This blogpost is a round-up of potentially useful weblinks to information about the Sendai, Japan earthquake of 11 March 2011. This post is a summary of what is out there as a resource, not European Geosciences Union endorsed links. There is a Supersite for the Sendai Earthquake which is a collection of preliminary data and research. This has a lot of information contained within the page and link ...[Read More]
Imaggeo Mondays: Seattle Waterfront
Photo by Chris Kidd, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. The photograph illustrates how dependent we are on the environment around us. Here, along the waterfront in Seattle, water is used for transporting people and goods, oceans are used to access raw materials and there is the aesthetic appeal of ‘the sea’. All of this is not without hazards, from the water itself an ...[Read More]
Photo Competition at EGU General Assembly 2011
For the second year there will be a photo competition at the EGU General Assembly. Last year’s winner, along with 2nd and 3rd place can be seen on the EGU GA 2010 Photo Competition page. The winning photograph “Patterns in the Void” from Christian Klepp is also below. You can submit UP TO TWO photos until FRIDAY 11 March 2011 at the Imaggeo Photo Competition Submission Page. Howe ...[Read More]
This year’s blog
This year’s blog will have more posts and, starting from next week, a generally regular pattern (which will be augmented). We will have Imaggeo Mondays, with a featured image from the EGU’s online open access geosciences image repository. Wednesday’s posts will be specific to the EGU General Assembly 2011 for example accommodation, travel, highlighting special sessions. Friday ...[Read More]
Hints and Tips for EGU GA 2011?
The first time I visited the EGU General Assembly I would have been lost without hints and tips from colleagues who had been to previous General Assemblies. We’re looking to put together some tips/hints/advice for participants at the EGU General Assembly in 2011, particularly for first time participants. What tips and hints do you have that would be useful for fellow participants at EGU in V ...[Read More]
2011 Blog
The new blog is here https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/.
The EGU 2011 General Assembly Official Blog
The European Geosciences Union 2011 General Assembly has an official blog (excuse the appearance it’s in the process of being designed) which can be found at here.
EGU GA 2011 First Post
Welcome to the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 Official Blog. The General Assembly is being held in Vienna, Austria from the 3rd to the 8th April 2011. The website is already up and running. On this blog there will be information about the General Assembly, presentations, news and lots more. Jenny Holden
EGU General Assembly Twitter Account
As the skeleton programme is being put together and in advance of the Public Call-for-Session Proposals (20 July – 10 September 2010) the EGU GA Twitter Account has been changed to @egu2011. The tweets about the EGU GA 2010 are there as we’ve just changed the name. If you followed the account you will automatically be subscribed to the new account. JAH
Why I Blog series at the Plainspoken Scientist
The American Geophysical Union’s Plainspoken Scientist blog has the first of a series on “Why I Blog” by Geoscience bloggers. Its worth checking out, they’ve put a request out on twitter for anyone else who wants to post.