November 2015

Imaggeo on Mondays: Icy seasmoke

Laura Roberts-Artal November 9, 2015

Icy seasmoke . Credit: Helmuth Thomas (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Today’s Imaggeo on Mondays image captures the eerie mood at Halifax Harbour, in Nova Scotia, Canada, on a sunny early morning. “The photograph captures rather unusual seasmoke surrounding a local commuter ferry with a number of other naval vessels in the background”, explains Helmuth Thomas, Professor at Dalhousie University (Canada) who took the snap back in February this year. Seasmoke is rather ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Anne Pluymakers, Early Career Scientist Representative

Laura Roberts-Artal November 6, 2015

Meet Anne, the ECS Representative of the TS Division. Image Credit: Anne Pluymakers

In addition to the usual GeoTalk interviews, where we highlight the work and achievements of early career researchers, over the next few months we’ll be introducing the Division early career scientist representatives (ECS). They are responsible for ensuring that the voice of EGU ECS membership is heard. From organising short courses during the General Assembly, through to running Division Blogs an ...[Read More]

Crusing the Mediterranean: a first-hand account of a month at sea – Part 3

Laura Roberts-Artal November 4, 2015

R/V Minerva Uno during the port-call at Mahon (Menorca)

This is the final instalment of the adventures of Simona Aracri, a PhD student at University of Southampton, and her colleagues, who spent a month aboard a research vessel, cruising the Mediterranean Sea. Simona and the team of scientists aboard the boat documented their experiences via a blog and we’ve been sharing some highlights over the past few weeks. As we wave goodbye to the research ...[Read More]

EGU 2016: Call-for-abstracts is now open!

Laura Roberts-Artal November 2, 2015

Austria Vienna Centre, the venue of the EGU's General Assembly. (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)

From now, up until 13 January 2016, you can submit your abstract for the upcoming EGU General Assembly (EGU 2016). In addition to established scientists, PhD students and other early career researchers are welcome to submit abstracts to present their research at the conference. Further, the EGU encourages undergraduate and master students to submit abstracts on their dissertations or final-year pr ...[Read More]