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Natural Hazards

Time for submissions: sessions proposed by NhET at the next EGU General Assembly!

November 25, 2019
Time for submissions: sessions proposed by NhET at the next EGU General Assembly!

We are getting closer to 2020 and one of the first deadlines is for the submission of abstracts for the next EGU General Assembly (GA) in Wien, from the 3rd to the 8th of May 2020. The Natural hazards Early career scientist Team (NhET) has proposed several sessions and short courses also for next GA. Below you can find a list of them.   We also remind that there is an opportunity for financia ...[Read More]

NP
Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

NP Interviews: the AGU 2019 Turcotte awardee Vera Melinda Galfi

November 25, 2019
NP Interviews: the AGU 2019 Turcotte awardee Vera Melinda Galfi

Before pursuing a scientific career, Melinda studied economics and worked in the field for several years. Her scientific career took place until now in Hamburg, Germany, where she completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies in meteorology. Melinda finished her PhD in 2018 under the supervision of Valerio Lucarini, studying extreme events in chaotic atmospheric models. She received the 20 ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Giving everyone a voice: EGU President on promoting diversity and inclusion at scientific meetings

November 22, 2019
Giving everyone a voice: EGU President on promoting diversity and inclusion at scientific meetings

Conferences offer scientists the opportunity to share ideas, collaborate with peers, expand their networks and gain inspiration and fresh perspectives from other researchers and cutting-edge topics. These meetings bring scientists from around the world together for the purpose of advancing science, addressing societal and environmental challenges and strengthening the scientific community. However ...[Read More]

CR
Cryospheric Sciences

Image of the Week – Desert Varnish, Antarctica Style

November 22, 2019
Image of the Week – Desert Varnish, Antarctica Style

If you had to describe Antarctica with one colour, red is probably the last one you would pick. However, some parts of the so-called white continent can be surprising in their colours. Today’s Image of the Week shows us that some parts of Antarctica — Beacon Valley in this case – can be strikingly similar to landscapes in hot deserts…. … speaking of deserts, did you know that: Antarcti ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – No Pinocchio

November 22, 2019
The Sassy Scientist – No Pinocchio

Every week, The Sassy Scientist answers a question on geodynamics, related topics, academic life, the universe or anything in between with a healthy dose of sarcasm. Do you have a question for The Sassy Scientist? Submit your question here or leave a comment below. Though wanting any former student to reach as high as possible in life, Geppetto asks in dubio: Should I write a dishonest recommendat ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#EGU2020 Sessions in the Spotlight: How to Apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant

November 22, 2019
#EGU2020 Sessions in the Spotlight: How to Apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant

One of the often underrated parts of a conference are the short-courses – these give us a way to spend some time learning a topic in detail. If you find that it’s tough to really digest information in a 15 minute talk, then the short courses are for you! Today we are highlighting a potentially useful (and lucrative) course about how to apply for Marie Skłodowska-Curie grants from the E ...[Read More]

CL
Climate: Past, Present & Future

Palaeoclimate Data Syntheses: Opportunities and Challenges

November 21, 2019
Palaeoclimate Data Syntheses: Opportunities and Challenges

Reconstructing past climate states from geological records is crucial for understanding the causal mechanisms that originated them. These can occur at time-scales which are much longer than the periods for which humans have been measuring climate variables such as temperature in meteorological stations. Such climate reconstructions provide a long-term context to the magnitude of the current anthro ...[Read More]

NP
Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

NP Division at the General Assembly 2020

November 20, 2019
NP Division at the General Assembly 2020

Each year the European Geosciences Union organizes the largest European geosciences event which is the EGU General Assembly. It usually attracts over than 15000 scientists from all over the world, including both established researchers and early career scientists, who contribute to more than a half of the participants. It consists of several sessions (usually more than 500), covering a wide spectr ...[Read More]

TS
Tectonics and Structural Geology

Bangor and Snowdonia, a natural laboratory for geologists of the scientific revolution

November 20, 2019
Bangor and Snowdonia, a natural laboratory for geologists of the scientific revolution

Bangor, once a tropical paradise on the coast of Gondwana, then a volcanic wasteland at the foothills of an immense mountain chain. The region would then be buried under glaciers for thousands of years before finally developing into an unassuming Welsh University town.   Wales’ place in modern geology Perhaps you have looked at the chronostratigraphic chart of Earth history and wondered what ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#EGU2020 Sessions in the Spotlight: The Dynamics of Magmatic Plumbing Systems

November 20, 2019
#EGU2020 Sessions in the Spotlight: The Dynamics of Magmatic Plumbing Systems

The EGU 2020 abstract submissions are now open for the next two months! Every few days, we will highlight a geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology and/or volcanolgy session right here – great news if like me, you can’t make a decision in a restaurant whenever there are too many options (just like the session list), so you just choose the first thing you see… Today it’s the tur ...[Read More]