Welcome to the brand new EGU Seismology Division Blog! The European Geosciences Union administration team has been working round the clock to launching the brand new official blog network for EGU (https://blogs.egu.eu/). The EGU blogs hosts the official blog of the EGU, GeoLog, as well as a network of blogs in the Earth, planetary and space sciences aimed at fostering a diverse community of geosc ...[Read More]
Last post before the revamp
This page is undergoing a major revamp! EGU is constantly working to improve its presence on the internet. Many of the blogs run by the young scientists of several divisions – like this blog dedicated to young seismologist of EGU – are being combined together into one dedicated EGU blog site. The new design is electrifying. But, to view the new page, you would have to wait a few days u ...[Read More]
Apply for funding to attend the EGU General Assembly!
A message from Laura Roberts: EGU Science Communication Officer Dear EGU Young Scientist, Firstly, let me take this opportunity to introduce myself, I am Laura Roberts, the new EGU Communications Officer and I will be your point of contact in the EGU office moving forward. Preparations for the EGU 2015 General Assembly (12–17 April, Vienna, Austria) are in full swing, and there are a number of opp ...[Read More]
Movember seismologists
This blog will soon be going through a major upgrade. Here is one of last year’s post dedicated to Movember
EGU Meetings Support for 2015
The EGU welcomes further proposals for Topical Meetings, Training Schools and Workshops, as well as applications for EGU Sponsorship of External Meetings, for the year 2015. Successful proposals result in high-profile EGU events with financial support. Proposals for events in 2015 must be submitted by 31 December 2014 only via the online form on the EGU website (http://www.egu.eu/meetings/support- ...[Read More]
Great news: Appeals court overturns manslaughter convictions of six earthquake scientists
Finally some sense: Appeals court overturns manslaughter convictions of six earthquake scientists. Various news portals are reporting that the top Italian scientists had their verdict over turned, hence found not guilty! Read further here: http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2014/11/updated-appeals-court-overturns-manslaughter-convictions-six-earthquake-scientists
The 2014 Outstanding Student Poster Award
The 2014 Outstanding Student Poster Awards is awarded to Men-Andrin Meier for the poster entitled: A Filter Bank Approach to Earthquake Early Warning. Find out more in an interview with Men-Andrin on SeismoBlog.
EGU Election Autumn 2014
You are invited to take part in the EGU Election Autumn 2014. You have the opportunity to vote for the next EGU Treasurer and Division Presidents. All candidates, their CVs and statements, as well as your electronic ballot paper can be found at: http://www.egu-elections.eu/d97063230e00961cbf98009c44695e80de288c037b96072/ Please note that your electronic ballot paper key is unique and it will be in ...[Read More]
Follow the ongoing L’Aquila appeal
The seismological community is anxious with the ongoing court proceedings against fellow Italian seismologist with regards to the 6th April 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. The news of seismologists guilty of manslaughter was major news for the entire world (e.g., BBC) and condemnation came in fast (e.g., The Guardian, EOS, AGU). Internal discussions between scientists are still very active during ...[Read More]
EGU2015: Call-for-Papers
EGU is very pleased to announce the start of the Abstract submission for the EGU General Assembly 2015 (EGU2015), 12 Apr 2015 – 17 Apr 2015, Vienna, Austria. The sessions are now online: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/sessionprogramme Submitting an abstract is intuitive: For each session there is a link Abstract Submission followed by logging in the system. Abstracts may be s ...[Read More]