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Hazel Gibson

Hazel Gibson is Head of Communications at the European Geosciences Union. She is responsible for the management of the Union's social media presence and the EGU blogs, where she writes regularly for the EGU's official blog, GeoLog. She has over 12 years experience in science communication with public audiences and a PhD in Geoscience Communication and Cognition from the University of Plymouth in the UK.

EGU Photo Competition 2021: Now open for submissions!

January 15, 2021
EGU Photo Competition 2021: Now open for submissions!
Ice fog and solar halo, Maxime Grandin (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

If you are registered for the 2021 online General Assembly vEGU21 (19 – 30 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly!   The eleventh annual EGU photo competition opens today, 15 January. Up until 31 March, every participant pre-registered for the General Assembly can submit up to three original photos a ...[Read More]

Accessibility at EGU: Promoting inclusive language, an incomplete guide – VERSION 2!

January 13, 2021
Accessibility at EGU: Promoting inclusive language, an incomplete guide – VERSION 2!

Like all people, geoscientists can sometimes forget the importance of language. How scientists use language is important because it not only allows us to communicate effectively with different groups, from policymakers to concerned citizens and other researchers, but it can also influence how people respond on an emotional or personal level.  The way we use language can even influence how much som ...[Read More]

Open Access publishing and Open Science at conferences: what do you need to know?

January 8, 2021
Open Access publishing and Open Science at conferences: what do you need to know?

Earlier this week EGU’s Policy Officer, Chloe Hill was lucky enough to sit down with one of the many advocates for Open Access publishing on EGU’s Publications Committee: Ulrich Pöschl. Whilst all the members of our Publications Committee are fully committed to making EGU’s journals accessible and open, Ulrich has a unique perspective on this, as he is also the initiator and co-c ...[Read More]

What was the best Division blog post in 2020: vote for your favourite!

January 6, 2021
What was the best Division blog post in 2020: vote for your favourite!

The past 12 months have seen an impressive 540 posts published across the EGU’s official blog, GeoLog, as well as the network and division blogs. The EGU Division bloggers in particular have been hard at work producing new informative, fun and interesting blog posts for our members both inside their Division, but also across EGU as a whole! Ocean Sciences Division joined the EGU blogging family &# ...[Read More]