Early Career Scientists

The EGU23 bucket list for Natural Hazards Early Career Scientists

Joana Parente April 17, 2023

EGU17 - Flags at EGU General Assembly 2017. Credit: Kai Boggild (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly (GA) is a precious occasion to create new connections and receive new stimuli to feed your own research, specifically for those in the early stages of their career. Nevertheless, the occasions for networking and scientific discussion can be so many, that it could be difficult to choose what to attend. As a junior researcher and early career scie ...[Read More]

New positions to join the Natural Hazards Division team!

Silvia De Angeli March 8, 2023

Interested in being actively involved in shaping the EGU NH Division activities and organising the annual General Assembly? Are you working in the Natural Hazards field? Then keep reading… we need you! Our Division is seeking: a new Science Officer for the NH10 Multi-Hazards sub-division a new Social Media Coordinator For both positions, the term is fixed for a two-year period with a possible ext ...[Read More]

Writing successful research proposal: tips and tricks

Fabiola Banfi January 30, 2023

Have you arrived at that moment in your career when you have some potential ideas that you think would be relevant to science? Do you need financial support to advance your science career, and decided to apply for a grant? Today’s blog post brings you a good starting point with advice from three grant winners during the campfire organised by the NH ECS division team: “Writing successful research p ...[Read More]

Fire impacts on Earth across space and time: a discussion-driven conference

Alicja Bonk and Judith Kirschner July 11, 2022

Boreal forest fire in Canada (Photo credit: Stefan Doerr, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Earth is the only known planet with fire activity – everywhere else, there is not enough oxygen for this process to occur. Since fire appeared on Earth many millions of years ago, it has played a key role in the development of plant adaptation and the distribution of ecosystems. However, the natural occurrence of fire changed with the onset of human evolution. The purposeful use of fire for ...[Read More]