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2017 AGU Fall Meeting

Editorial Team 4 December 13, 2017

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

The largest Earth and Space science meeting in the world is taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana. As usual, once a year AGU gathers the best and brightest minds from around the globe in the pursuit of high quality science, knowledge, and a more sustainable future. In particular, AGU allows to share your science, advance your career, and gain visibility and recognition for your own scienti ...[Read More]

Conferences – so near and yet so far

Iris van Zelst December 6, 2017

Everyone attending their own conference?
Credit: University of Haifa Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library

Attending conferences is expensive and time consuming, so going to all the conferences relevant for your research topic(s) is an impossible mission. One solution might be to attend (parts of) conferences remotely. Suzanne Atkins, postdoc at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, discusses the pros and cons of remote conferencing. Last month the Geological Society of London live-streamed their celebration of 50 ...[Read More]

One month to AGU!

Editorial team 1 November 8, 2017

Now is the time!
Credit:Pixabay

As the leaves are falling; the sun is going down before you leave the office; and the stores are stacking up on Christmas decorations, it’s time to face the facts: it’s almost AGU! It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but just in case. Don’t worry, there is still time to reread your abstract to see what you’re supposed to be presenting, figure out how to do that in the se ...[Read More]

Poster presentation tips

Iris van Zelst October 11, 2017

(Part of) Charitra Jain’s poster at NetherMod 2017 on the generation of primordial continental crust

Being a scientist is more than just doing research and science. You also need to be able to communicate your findings to your peers and/or the general public (outreach). At conferences, you usually have two options for presenting your work: a talk or a poster (although at EGU, you also have the PICO sessions). A poster is often preferred if you would like to start a discussion and get lots of feed ...[Read More]