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Asmae Ourkiya

Asmae Ourkiya (They/Them) is the Media and Communications Officer at EGU. They manage press releases, coordinate press participation and the press centre at the EGU General Assembly, and write and manage the EGU blogs. Asmae holds a Ph.D. in queer intersectional ecofeminism from MIC, University of Limerick in Ireland. Their research revolves around climate justice, and promotes inclusion and equality in climate governance.

Are you ready to vote for your favourite Division blog of 2024?

February 4, 2025
Are you ready to vote for your favourite Division blog of 2024?
Image by Manny Becerra. Source: Unsplash

Our EGU blogging team has had a fantastic 2024 posting across our official blog, GeoLog and the division blogs. Most of our readers appreciate EGU’s blogs for their informative yet accessible style, and for our bloggers ability to take complex geoscience content and make it fun and relevant to the reader. If this sounds like something you’d like to get involved in, we encourage you to get in touch ...[Read More]

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during January!

January 31, 2025
GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during January!

Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we put the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights section. For January, the divisions we are featuring are Tectonics and Structural Geology (TS), Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (GMPV), and Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics (EMRP). They are served by the ...[Read More]

Geochemists between Academia and Industry: How to turn your research into real-world impact

January 27, 2025
Geochemists between Academia and Industry: How to turn your research into real-world impact
Photo taken by Riccardo Annandale. Source: Unsplash

Have you ever thought “what if I could take my geochemistry research further?” Imagine founding a company, patenting your invention, or collaborating with peers to transform your work into a tangible product or service that benefits society. If you did, then this blog post might change the course of your career! Geochemistry is a powerful tool for understanding Earth’s processes and re ...[Read More]

Space debris: Borrowing the planet from our children- Why we need to mitigate space desecration

January 17, 2025
Space debris: Borrowing the planet from our children- Why we need to mitigate space desecration
Photo taken by Peter Bo

On December 11, 2024, while taking part in AGU’s 2024 Annual Meeting, I attended a press conference hosted by experts from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Michigan that focuses on the serious risks posed by space debris in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). As we are heading towards an increasingly crowded space environment, the question on everyone’s mind is: What can we do to ...[Read More]