Science Communication

The many ways of using art for science education: by artist and illustrator Heike Jane Zimmermann

Gillian D'Souza January 26, 2024

Nina and Berry sculptures by Heike Jane Zimmermann

This week – on 24 January – the world observed the International Day of Education. At EGU, it felt like the perfect time for us to explore the intersection of science and art, and how they can be used in creative ways to educate and inform people regardless of their age and background. I spoke to Heike Jane Zimmermann who is an illustrator and sculptor with a particular passion for eco ...[Read More]

EGU Photo Competition 2024: Now open for submissions!

Hazel Gibson January 22, 2024

One of last year's winners: The Power of the Atlantic by Glenn Strypsteen

If you are registered for the EGU24 General Assembly (14 – 19 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition. Winners receive free registration to next year’s General Assembly! It’s that time of year again! Yes, today the fourteenth annual EGU photo competition opened for submissions!! Until 28 March, every participant registered for the General Assembly can submit up to three ori ...[Read More]

Are you ready to vote for your favourite Division blog of 2023?

Gillian D'Souza January 11, 2024

Our EGU blogging team has had a fantastic 2023 posting across our official blog, GeoLog and the division blogs. With the Near Year now officially upon us, you may know that we like to pause and reflect on our blogging efforts of the year gone by! Much like previous years, we saw yet again an impressive and insightful collection of blog posts throughout 2023. Most of our readers appreciate EGU’s bl ...[Read More]

Three peer review myths debunked by the First EGU Peer Review Training

Eduardo Queiroz Alves December 29, 2023

Credit: Ole Zeising (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In 2023, EGU offered Peer Review Training for the first time, over three virtual sessions in September and October 2023, with a little homework in between. With more than 100 applications, from which we chose 57, mostly Early Career Scientists (ECS) to fill the available places, the desire for this kind of training in the EGU community was clear. About 80% of the participants completed the trainin ...[Read More]