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Games, games, games at the EGU 2019 meeting

Chris Skinner June 6, 2019

Scientists attending the EGU General Assembly 2019 Geoscience Games Night, where scientists could gather, socialise, and play some geoscience-related games. In this blog post, Skinner gives a recap of the EGU Games for Geoscience experience. Credit: Rolf Hut.

At the EGU General Assembly 2019, more than 16,000 scientists came together in Vienna to present their research, discuss the latest advances in their field, and engage in workshops. On the Wednesday evening of the EGU conference, hundreds of researchers also came together to play geoscience-based games! Games can be great tools for geoscience outreach and education, as they have the ability to sim ...[Read More]

Challenging challenges in Earth science research at the EGU General Assembly!

Eleanore Heasley, Renee van Dongen, Anne Voigtländer, Felix Nieberding, Liseth Perez and Johannes Buckel June 5, 2019

At the short course 'Crowd-solving Problems in Earth Sciences' during the EGU General Assembly 2019, scientists came together to both network and brainstorm solutions to some of the challenges that fellow researchers face.

At the EGU General Assembly 2019 last month, if you walked through the dark basement and the most distant hallways of the convention centre, into room -2.62 on Wednesday evening, you may have heard people introducing themselves followed by the words “… and I have a problem.” This may have sounded like a support group. In fact, if you had entered the room it would have been clear that you had just ...[Read More]

May GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from around the web

Olivia Trani May 31, 2019

Mirror mirror in the sea... Credit: Mario Hoppmann (distributed via imaggeo).

Drawing inspiration from popular stories on our social media channels, major geoscience headlines, as well as unique and quirky research, this monthly column aims to bring you the latest Earth and planetary science news from around the web. Major story The impact that humans have left on the planet’s landscape is so profound, that up to one million plant and animal species are at risk of extinctio ...[Read More]

Bringing geoscience into prisons

Sara Mynott May 29, 2019

Philip Heron, one of the winners of a 2019 EGU Public Engagement Grant, shares his experience bringing geoscience education into prisons. Photo provided by Philip Heron

During the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, I caught up with Phil Heron, a Newcastle-born geodynamicist at Durham University, UK. Earlier this year he won an EGU outreach grant to engage young offenders with geoscience subjects and help improve their employability. He tells us how he started working in prisons and shares what we can learn from his experience. How did the proj ...[Read More]