Biogeosciences

Eco-Omics: Harnessing meta-omics to understand the biogeosciences across scales: from the cell to Earth system.

Lisa Wingate, Elsa Abs and Christoph Keuschnig April 5, 2024

Spatial and temporal changes in environmental conditions over billions of years have driven the evolution of diverse microbial, fungal and plant species that have shaped the ecosystems, atmosphere and climate of our Earth system. Understanding the function and resilience of organisms and our biomes in response to climatic change and their complex feedbacks requires knowledge of its component parts ...[Read More]

Highlighted event: Opening up about Mental Health across Career Stages in the Geosciences

Lucia Layritz April 24, 2025

Photo credit: Lucia Layritz

EGU 2025 is almost upon us! While a highlight of the year for many scientists, a big conference like this can also come with feelings of stress or anxiety for many. (If that’s you – you are not alone!) At this year’s general assembly, the topic of Mental Health in Academia will be given a prominent space in the form of a panel discussion on Monday, 28th of April, 16:15–18:00 in Room E1, focu ...[Read More]

Demystifying the EGU OSPP Poster Competition

Lucia Layritz January 7, 2025

The Abstract deadline for the 2025 General Assembly is approaching fast (January 15th!) and with it the deadline to sign up for the OSPP award. If you are an early career researcher who is interested in joining the contest, this is you! We talked with the coordinators, as well as some of last year’s winners to help you understand how to sign up, why to sign up and what to look out for ...[Read More]

Go to EGU by train!

Elsa Abs November 12, 2024

Going to EGU by train

We encourage you to travel to EGU by train! Here are 4 train journey stories from the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden and France to inspire your trip. From the UK with Interrail (by Becky Varney) 🇬🇧 What was your motivation to take the train? As travelling to a primarily climate focused conference, I wanted to try and reduce my carbon footprint as best I could. I also think trains are a really nice wa ...[Read More]

Meet your BG team 2024/2025

robynpickering July 18, 2024

The EGU Biogeoscience Division Team 2024-2025

The Biogeoscience division team has changed over the last year, and in this blog post, we are delighted to introduce our new team of representatives and describe their roles and research interests so that you can get to know them better. Our division is led by a President and Deputy President, supported by two Early Career Scientist Representatives and several sub-division officers who cover vario ...[Read More]

Five questions to our new Biogeoscience Early Career Scientist Representatives

Lucia Layritz, Elsa Abs and Sílvia Poblador June 27, 2024

There have been some changes in our division lately! The most important one is the election of our two new ECS Representatives: Elsa Abs and Sílvia Poblador! Sílvia and Elsa will be responsible for all things early career in the BG Division during the 2024 – 2026 term. We took the opportunity to ask them some questions about their scientific journeys and their plans for the upcoming year. W ...[Read More]

Getting to EGU ‘by fair means’

Ben Meyer March 15, 2024

A happy ben lifting up his bike in front of the conference center under a sign saying 'Welcome'

Welcome to EGU!

How to commute from Freising to Vienna by bike In the world of alpinism, the phrase “by fair means” is ubiquitous, though its definition is vague. Most people would agree that a key requirement of a “fair means ascent” is minimizing the tradeoff between convenience and reliance on external aids. If that sounds like it leaves a lot of room for interpretation, it’s beca ...[Read More]

What’s new at EGU23?

Sinikka Lennartz January 6, 2023

EGU23 is back with longer talks, posters and PICO sessions! While EGU is always great to catch up with colleagues in classical sessions offered every year, here, we want to highlight some new sessions that will premier at EGU23. We have selected a few from each Subdivision to show the broad range of topics covered. General Biogeosciences The PICO session “It’s all about migration!” focuses on migr ...[Read More]

EGU22 in the Spotlight: Extraterrestrial and Extreme Environment Biogeosciences

Ben Fisher May 19, 2022

Credit: unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/DyyPIdim9lY)

At the Biogeosciences division we are highlighting BG led sessions in the run up to the 2022 General Assembly. New for 2022 we are pleased to introduce BG7.1 “Sources and sinks of methane in the aquatic realm” convened by Helge Niemann, Alina Stadnitskaia and Tina Treude. This session will be held online and in Room 2.95 on Wednesday 25th May (15:55–18:28 (CEST)). This session features ...[Read More]

EGU22 in the Spotlight: BG4 – Marine and Aquatic Biogeosciences

Sinikka Lennartz May 19, 2022

Credit: Silas Baisch via unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/OCzvgBqCJKY)

The EGU22 is approaching soon – no matter whether you are attending in person or online, here are a few highlight sessions from the field of marine and aquatic biogeosciences. From controlled experiments to natural laboratories – scientists use a variety of methods to unravel ecosystem functional responses to environmental changes. The session “Experimental approaches in Marine Biogeosciences”, co ...[Read More]

Biogeosciences in the blue zone- COP26.

Ben Fisher November 15, 2021

Our Editor, Ben Fisher, writes about his experience as an observer at COP26 and the representation of biogeosciences in the negotiation area. I was extremely fortunate to have the opportunity attend the second week of COP26 as a delegate of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Having been a rather last minute addition to the attendance list (I found out I’d got credentials ...[Read More]