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The Assembly documented through art!

April 9, 2018
The Assembly documented through art!
Matthew Partridge, the EGU's Cartoonist in Residence, and Sam Illingworth, EGU's Poet in Residence, will be documenting their conference experiences and sharing science this week at the General Assembly!

For the first time, the General Assembly will be documented by EGU’s very own artists in residence! Sam Illingworth, Science Communication Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), and Matthew Partridge, Senior Research Fellow at Southampton University (UK), have been busy this week producing poems and cartoons to share their conference experiences and communicate science. Why not ...[Read More]

Blogs and social media at EGU 2018 – tune in to the conference action

April 3, 2018
Blogs and social media at EGU 2018 – tune in to the conference action
Join the online conversation about the upcoming General Assembly, but be sure to use the official hashtag: #EGU1

With hundreds of oral presentations, PICO sessions and poster presentations taking place each day, it can be difficult to keep up with everything that is on offer during the General Assembly. As well as finding highlights of interesting conference papers, lectures and workshops in the daily newsletter at the General Assembly, EGU Today, you can also keep up to date with all the conference activiti ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Robberg Peninsula – a home of seals

February 5, 2018
Imaggeo on Mondays: Robberg Peninsula – a home of seals
Robberg Peninsula - a home of seals. Credit: Elizaveta Kovaleva (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

This picture is taken from the Robberg Peninsula, one of the most beautiful places, and definitely one of my favorite places in South Africa. The Peninsula forms the Robberg Nature Reserve and is situated close to the Plettenberg Bay on the picturesque Garden Route. “Rob” in Dutch means “seal”, so the name of the Peninsula is translated as “the seal mountain”. T ...[Read More]