Conferences

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]

Communication and Education in Geoscience: Practice, Research and Reflection

Laura Roberts-Artal May 1, 2015

In this guest blog post, an international group of researchers discusses a recent communication and education session that they convened at EGU’s 2015 General Assembly. If you are involved in any of these disciplines, we’d love to hear your opinions on how you think their practitioners are currently viewed, both within the geosciences and by the general public. We look forward to your comments. Th ...[Read More]

Scientists share new observations from comet-chasing Rosetta Mission

Bárbara Ferreira April 24, 2015

The Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko includes an orbiter that circles the comet and its lander Philae which landed on the smaller lobe of the rocky world. (Credits: ESA)

Scientists working on the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta Mission provided an update on the comet-chaser and its lander, Philae, at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly last week, as well as sharing new science gained from the duo so far. These new results from Rosetta were announced at a press conference on Tuesday 14 April, with additional research presented at the Rosetta s ...[Read More]