Science Communication

GeoSciences Column: Mapping floods with social media

Laura Roberts-Artal March 11, 2016

Flood at Trans-en-Provence (Var - France) . Credit: Dimitri Defrance (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Picture this: you are on your commute home, smartphone or tablet in hand, surfing the internet. You might quickly catch up on the latest news, check in with your friend’s on Facebook, or take to Twitter to share a morsel of information with your followers. This scenario is common in the modern era of technology. No doubt we are all guilty of indulging in a serious session of internet navigation ev ...[Read More]

Science bloggers – join the 2016 General Assembly blogroll!

Laura Roberts-Artal March 4, 2016

Will you be blogging at the 2016 General Assembly? Let us know and we’ll add you to our official blogroll! (Credit: EGU/Stephanie McClellan)

Will you be blogging at the 2016 General Assembly? If so, sign up here and we’ll add you to our official blogroll. We will be compiling a list of blogs that feature posts about the EGU General Assembly and making it available on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union. We’d ask you to write posts that relate directly to the Assembly during the conference in Vienna (17 – 22 Apri ...[Read More]

GeoEd: One example of how playing works in outreach activities!

Mirjam S. Glessmer February 26, 2016

For the best hands-on outreach experiences, just provide opportunities for playing! Credit: Mirjam Glessmer

This month’s GeoEd post is brought to you by Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer. Mirjam, is a physical oceanographer and now works as Coordinator of Teaching Innovation at Hamburg University of Technology. Mirjam blogs about her “Adventures in Teaching and Oceanography” and tweets as @meermini. Get in touch if you are interested in talking about teaching and learning in the geosciences! In my last post, I tal ...[Read More]

Science communication opportunity at the EGU General Assembly: be a student reporter

Laura Roberts-Artal February 24, 2016

(Credit: EGU/Stephanie McClellan)

For the first time at the 2016 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria, from 17–22 April, we will be implementing a Student Reporter Programme. A team of volunteer early career researchers will report, via the Union’s social media outlets and blogs, on the findings presented at scientific sessions and press conferences during the General Assembly. What is involved in being a stu ...[Read More]