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Home / Structure / Committees & working groups / Publications Committee
By facilitating timely scientific publications according to the highest scientific and ethical standards, the Committee also supports the scientific mission of the Union. Read on for an overview of the Executive Editors representing EGU’s scientific journals in the Publications Committee.
Home / Media Library / Another Foulden fossil leaf magnified 400x.
The oval shapes visible in the image are the openings through which the leaf once released water and absorbed carbon dioxide. Credit: Tammo Reichgelt/University of Connecticut Related EGU articles Fossil leaves point to global greening in the coming decades (20 August 2020) Download Original image (2.3 MB, 1501.0x1277.0 px) Preview image (182.5 KB, 1280x1089 px, JPEG format) Go back
Home / Media Library / A Foulden fossil leaf magnified 400x.
The oval shapes visible in the image are the openings through which the leaf once released water and absorbed carbon dioxide. Credit: Tammo Reichgelt/University of Connecticut Related EGU articles Fossil leaves point to global greening in the coming decades (20 August 2020) Download Original image (1.1 MB, 2592.0x1944.0 px) Preview image (388.8 KB, 1280x960 px, JPEG format) Go back
Home / News / EGU news / EGU announces 2017 awards and medals
The list of recipients of the 2016 OSPP Awards is now available online . For more information about the OSP awards, including application criteria and how to apply in 2017, please check the OSPP page .
Home / News / EGU news / EGU announces 2016 awards and medals
The list of recipients of the 2015 OSP Awards is now available online . For more information about the OSP awards, including application criteria and how to apply in 2015, please check the OSP page .
Home / Awards & medals / Milutin Milanković Medal
This medal was established by the Climate: Past, Present & Future Division in recognition of the scientific and editorial achievements of Milutin Milanković . It is awarded to scientists for their outstanding research in long-term climatic changes and modelling. For information on how to nominate scientists for EGU awards and medals, please check our nominations page and the guidelines for proposal and selection of candidates .
Home / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Awards / 2025 / Estel Font
Estel Font OS Ocean Sciences The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Estel Font for the poster/PICO entitled: Arabian Sea Mode Water: A Key Player in Surface-to-Interior Exchange (Font, E.; Queste, B.; Swart, S.; Vinaychandran, P. N.; Portela, E.) Click here to download the poster/PICO file. Estel Font is a final-year PhD student in physical oceanography at the University of Gothenburg.
Home / Awards & medals / Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Awards / 2025 / Malve Heinz
Malve Heinz HS Hydrological Sciences The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Malve Heinz for the poster/PICO entitled: From Field to Catchment: Evaluating the Hydrological Effects of Soil Organic Carbon Increases (Heinz, M.; Holzkämper, A.; Ledain, S.; Horton, P.; Kumar, R.; Schaefli, B.) Click here to download the poster/PICO file. Malve Heinz is a PhD candidate in the Hydrology group at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Home / Education / Educational resources / Understanding eruptions: how can we determine which volcanoes pose the greatest threat?
Nowadays, we have a much deeper understanding of what volcanoes are and how they work. However, predicting when and where an eruption is going to occur is still a challenge. Dr Michael Eddy, a geologist from Purdue University in Indiana, USA, is researching how to make more accurate predictions about where the most violent eruptions are likely to happen.
Home / Education / Educational resources / Farming on permafrost
But farmers in permafrost regions face many challenges, including subsidence in their fields. Dr Melissa Ward Jones, a permafrost geomorphologist, has established Permafrost Grown, a research project investigating the interactions between permafrost and agriculture.
