Outreach

GeoTalk: A new view on how ocean currents move

Olivia Trani June 15, 2018

Meet Jan Zika, winner of the 2018 Ocean Sciences Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award, pictured here on a research vessel in the Southern Ocean. Credit: Jan Zika.

Geotalk is a regular feature highlighting early career researchers and their work. In this interview we speak to Jan Zika, an oceanographer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. This year he was recognized for his contributions to ocean dynamics research as the winner of the 2018 Ocean Sciences Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award. First, could you introduce your ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Scientific research in a changing European Union

Chloe Hill May 3, 2018

EGU Union Symposium. Credit: EGU / Keri McNamara

Scientific research in a changing European Union The 2018 EGU General Assembly was a huge success. Not only was it the biggest yet (with over 15,000 participants) but it also held a large variety of Short Courses, Townhalls and Union Symposia that gave the scientists attending a chance to step out of their comfort zone and learn about something other than their area of expertise. One example of su ...[Read More]

Introducing EGU’s new Communications Officer!

Olivia Trani April 18, 2018

Olivia Trani is the new Communications Officer for the EGU.

Meet the newest member of EGU’s communications team, Olivia Trani! Olivia joined the EGU office in February and since then has been managing GeoLog and the EGU blog network, running our social media channels, and developing EGU networking activities for early career scientists. Hello from the EGU Executive Office! I have been working as the new EGU Communications Officer for the past few months (y ...[Read More]

Announcing the winners of the EGU Photo Competition 2018!

Olivia Trani April 13, 2018

The selection committee received over 600 photos for this year’s EGU Photo Contest, covering fields across the geosciences. Participants at the 2018 General Assembly have been voting for their favourites throughout the week of the conference and there are three clear winners. Congratulations to 2018’s fantastic photographers! ‘Foehn clouds in Patagonia,’ by Christoph Mayr (dist ...[Read More]