There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of natural hazard science. The regions most exposed to multi-hazard events are precisely the regions where we know the least. The Global South (comprising lower- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean) is disproportionately affected by climate-related natural hazards, yet it is largely …[Read More]
Division blogs
Cryospheric Sciences
The Arctic’s Blind Spot: Why Satellites Struggle Where Ice Meets the Coast
The first time I stood on sea ice, I could not tell which direction the coast was. A community member named Bryan could. That gap in situational awareness, between what a trained remote sensing scientist could read from the landscape and what a local hunter understood instinctively, turned out to mirror almost exactly the gap …[Read More]
Geodesy
Geodesy Cartoons – A Creative Tool for Outreach and Education
Geodesy is fundamental to understanding our dynamic planet. From monitoring sea-level rise and glacier melt to maintaining precise terrestrial reference frames for GNSS and Earth observation, geodesy provides the scientific backbone for many disciplines represented within the EGU and beyond. Despite its importance, geodesy often remains invisible outside the scientific community. Even within geosciences, many people …[Read More]
Hydrological Sciences
HydroTalks podcast: Introducing Ilias Pechlivanidis, the HS Division President-elect
For this episode of HydroTalks, we’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Ilias Pechlivanidis, Senior Researcher and Associate Professor (Docent) in hydrology and water resources at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), and Visiting Researcher at Uppsala University. He is currently the Vice President of the EGU Hydrological Sciences Division and will serve as Division President …[Read More]
Geodynamics
(Almost) everything wrong with: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Spoiler warning! Have you ever watched a science fiction movie and thought, huh, I wonder if that is actually possible? Now, I hope by the time the dinosaurs turned up during this film, that this transient thought had departed from your mind, but to satisfy the idle curiosity of those who wondered this during …[Read More]
Hydrological Sciences
EGU General Assembly 2026 – A Hydrological Wrap Up
The EGU General Assembly (GA) 2026 was an amazing success! Over the course of five sunny days in Vienna, 20,173 presentations were given across 1,014 sessions by the 20,027 on-site participants and 2,470 online attendees. There were plenty of events to choose from for the hydrologists attending. Across sessions, networking events, short courses, posters and medal …[Read More]
Geodynamics
Melting Glaciers Move Lithospheric Plates and Fluctuate Mid-ocean Ridges’ Spreading
The rise and fall of massive ice sheets have shaped Earth’s surface for millions of years, but their influence may extend far deeper than previously recognized. This week in News & Views, Tao Yuan, a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder, explores how glacial cycles can alter lithospheric plate motions and even modulate …[Read More]
Ocean Sciences
Join the EGU Ocean Sciences blog team 🌊
The EGU Ocean Sciences division blog is looking for new volunteer editors. So far, the team consists of two early career scientists, Jacqueline and Maurie — both working in ocean biogeochemistry — and we would love to grow. As an editor, you will keep an eye out for interesting new articles and datasets to write …[Read More]
Hydrological Sciences
Reclaiming scientific publishing: Our duty to make science freely accessible to all
Editor’s note: While this article explores the benefits of Diamond Open Access and critiques commercial, for-profit publishing structures, it is important to note that the European Geosciences Union (EGU) operates on a community-led, transparent, and not-for-profit Open Access model. EGU journals use Article Processing Charges (APCs) strictly to cover publishing costs and support the scientific …[Read More]
Tectonics and Structural Geology
Join the team! The TS division is looking for new volunteers
Hello there! Welcome to the TS-Blog! I’m Pauline, editor in chief. If you’re reading this, you’re probably already intrigued by our announcement and might wonder: What is it like being a blog editor? Or simply: What if the next editor of a post was… ME? Well, let me tell you more about being an editor. …[Read More]