Now that the week of #shareEGU20 is over, you may be wondering what happens to your display materials. As the materials have been uploaded to our new digital repository, EGUsphere, they will remain available online in their current format for the foreseeable future. Remember to check the copyright selected by the author if you want …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Loowit – the lady of fire.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the explosive eruption of volcano Mount St Helens, in western Washington State in the USA. So we wanted to feature this iconic volcano in this week, in our weekly feature, Imaggeo On Mondays. If you would like your imaggeo image featured in our blog, please contact the EGU Communications …[Read More]
#shareEGU20: Science through Lego photography!
During the week of #shareEGU20 we were very fortunate that both of our Artists in Residence, Stacy Phillips and Priyanka das Rajkakati agreed to participate virtually. We will feature some of Priyanka’s work in a later post, but in case you missed it during the week we wanted to share some of Stacy’s photography, to …[Read More]
#shareEGU20: A closing message from Susanne Buiter, outgoing Programme Committee Chair.
Susanne Buiter, a Professor at RWTH Aachen University in Germany and former President of the Tectonics and Structural Geology Division of EGU, will be stepping down from her current role as Programme Committee Chair at the end of this year’s General Assembly. Whilst that should have happened in Vienna as normal, EGU was faced with …[Read More]
Announcing the winners of the EGU 2020 Photo Competition!
For this year’s Photo Contest, EGU received scores of amazing images capturing a broad spectrum of the geosciences. After the selection committee whittled the field down to 10 finalists, members have been voting for their favourites throughout the week of Sharing Geoscience Online. We’ve had thousands of votes, but now we are very excited to …[Read More]
#shareEGU20: meet the Virtual Press Assistants!
This year, as you know, EGU’s annual meeting is taking place online, which means that there is even more to communicate to our members than usual! So we recruited three Virtual Press Assistants in order to help the communications team out. These amazing volunteers include two master’s students from Switzerland: Laura Endres and Bjorn Bauhofer, …[Read More]
#shareEGU20: meet the EGU Early Career Scientist Representatives (pt2)!
Now that you have met the current and incoming Early Career Scientist Union representatives Raffaele Albano and Anouk Beniest, it’s now time to meet the rest of the current EGU Division representatives! Atmospheric Sciences (AS): Fernando Iglesias-Suarez Contact: ecs-as@egu.eu Postdoctoral scientist at CSIC (Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, …[Read More]
#shareEGU20: A welcome to the first virtual EGU General Assembly from EGU President Alberto Montanari
I am enjoying a positive feeling while I am writing these words to open the EGU2020 General Assembly #shareEGU20. In my opinion, a positive attitude is the best way to pay a tribute to the persons – including some colleagues and friends – who lost their lives due to COVID19. It is in their memory …[Read More]
#shareEGU20: An EGU dining experience in your own home..?!
One of the things we will miss the most about being together in Vienna this year, is the great meals and lunches spent with friends (both new and old). We all have a favourite Austrian meal, so this year we picked four of our favourites and will be releasing one a day during the week. …[Read More]
#shareEGU20: getting creative with the Kids Art activity!
Alongside the regular scientific offer, some of our members have very kindly agreed to run activities online, so keep an eye out for them during the week! Today we are sharing Emily Mason and Maike Neuland’s digital version of the Kids’ Art Competition, read on to find out how you can get into our Kids …[Read More]