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GeoPolicy: Social media is influencing our political behaviour, democracies, and scientific communities

Chloe Hill March 19, 2021

Technology and Democracy: understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making

A recently published report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has found that our democracy is under pressure from the influence that social media has on our political opinions and our behaviours. What can be done to mitigate this and what could it mean for our democracy, society and scientific community? The pros and cons of living in an increasingly online world The COVID-19 pa ...[Read More]

#NominateHer – gender matters in awards and medals

Hazel Gibson March 8, 2021

Retreat of the ice giants. Credit: Gabriel Sigmund (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Today is International Women’s Day around the world, a day where we celebrate the progress that women, and people across the gender spectrum, have made towards gaining equity, but also take a hard look at how we can do better to support these under-represented groups in our societal structures. For scientific organizations, one of the most visible ways that we can note both the disparity bet ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Past, Present & Future Divisions welcome the US back into the Paris Climate Agreement

Chloe Hill March 3, 2021

Climate change is in our hands. Credit: Stephanie Flude. Distributed via Imaggeo

As of 19 February 2021, the US officially re-joined the Paris Climate Agreement, a landmark international accord to limit global warming by 2°C (and ideally to 1.5°C) compared to pre-industrial levels. The Paris Climate Agreement aims to bring the world together to avoid catastrophic warming that will impact us all and to build resilience to the consequences of climate change that we are already s ...[Read More]

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during February!

Hazel Gibson February 25, 2021

Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we will be putting the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights roundup. For February, the Divisions we are featuring are: Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI), Planetary & Solar System Sciences (PS) and Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (ST). They are served by the jo ...[Read More]