Natural Hazards

Ready for EGU24?

Navakanesh M Batmanathan April 8, 2024

EGU General Assembly 2016 Active Planet (image credit: Kai Boggild, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Hey there, fellow earth enthusiasts! Are you ready to dive into EGU24? If so, grab your virtual or physical backpacks because we’re about to embark on a journey that’s bound to be as enlightening as it is exhilarating. With its diverse program offering discussions and networking opportunities, EGU24 promises to be an enriching experience. Whether you’re a seasoned participant or a newcomer, ...[Read More]

A symphony of uncertainties: exploring the interplay between climate hazards and human societies

Asimina Voskaki March 25, 2024

Photo credit: Engin Akyurt (Pixabay Licence)

Climate hazards are manifestations of the Earth’s complex climatic systems. As natural events, they have always occurred, yet changes in the global climate increase the frequency and intensity of extremes and their impact on the built environment and people. Predicting the nature, scale, and location of climate hazards and their complex interplays with anthropogenic factors is not a straightforwar ...[Read More]

“Studying earthquakes is a great opportunity to learn every day a lot about many different fields of earth sciences” Yann Klinger- Stephan Mueller Medalist-2024

Shreya Arora March 11, 2024

Since 1900, the total number of casualties resulting from earthquakes is estimated to be around 1 billion lives (Dyvik, 2023) (Image by Tumisu, Pixabay licence)

Hi Yann, first of all, congratulations on the Stephan Mueller Medal, and it is my pleasure to interview you!! To all my readers, the Stephan Mueller Medal is one of the prestigious medals awarded for exceptional contributions to tectonics and structures by the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Dr Yann Klinger wears many hats, he is a seismologist who studies recent and past earthquakes and is al ...[Read More]

How can you contribute to Science-Based policy-making? Ask the new Policy Officer in the Natural Hazards Division!

Antonella Peresan February 26, 2024

Image credit: Grace Shephard (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The EGU Natural Hazards Division now has a new Policy Officer to help promote evidence-based policy-making and support members of the Division in participating in policy-making processes. The Policy Officer aims to bridge between the Division and the EGU Science for Policy Working Group, helping to ensure that evidence-based decisions are made in the policy-making processes related to our areas of ...[Read More]