This post highlights some events at the General Assembly that will of interest to the whole community. Room D is on the Blue level (Basement) of the Austria Center Vienna. Monday, 04 April 12:15–13:15 Union Plenary Room D. All attendants are invited to this annual event where the past and future development of EGU is discussed. The Plenary is open to all EGU members and all EGU2011 General Assembl ...[Read More]
Weblinks relevant to the Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami [Updated 31 March]
This blogpost is a round-up of potentially useful weblinks to information about the Sendai, Japan earthquake of 11 March 2011. This post is a summary of what is out there as a resource, not European Geosciences Union endorsed links. There is a Supersite for the Sendai Earthquake which is a collection of preliminary data and research. This has a lot of information contained within the page and link ...[Read More]
Imaggeo Mondays: Seattle Waterfront
Photo by Chris Kidd, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. The photograph illustrates how dependent we are on the environment around us. Here, along the waterfront in Seattle, water is used for transporting people and goods, oceans are used to access raw materials and there is the aesthetic appeal of ‘the sea’. All of this is not without hazards, from the water itself an ...[Read More]
This year’s blog
This year’s blog will have more posts and, starting from next week, a generally regular pattern (which will be augmented). We will have Imaggeo Mondays, with a featured image from the EGU’s online open access geosciences image repository. Wednesday’s posts will be specific to the EGU General Assembly 2011 for example accommodation, travel, highlighting special sessions. Friday ...[Read More]