Within a week the EGU General Assembly will kick off! This year the topic will be A Voyage Through Scales. For those that will attend for the first time, the scale of EGU itself may be impressive enough already. So how do you decide where to go? Here we hope to point you to a few interesting sessions, in case you get completely lost. Today we asked Dr. Maartje Houben, one of the Young Scientists c ...[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
What to see at EGU?: Young Scientist events
Within a week the EGU General Assembly will kick off! This year the topic will be A Voyage Through Scales. For those that will attend for the first time, the scale of EGU itself may be impressive enough already. So how do you decide where to go? Here we hope to point you to a few interesting sessions, in case you get completely lost. To start with, there are a number of interesting events for Youn ...[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
What to see at EGU?: A Voyage Through Scales
Within a week the EGU General Assembly will kick off! This year the topic will be A Voyage Through Scales. For those that will attend for the first time, the scale of EGU itself may be impressive enough already. So how do you decide where to go? Here we hope to point you to a few interesting sessions, in case you get completely lost. A number of events will take place concerned with this year̵ ...[Read More]
Geomorphology
EGU events 2015
EGU is coming close and Lucy Clarke arranged some information on upcoming event and sessions interesting for Geomorphologists. Award lectures: There are a number of Award lectures not to be missed out on at EGU2015: The Arthur Holmes Medal lecture will be given by Carlo Laj on “Our Magnetic Planet”, Heather Viles is giving the Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal Lecture on “Boulders, biology and buildings: ...[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
Words on Wednesday: Developing a functional model for cities impacted by a natural hazard: application to a city affected by flooding
Words on Wednesday aims at promoting interesting/fun/exciting publications on topics related to Energy, Resources and the Environment. If you would like to be featured on WoW, please send us a link of the paper, or your own post, at ERE.Matters@gmail.com. *** Bambara, G., Peyras, L., Felix, H., and Serre, D. (2015), Developing a functional model for cities impacted by a natural hazard: application ...[Read More]
Seismology
Afraid to present? Practice your talk at EGU
Many young scientists fear the worst during their presentation showdown. A special session is being held to give young speakers of Oral or PICO presentation to have one more chance to practice their talk, at the EGU complex itself! The session: Oral presentation feedback round is not only meant for people to practice their talk but also to gain feedback on how to improve their talk. The participat ...[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
I’m a Geoscientist: Sian Loveless – ‘Young Scientist Representative’ Officer
It’s I’m a Geoscientist week! Or more exactly: weeks. From March 9 until March 20, the EGU supports I’m a Geoscientist to help students engage with scientists about real science. The Energy, Resources and Environment Division of the European Geosciences Union encompasses a broad range of different ERE-related topics, from surface to subsurface, spanning all aspects of geosciences ...[Read More]
Seismology
EGU 2015 short course: Seismology for non-seismologists
Do you have difficulty in understanding results inferred from seismological studies? A dedicated short course directed towards non-seismologists, with a particular focus for young scientists (graduate students and postdocs), is being held during this year’s EGU general assembly The main goal of the course is to provide an introduction into the concepts and methods in seismology and how they ...[Read More]
Cryospheric Sciences
High-tech science, old-school ship – Anne-Katrine Faber and Malte Winther
Last summer we got the chance to participate in an incredible Arctic expedition. The mission was clear and yet unclear at the same time: Bring your fanciest laser technology on a wooden schooner. Then cross the Atlantic and sail to the fjords of southern Green land and conduct science throughout the journey. During most of our expedition, our “scientific lab” contained icebergs, glaciers and beaut ...[Read More]
Seismology
First TIDES Training school on Seismic Data
A, not-to-miss, training school for PhD students and young seismologists. Full information is provided on the website http://tides-cost.eu First TIDES Training school on Seismic Data Bertinoro (FC) Italy June 1-5 2015 Application form deadline: March 31, 2015 In the framework of COST Action TIDES (TIme-DEpendent Seismology) — a network of 19 European countries supported by the COST Association, we ...[Read More]