Science Communication

Epic Journeys: New insights into wildlife and human migrations

Margot Courtillat May 9, 2020

Photo by Antoine Baglan (reproduced by permission of Mercator Ocean)

Many wild animals make extraordinary long-distance journeys, whether by land, by air or even by sea. Ancestral, and even some modern, humans have likewise undertaken equally impressive odysseys across and between continents. In order to highlight these “epic journeys,” four different research projects were presented during an EGU press conference held on Wednesday. During the virtual presentations ...[Read More]

#shareEGU20: #shareEGUartKIDS Hall of Fame – Volcanic Paint 2020!

Emily Mason and Maike Neuland May 8, 2020

This years Kid's Art theme is Volcanic Paint! Image created by Maike Neuland.

The EGU Kids Art activity normally happens in person in the creche at the conference centre during the general assembly (GA). We decided at the GA last year that the theme would be Volcanic Paint! Maike and I decided to move the activity online to hopefully bring a smile to a few of your faces – I know it has been bringing a smile to my face every day for the last week or so. We wanted to share as ...[Read More]

GEOtrivial Pursuit: a new way to teach, learn and share the Earth Sciences

Margot Courtillat May 6, 2020

On Wednesday 6 May (6-8pm CEST), the now famous Geoscience Games Night is going to take place on YouTube as a live stream! So, this is the perfect moment to introduce a new scientific game which for many of you, is going to remind you of a game created in the late 70s in Quebec. Yes, I am talking about Trivial Pursuit! But instead of History, Entertainment and Sports questions, creators Valeria Mi ...[Read More]

#shareEGU20: Rhyme your research!!

Sam Illingworth, Tim van Emmerik, Arianna Soldati and Caitlyn Hall May 5, 2020

On Monday 4th May, we hosted an online webinar for #shareEGU20 in which we invited participants to collaborate in writing geoscience poetry together. ‘Rhyme Your Research’ is a long-running short course at the EGU General Assembly, but this year marked our first foray into the digital environment. Over the course of an hour, 136 participants got together to draw pictures of each othe ...[Read More]