Conferences

Imaggeo on Mondays: A voyage through scales – The Badlands National Park, South Dakota.

Laura Roberts-Artal June 22, 2015

Badlands national park, South Dakota, USA. Credit: Iain Willis (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Layer upon layer of sand, clay and silt, cemented together over time to form the sedimentary units of the Badlands National Park in South Dakota, USA. The sediments, delivered by rivers and streams that criss-crossed the landscape, accumulated over a period of millions of years, ranging from the late Cretaceous Period (67 to 75 million years ago) throughout to the Oligocene Epoch (26 to 34 million ...[Read More]

General Assembly 2015 – Highlights

Laura Roberts-Artal May 21, 2015

It’s been just over a month since the EGU General Assembly 2015 in Vienna. The conference this year was a great success with 4,870 oral, 8,489 poster, and 705 PICO presentations. There were 577 unique scientific sessions, complimented by an impressive 310 side events, making for an interesting and diverse programme. The conference brought together 11,837 scientists from 108 countries, 23% of ...[Read More]

Iceland’s Bárðarbunga-Holuhraun: a remarkable volcanic eruption

Laura Roberts-Artal May 8, 2015

Heiturpottur. Credit: Morgan Jones (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

A six month long eruption accompanied by caldera subsidence and huge amounts of emitted gasses and extruded lavas; there is no doubt that the eruption of the Icelandic volcano in late 2014 and early 2015 was truly remarkable. In a press conference, (you can live stream it here), which took place during the recent EGU General Assembly, scientists reported on the latest from the volcano. Seismic act ...[Read More]

Upload your 2015 General Assembly presentation

Laura Roberts-Artal May 6, 2015

PICO presentations at the 2015 General Assembly in Vienna. (Credit: Stephanie McClellan/EGU).

This year it is once again possible to upload your oral presentations, PICO presentations and posters from EGU 2015 for online publication alongside your abstract, giving all participants a chance to revisit your contribution – hurrah for open science! Files can be in either PowerPoint or PDF format. Note that presentations will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. Up ...[Read More]