The guidelines for authors can be found on the EGU General Assembly Guidelines page and are reproduced below. Oral presentations are organized in oral sessions scheduled in specific lecture rooms given in the programme together with the time of presentation of each contribution including discussion and change over. The oral sessions are scheduled in four time blocks per day, each time block with 9 ...[Read More]
EGU meeting the Austrian Minister of Science and Research
On Monday (04 April) EGU President Tuija Pulkkinen and Vice-President Donald Bruce Dingwell will meet the Austrian Minister of Science and Research Dr. Beatrix Karl. For more information (in German) see the Ministry webpage.
Imaggeo on Mondays: Loose Tooth Rift
A helicopter view of the actively growing “Loose Tooth” rift system near the edge of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica; this branch of the rift was over 20 km long when the photo was taken on 31 December 2006. Photo Credit: James Behrens. Image submitted by John Orcutt, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons Licence. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repositor ...[Read More]
Monday at EGU GA 2011
Welcome, to the first full day of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011. The meeting programme is available online, via the USB stick available at the ACV and via computer terminals around the General Assembly venue itself. Key union wide events today include: 12:15-13:15 Union Plenary All attendants are invited to this annual event where the past and future development of EGU is di ...[Read More]
Viewpoints from EGU GA 2011: Communicating Natural Hazard Risks
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research viewpoint, please email us. This viewpoint is from Catherine O’Riordan, Vice President of Physics Resources Center, American Institute of Physics, reflects ...[Read More]
Photo Competition at EGU General Assembly 2011
For the second year there will be a Photo Competition at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011. The finalists are below. To vote in the competition visit The Crystal Lounge, on the Green Level, First Floor of the ACV. In The Crystal Lounge you can view posters of the images and vote at the electronic voting terminals. The winner will be announced in the Crystal Lounge on Friday lunc ...[Read More]
Research Viewpoints from EGU GA 2011
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research viewpoint, please email us.
EGU Today Blog
The daily newsletter of the EGU General Assembly, EGU Today, has an accompanying blog: EGU Today Blog. The daily columns will be published here with a chance to comment on them. The daily columns in the EGU GA 2011 EGU Today will focus on the question of the role of science in society. An electronic version of EGU Today is available from the EGUToday website.
Things to do in Vienna (Geosciences themed)
Thomas Hofmann of the Geological Survey of Austria has put together a map of places, this concentrates on (geo)scientific themes (e.g. institutions, sites, outcrops) as well as on the great variety of culture in the city of Vienna. There is a special focus on researchers’ and on artists’ residences and last residences. Geospots Vienna
GIFT at EGU GA 2011
GIFT at EGU GA 2011 elebrates 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years after publication of “The Origin of Species” with a GIFT workshop on “Evolution and Biodiversity”. The programme can be found online at the EGU GA 2011 site. The EGU Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) Programme offers teachers of elementary to high school the opportunity to upgrade their knowledge in g ...[Read More]