Science dissemination

Hot topic for a hot summer: extreme weather and climate events in the ANYWHERE project – A Pan-European Platform for Multi-Hazard Early Warning and associated Impacts

Jonathan Rizzi August 5, 2019

Photo source: http://anywhere-h2020.eu

In this post, I have the pleasure to interview Dr.ir. Henny A.J. van Lanen. He is Associate Professor in the Hydrology & Quantitative Water Management Group of Wageningen University and he has been involved in several EU projects. Further, he is involved in many international groups or networks: Coordinator of the European FRIEND programme (EURO-FRIEND Water, Flow Regimes from International Ex ...[Read More]

Our audience on stage: new NhET blog column

Giulia Roder May 14, 2019

Image source Pexels

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]

Anthropogenic changes of the landscape and natural hazards

Jonathan Rizzi March 6, 2019

Agricultural terraces for rice cultivation (Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, Cultural Landacape Heritage, Yuanyang County, Yunnan, PR China; photo by P. Tarolli)

In this post, I had the pleasure to interview Paolo Tarolli, a very active member of the EGU community and a brilliant scientist. He is Professor in Water Resources Management and Integrated Watershed Management, and head of Earth Surface Processes and Society research group at the Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy). He has a PhD in Environmental Watershed Management and Geomatics and has wo ...[Read More]

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

Jonathan Rizzi November 19, 2018

The new year is approaching, and at the beginning of 2019, there is also the deadline for the submission of abstracts for the next EGU conference in Wien, from the 7th to the 12th of April 2019. The Natural hazards Early career scientist Team has proposed many sessions and short courses. Below you can find a list of them. We also remind that there is the opportunity for financial support to ...[Read More]