EGU Blogs

Simon Clark May 29, 2025

GeoTalk: meet Stefanie Kaboth Bahr, your new Early Career Scientist Union Representative!

Hello Stef. Thank you for agreeing to this interview! Before we delve deeper, could you tell our readers about yourself and your background in palaeoclimatology? Thank you for having me! I’m a Junior Professor of Palaeoclimatology at Freie Universität Berlin, a position I’ve been fortunate to hold since 2023. My academic journey began with a PhD in Paleoclimatology from Utrecht University in the N ...[Read More]

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“Are you aug?” A strategic foresight into human enhancement, climate adaptation, and access disparities

Asmae Ourkiya May 28, 2025

The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) placed human augmentation on a 5–10 year timeline, identifying it as a key area where technological advancement could soon reshape societies. Their GESDA radar platform tracks over 500 emerging science breakthroughs including enhanced cognition, programmable biology, and climate-resilient bioengineering. The foresight is clear: we are entering a ...[Read More]

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Behind the scenes: the EGU25 Press Centre

Asmae Ourkiya May 23, 2025

Every year, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly transforms Vienna into a bustling hub of scientific discovery. Tens of thousands of scientists from around the world gather to present their latest research, but how do these discoveries reach the public? That’s where the EGU press centre comes in—a space where science meets storytelling, and complex research is translated into stor ...[Read More]

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(Not just) school through play

Jakub Stepanovic May 16, 2025

The far-reaching impact of play on learning has been celebrated through the centuries. Be it the work Schola Ludus by John Amos Comenius, Friedrich Schiller’s Spieltrieb, Johan Huizinga’s Homo ludens… or the Geoscience Games sessions during EGU General Assembly, which marked its 8th edition during EGU25. The EGU Geoscience Games sessions were founded by Chris Skinner, Rolf Hut, a ...[Read More]

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GeoTalk: Meet Adam Izdebski, Environmental Historian, Human Ecologist and member of EGU’s Biodiversity Task Force

Chloe Hill May 16, 2025

Adam, welcome to GeoTalk! You’re an environmental historian and human ecologist, with an interest in biodiversity. Can you tell us how understanding historic changes to social and ecological systems can provide an insight into biodiversity loss today? This is a question that environmental historians face every time they talk about their work! Let me put it this way; we are at a certain point in th ...[Read More]

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GeoTalk: Meet Annegret Larsen, Biogeomorphologist and Quaternary Scientist passionate about rewilding and a member of EGU’s Biodiversity Task Force.

Chloe Hill May 12, 2025

Annegret Larsen. Photo Credit: Guy Ackermans

Annegret, welcome to GeoTalk! You’re a researcher who focuses on abiotic-biotic environmental interactions. Can you tell us how the implications of your research extend to sustainable management practices? The United Nations, European Union, and national governments require us to restore landscapes to a ‘natural’ state. However, European landscapes have been shaped by human activity for thousands ...[Read More]

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Beyond the blame game: Bridging Climate science and policy Action

Jakub Stepanovic May 12, 2025

Findings supporting the urgency of climate change are coming ever-so-fast. Yet, so it seems that various economic, political, and ideological groups are stepping up their denial game. The complexity of the current state was reflected during the EGU25 press conference “Hot takes & policy quakes: When geoscience meets social science.” The speakers, Florian Ulrich Jehn [a], Chris Smit ...[Read More]

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Unethical science: On gender, discomfort, and the stories we tell

Lucia Perez-Diaz May 9, 2025

Reflections following the discussions held in the EGU25 Great Debate “Gender in Geoscience” (available to watch online if you missed it). “Fairytales are the fossils of human culture.” […] said Francesca Cavallo, author of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, during the Union Symposium US8 on “Gender in Geoscience” on the final day of the EGU General Assembly in Vienna. As a children’s ...[Read More]

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Congratulations to the winners of the EGU25 Photo Competition!

Hazel Gibson May 2, 2025

For this year’s Photo Contest, EGU received a number of amazing images capturing a broad spectrum of the geosciences. Since the selection committee whittled the field down to 10 finalists, you have been voting for your favourites throughout EGU25’s week-long conference, both on-site in Vienna at the EGU booth, and online. After an enthusiastic response from voters, we are now ready -and very ...[Read More]

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A Geoscientist’s Colorful Journey from Research to Children’s Books

Anna Katsigera and Lucia Perez-Diaz May 1, 2025

In today’s blog we’re having a chat with our very own Dr Lucia Perez-Diaz. As Lucia put it at the start of this year’s General Assembly, us scientists get to wear many “hats”, and she lives up to that statement. Besides a brilliant geoscientist, she is an incredible artist – also featured as last year’s artist in residence – and a budding press assistant! But more importantly, she is the author of ...[Read More]