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Home / Education / GIFT / Workshops / Geosciences Information for Teachers virtual workshop (vGIFT) 2022
In the two-and-a-half days of the workshop we will have time to discuss only some aspects of the influence Earth processes have on shaping human societies. We will touch upon themes such as the influence of geology on the roman civilization, the role of climate on the rise and fall of empires, records of aurorae from ancient Mesopotamia and Greece to Austrian monasteries sunspot records.
https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/loupe/69/html/
An informal science-policy happy hour will follow the event. Register here to join the discussions! Credit: Ned Staniland GeoPolicy : A window into a career in science policy, as EGU’s first Policy Intern Read more! Journal Watch “This study shows for the first time that gypsum released into the water at the onset of melt season in the Arctic Ocean causes a constant flux of gypsum over widespread areas and over a long period of time.”
https://www.egu.eu/newsletter/loupe/69/
Home / Structure / Elections / EGU Extraordinary Election 2025 for the BG Division
The EGU Extraordinary Election 2025 for the BG Division for the next BG Division President was closed on 24 March 2025. 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! In total, 924 EGU members voted in this election.
Home / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards / 2016 / Liv Heinecke
I am a PhD student at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Centre for Polar- and Marine Research and the University of Potsdam. In my current project, I investigate vegetation and climate changes in the eastern Pamir Mountains in arid Central Asia since the late Pleistocene. In the poster session at the EGU 2016 I presented recent outcomes of our investigations about aquatic vegetation shifts and lake internal changes in bioproductivity of Lake Karakul.
Home / About / Subdivisions / Hydroinformatics
The aim of this session is to provide an active forum in which to demonstrate and discuss the integration and appropriate application of emergent computational technologies in a hydrological modelling and data analysis context. Topics of interest are expected to cover a broad spectrum of theoretical and practical activities that would be of interest to hydro-scientists and water-engineers.
Home / Awards & medals / Stephan Mueller Medal / 2023 / Richard G. Gordon
He is a fellow and medalist of the American Geophysical Union (Macelwane medal), the Geological Society of America (Senior Fellow, Day Medal) and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a tireless educator and generous mentor of early career students with many of his outstanding graduate students going on to make important contributions to Earth Science in their own right, two of them (C.
Home / Awards & medals / Augustus Love Medal / 2007 / David Gubbins
Professor Gubbins’ intellectual leadership has been manifest not only in these research highlights and in the mentoring of young graduate students, many of whom have continued on to distinguished academic careers, but also in his service to the broader community. This has included, most notably, his role as Chair of SEDI.
Home / News / EGU news / Vision 2021: EGU’s leaders focus on the Union’s future
The bottom-up structure ensures that every member has a sense of ownership and a vested interest in maintaining EGU for the future”. Because of this, she says, “our members are close to the latest developments in the geosciences, which allows the organisation to benefit from a wide pool of knowledge and expertise that can help inform the Union’s strategy going forward”.
Home / News / EGU news / Job opportunity at the EGU Executive Office: Communications Officer
The Communications Officer will also work under the direction of the EGU Executive Secretary on activities related to the promotion of the organisation. The position will be based at the EGU Executive Office in Munich, Germany.
