Early Career Scientists

What is in your field rucksack? The bag of a mining geologist

Laura Roberts-Artal March 10, 2016

Mining geologist underground. (Credit: David Perkin)

Inspired by a post on Lifehacker on what your average geologist carries in their rucksack/backpack, we’ve put together a few blog posts showcasing what a range of our EGU members carry in their bags whilst in the field! Of course, it’s not only research geoscientists who carry kit! Earth scientists in industry often require a number of tools to carry out their daily duties. Today we feature the co ...[Read More]

Presenting at the General Assembly 2016: A quick ‘how to’ from the EGU

Laura Roberts-Artal March 9, 2016

Presenting at the Assembly: A quick ‘how to’ from the EGU (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)

The schedule is out, presentation slots have been assigned and it’s time to start thinking about putting yours together. Whether you have an oral, poster or PICO slot, we have a suite of simple guidelines to get you ready for the conference! Orals The guidelines for oral presentations are online. All oral presentations should have the dimensions 4:3 and last about 12 minutes, with 3 minutes for qu ...[Read More]

Science bloggers – join the 2016 General Assembly blogroll!

Laura Roberts-Artal March 4, 2016

Will you be blogging at the 2016 General Assembly? Let us know and we’ll add you to our official blogroll! (Credit: EGU/Stephanie McClellan)

Will you be blogging at the 2016 General Assembly? If so, sign up here and we’ll add you to our official blogroll. We will be compiling a list of blogs that feature posts about the EGU General Assembly and making it available on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union. We’d ask you to write posts that relate directly to the Assembly during the conference in Vienna (17 – 22 Apri ...[Read More]

Last chance to enter the EGU Photo Contest 2016!

Laura Roberts-Artal February 25, 2016

A selection of the best photographs uploaded to imaggeo in 2015, as voted for by our Facebook followers.

If you are pre-registered for the 2016 General Assembly (Vienna, 17 -22 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! But hurry, there are only a few days left to enter! Every year we hold a photo competition and exhibit in association with our open access image repository, Imaggeo and our annual General Assembly. Th ...[Read More]