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Bárbara Ferreira

Bárbara Ferreira was the Media and Communications Manager of the European Geosciences Union from 2011 to 2019. Bárbara has also worked as a science writer specialising in astrophysics and space sciences, producing articles for the European Space Agency and others on a freelance basis. She has a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge.

EGU GA 2011 in the news

Items from the European Geosciences Union General Assembly are featured prominently on the BBC’s Science and Environment pages. The current top story is about “Thuderstorms numbers calculated” (link). The top story for some time yesterday (Wednesday) was Climate ‘fix’ may warm, not cool, again directly related to research presented at the EGU General Assembly. If you ...[Read More]

Thursday at EGU GA 2011

Below are Union wide events of potential interest. Please remember that the exhbition closes this evening, photo competition voting closes at 16:00 and to post your postcards in the box at EGU Information by 18:00. 08:30–10:15 Union Symposium. The 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake in Room D. [Webstream] This late-breaking session will discuss several aspects of the 22 February 2011 Christch ...[Read More]

Perspectives from EGU GA 2011 (3)

This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research viewpoint, please email us. This post comes from Aidan Slingsby of City University, London, who looks at how we make sense of large datasets using visualis ...[Read More]