EGU General Assembly

Behind the scene: knowing the President of the EGU Natural Hazard Division – Ira Didenkulova!

Jonathan Rizzi December 30, 2019

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In this last post of 2019, I have the pleasure to ask some questions to Ira Didenkulova, the President of the EGU Natural Hazards division who has been recently elected for a second mandate. Ira, can you introduce yourself and tell what led you the position of EGU Natural Hazard (NH) Division president? What are the main challenges you had and what’s next for the NH division? It seems this ...[Read More]

Time for submissions: sessions proposed by NhET at the next EGU General Assembly!

Jonathan Rizzi November 25, 2019

We are getting closer to 2020 and one of the first deadlines is for the submission of abstracts for the next EGU General Assembly (GA) in Wien, from the 3rd to the 8th of May 2020. The Natural hazards Early career scientist Team (NhET) has proposed several sessions and short courses also for next GA. Below you can find a list of them. We also remind that there is an opportunity for financia ...[Read More]

Gaius Plinius Secundus and Sergey Soloviev, two names and awards.

Vale Cigala June 10, 2019

The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (c. 1821) by John Martin

The EGU has an award system in place aiming at recognising eminent scientists for their outstanding contribution in Earth, planetary and space science. There are different medals a researcher can be nominated to, including Division ones. Ah, before I forget: the deadline for this year nominations is 15 June! Don’t miss the chance to appoint an outstanding colleague. You can find more information o ...[Read More]

Our audience on stage: new NhET blog column

Giulia Roder May 14, 2019

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The diffusion of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. in addition to traditional blogging led to a diversification in the impact of science communication. However, as Eryn Brown and Chris Woolston wrote in Nature last January, blogs continue to be effective platforms for disseminating research into the world and increase the discovery of science. This is the reason why we believe our natur ...[Read More]