Kirsten M Florentine Weber, is the Early Career Scientist (ECS) representative of the Hydrological Sciences division of the EGU. She just finished her PhD and is starting a post-doctoral fellowship in 2023. As ECS representative, it is her job to help young researchers to navigate the community – to inform them about their opportunities, to …[Read More]
Do you want to take on a leading role in the community of young hydrologists across the world? Then apply to become the Early Career Scientist Representative (ECS rep) of the Hydrological Sciences (HS) Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)! You’ll have the chance to shape the academic experience of other young hydrologists, interact …[Read More]
A voyage between different tectonic modelling worlds: from sandbox to supercomputer
CoastSnap is a global citizen science project aiming at monitoring the changes in our coastlines due to processes such as storms, rising sea levels, and human activities using smartphones. We will discover more about this promising project by chatting today with Dr Mitchell Harley, founder of the CoastSnap program. Mitchell is a Researcher and Senior …[Read More]
“SENSOR” – stands for Seismological Experiments, Network Systems, Observations and Recovery In this blog series, we share news about recent or upcoming seismic experiments around the globe! And this time we’re checking in with Ana Nap, a PhD student from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, about her work on Greenland’s fastest glacier… Installing instruments on …[Read More]
About a decade ago, I wrestled with a dilemma no one seemed to relate to: I loved science with all my heart, but what if I didn’t want to be a scientist all my life? Was there room in the world for me to pursue another career while still being in the scientific field? What …[Read More]
> Reflections from an ongoing art-science research project Common Grounds < How to visualize thousands of thousands (> 20,000,000) of data points collected in the Arctic atmosphere and subsurface at a permafrost observatory over 25 years? How to tell the story of permafrost, ground that is permanently frozen and an important part of the cryosphere, …[Read More]
When reading fantasy novels, we are usually brought to worlds of elves, dragons, and epic battles, all surrounded by breathtaking magical forests, or castles above impervious cliffs. However, even fantasy stories take inspiration from the real world and its geology. Who does not remember the ascent of Mount Doom of Frodo and Sam, or the …[Read More]
The EGU’s annual Science-Policy Pairing Scheme connects a selected EGU member with a Member of the European Parliament to promote evidence-informed policymaking and encourage stronger science-policy partnerships! In November 2022, EGU Member of Manchester Metropolitan University Elias Symeonakis was paired with the selected Member of the European Parliament, Norbert Lins, an MEP representing Germany and the Group of …[Read More]
I am finally going back to Vienna this year for the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly (GA) in April, for the first time since 2019. Strangely, I am now with this feeling of “finally back ‘home’ at the Austria Center Vienna”. I have been asking myself what is going to be different after these …[Read More]