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The stunning mountain ranges of the Himalayas provide a considerable physical barrier for air masses from/to the Indian subcontinent and consequently, the Himalayas play a critical role in Eurasian … Read more SEDIMENTARY BASINS OF ALGERIA: THEIR ROLE IN EUROPE’S ENERGY SECURITY AND EMERGING GREEN HYDROGEN FUTURE Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology posted 4 months ago Algeria is often described as one of the great energy engines of Africa and the Mediterranean, and with good reason.
Home / News / Press releases / EGU 2014 General Assembly: Media advisory 3 – Full press conference schedule, online registration closing Monday
The Cassini spacecraft became the first orbiter of Saturn in July 2004 and the Huygens probe landed softly on the surface of Titan in January 2005. These events marked the beginning of an era of astonishing discoveries that have revolutionised our understanding of this gas giant, its ring system and its moons.
Home / News / EGU news / Job alert! EGU Media and Communications Officer
The Media and Communications Officer will work under the direction of the Head of Communications, and the position will be based at the EGU Executive Office in Munich, Germany.
Home / Education / Planet Press / Articles / What’s the highest peak in US Arctic? New technique gives the answer
With the help of an adult, explore the Fairbanks Fodar website ( fairbanksfodar.com ), which explains in more detail the technique Matt created. Think about what fodar can be used for and discuss the various uses of this technique with your parents or in your classroom.
Home / News / EGU news / EGU 2018 Public Engagement Grants awarded to Suzanne Imber and Fabio Bonali
Bonali will use the grant to help Italian students with motor disabilities explore geological sites in virtual reality. Suzanne Imber is an associate professor at the University of Leicester in the UK who won the BBC show ‘Astronauts: Do you have what it takes’ in 2017. The show gave Imber a “remarkable and unique platform for outreach and public engagement,” she explains in her proposal, and has since allowed her to engage over 17,000 children over a period of four months.
Home / News / Press releases / Floating mats of plastic and plants are visible from space
As water hyacinths peacefully float down tropical rivers, plastic trash gets ensnared in the leaves and roots. A group of researchers is using hyacinths’ large patches to find river plastics in need of cleanup. “Ultimately understanding where plastics accumulate is needed to design efficient cleanup strategies,” says Louise Schreyers , a PhD candidate in hydrology at Wageningen University & Research.
Home / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Awards / 2025 / Qianyi Ma
This study reveals the complex physical process of electron acceleration in the shock-ICME interaction region.
Home / News / EGU news / EGU General Assembly to stay in Vienna until 2030
Despite the recent challenges posed by COVID19, the staff at the ACV have continued to provide us with excellent suport and the ACV remains one of the few conference centres in Europe that gives us the flexibility we need.” Martin Rasmussen Managing Director at Copernicus agrees: ““We feel that Vienna has become kind of a home for the EGU community.
Home / News / Webinars and online events / CCC: Creatively Communicating Cryoscience (EGU CR)
In this Campfire we have invited five speakers who have all found their way of creatively communicating cryoscience. The invited speakers include both cryosphere scientists who have found creative ways of communicating their science and the cryosphere that they love and a visual artist using art installations to raise awareness of environmental issues.
Home / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards / 2017 / Robert Holder
In his research, he geochemistry and radiometric dating of metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks to understand the development of Earth’s orogenic systems such as modern Tibet, the Western Gneiss Region of Norway, the southern Madagascar, and the Bohemian Massif of central Europe.
