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GeoTalk: Introducing EGU’s new Head of Media, Communications and Outreach

November 15, 2019
GeoTalk: Introducing EGU’s new Head of Media, Communications and Outreach
Introducing Terri Cook, EGU's new Head of Media, Communications, and Outreach! (Credit: Logan Abbott)

GeoTalk interviews usually feature the work of early career researchers, but this month we deviate from the standard format to speak to the newest member of the EGU office, Terri Cook. Terri is an award-winning science and travel writer who has a passion for geology and storytelling. You can find her work featured in a number of news outlets, including Scientific American, New Scientist, Eos, Lone ...[Read More]

EGU Members: have your say on the direction of the Union

November 5, 2019
EGU Members: have your say on the direction of the Union
As EGU’s representatives and staff members, we work hard throughout the year to ensure the Union is serving its members, and we need your input to continue to do so,

The EGU is a member-led organisation with around 20,000 members from all over the world. To promote the Earth, planetary and space sciences, the EGU conducts many activities ranging from publishing open access journals and hosting geoscientific meetings to organising education and outreach initiatives. As EGU’s representatives and staff members, we work hard throughout the year to ensure the Union ...[Read More]

Geosciences Column: Taking a Breath of the Wild – are geoscientists more effective than non-geoscientists in determining whether video game world landscapes are realistic?

October 24, 2019
Geosciences Column: Taking a Breath of the Wild – are geoscientists more effective than non-geoscientists in determining whether video game world landscapes are realistic?
Are people with a geoscientific education better at telling ‘fake’ natural features in video games from real ones? A new study tested both geoscientists and non-geoscientists with photos of natural and artificial landscapes. (Photos from Rolf Hut et al. 2019)

For years, geoscientists have been both fascinated and perplexed by the beautiful (yet often inaccurate) landscapes present in several video games. But are people with a geoscientific education better at telling ‘fake’ natural features from real ones? Rolf Hut, an assistant professor at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, and his colleagues sought to answer this question in a new st ...[Read More]