#earlycareerscientists

Where science and communication meet: the editorial world of scientific journals.

Vale Cigala & Giulia Roder September 2, 2019

Sunset on Montescaglioso landslide, in Italy, on 3 December 2003. The landslide caused the destruction of roads, commercial buildings and private dwellings, and generated several direct and indirect economic losses. Credit: Emanuele Intrieri (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The ultimate scope of scientists is to publish their research advancement and share it with the scientific community and civil society. Researchers, whether coming from academia or research institutes, publish their results in peer-reviewed journals, that are usually highly technical and often incomprehensible to anyone except the major experts in the field. In some subjects is inevitable given th ...[Read More]

Cyclone Fani: A success in weather forecast and disaster preparedness

Giulia Roder August 20, 2019

This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image captured on 1 May 2019 shows Cyclone Fani. In the image, the width of the storm is estimated to be around 700-800 km. (Image Credit: ESA - CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)

Hurricane, cyclone and typhoon are different terms for the same weather phenomenon: torrential rain and maximum sustained wind speeds (near centre) exceeding 119 km/hour (World Meteorological Organization https://public.wmo.int/en). The terminology depends on the region (e.g. in the western North Pacific, they are called typhoons; in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea they are named as cyclones ...[Read More]

#EGU19 program is ready! Are you ready for it?

Jonathan Rizzi April 1, 2019

#EGU19 program is ready! Are you ready for it? The next EGU’s General Assembly is taking place in one week! We bet you already started planning your program for the week, that Natural Hazard (NH) sessions are included, and, especially if you are an Early Career Scientist (ECS), you have found many sessions and courses targeting your specific needs and interests. What fits more to you ...[Read More]

Fantastic grants and where to find them, part 1.

Vale Cigala June 4, 2018

At some point in your career, usually, sooner than later, you will need to write a grant proposal to ensure yourself a paid research position. Funding agencies are out there waiting to receive your great and original ideas and possibly grant you some money to transform these ideas into actual science. One can spend an entire day just researching on the internet the best funding scheme. To h ...[Read More]