Institution of Washington from 1993 to the present.
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Frank Press served as Associate Professor in geophysics at the Columbia University from 1949 - 1955, as Professor in geophysics and later on as Director of the Seismological Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology from 1955 - 1965, as Professor in geophysics and Chairman of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1965 - 1980, as Science Advisor to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Executive Office of the President from 1977 to 1980, as President of the National Academy of Sciences from 1981 - 1993 and as Cecil and Ida Green Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Institution of Washington from 1993 to the present.
Home / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards / 2017 / Janine Baijnath
Claude Duguay at the University of Waterloo in Ontario Canada. Ontario’s local climate is highly influenced by the Laurentian Great Lakes. Residing in this region, Janine found it fit to study the spatiotemporal behaviours and trends in lake effect snowfall and its predictor variables in response to a changing climate.
Home / Awards & medals / Alexander von Humboldt Medal / 2021 / Manfred R. Strecker
Strecker has successfully mentored numerous foreign students, researchers, and collaborators in the framework of international research and training programmes. He has published in leading international scientific journals, including Nature and Science, and has received more than 5000 citations, corresponding with an h-index of 72.
Home / Education / Planet Press / Articles / How are melting glaciers affecting people in Bolivia?
20 October 2016 The Andes are the longest above-ground mountain range in the world. They stretch through seven countries along the west coast of South America, including Bolivia. Up high in the mountains, where it is very cold, there are large bodies of ice known as glaciers that form when snow falls and gets compressed by the weight of further snowfall on top.
