Now that you have met the current and incoming Early Career Scientist Union representatives Raffaele Albano and Anouk Beniest, it’s now time to meet the rest of the current EGU Division representatives! Atmospheric Sciences (AS): Fernando Iglesias-Suarez Contact: ecs-as@egu.eu Postdoctoral scientist at CSIC (Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemis ...[Read More]
Right now, many researchers and academics are worried that the current situation will negatively affect our careers. We are all searching for ways to minimize the impact of working from home, not being able to collect data or exchange thoughts with colleagues on a daily basis. But worries around the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on employment security are even worse for Early Career Scientists ...[Read More]
I am enjoying a positive feeling while I am writing these words to open the EGU2020 General Assembly #shareEGU20. In my opinion, a positive attitude is the best way to pay a tribute to the persons – including some colleagues and friends – who lost their lives due to COVID19. It is in their memory that we are looking to the future and making an effort to transform this crisis into an opportunity. I ...[Read More]
The current pandemic has highlighted the difficulties of keeping up-to-date with new developments in our field when travel is not possible. However, as we work to transition to a greener future and make our community better serve the needs of all scientists regardless of international mobility, it is important to find ways to share current research remotely. Landscapes Live is a new remote seminar ...[Read More]
One of the things we will miss the most about being together in Vienna this year, is the great meals and lunches spent with friends (both new and old). We all have a favourite Austrian meal, so this year we picked four of our favourites and will be releasing one a day during the week. If you want to skip ahead, here are all four of our EGU most iconic GA foods! The classic and essential, yo ...[Read More]
Hopefully you have all settled in to your hotels (i.e. your bedrooms) and enjoyed the icebreaker last night (i.e. sitting in your living room). Here are some highlights for today, tune in and ‘chat’! Were organic compounds on crystal surfaces involved in the emergence of life? If so, could these compounds withstand high temperatures? Check out Joanna Brau‘s new findings HERE👍 Can ...[Read More]
Alongside the regular scientific offer, some of our members have very kindly agreed to run activities online, so keep an eye out for them during the week! Today we are sharing Emily Mason and Maike Neuland’s digital version of the Kids’ Art Competition, read on to find out how you can get into our Kids Art Online Hall of Fame!!! This year the EGU kid’s art activity is going onli ...[Read More]
This is a solicited blogpost written by Lawrence Percival, who will also present his work on the Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 as part of session SSP2.1 of the upcoming EGU GA. The increasing concern regarding 21st climate change and environmental disturbance has led to a renewed focus on similar episodes of global crisis through Earth’s history. During the Late Devonian Period, 380–360 million ye ...[Read More]
This year, EGU’s science-policy related sessions will be run a little bit differently! In case you haven’t already heard, EGU will be hosting EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online (#shareEGU20) from 4-8 May 2020 in place of the physical General Assembly. While this fully online event is in response to the COVID-19 crisis, it is also an opportunity to experiment with online networking and ...[Read More]
From Monday to Thursday during the week of #shareEGU20, the Early Career Scientists in our various Divisions are going to host a series of evening networking events. Find out more by clicking on the ‘Networking’ session search in the EGU Programme. In addition to these events being run by some of our members, there are also several other Divisions you may encounter during the week whic ...[Read More]
