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Review: 2012 General Assembly Great Debate on open science and the future of publishing

Today’s guest post comes from freelance writer Celso Gomes, who also worked at the 2012 General Assembly Press Centre. Upon admitting that he refused to knowingly associate with Elsevier for years, Cambridge’s award-winning mathematician Tim Gowers stirred a discussion of unprecedented magnitude surrounding Open Access publishing. Such public outcry has so far culminated with over 10.0 ...[Read More]

Nature’s Quirin Schiermeier column on EGU Today (full version)

Thursday’s edition of EGU Today features an edited version of Quirin Schiermeier daily column. The full version is published here on GeoLog! In sheer numbers, the death toll from natural disasters – about 80,000 in an average year – is small compared to the millions who get killed each year in road accidents or die from avoidable diseases. But averages miss the point here. It is the very exc ...[Read More]

Call for Sessions for EGU General Assembly 2012

The public call for sessions for the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012 has been issued. The EGU GA 2012 will be held at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) from 22 April to 27 April 2012. The details are below, the web page to visit to submit sessions is Call for Sessions page of the EGU General Assembly 2012 website. We hereby invite you, from now until 16 Sep 2011, to take an active p ...[Read More]

Can Europe use less of these metals?

Can Europe use less of these metals? How much of this demand is driven by our throw-away culture? There has been little response to the last blogpost, does everyone agree with the panel or everyone agee with the questioner? Please start the conversation here… For the Great Debate Webstream please visit the EGU GA 2011 webstreaming pages. The session details can be found on the EGU General As ...[Read More]