The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is seeking to appoint a MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER The EGU is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the geosciences and the planetary and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. The EGU has a General Assembly which attracts over 10,000 scientists each year, a diverse portfolio of 15 scientific journal ...[Read More]
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Perspectives from EGU GA 2011 (6)
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research or session viewpoint, please email us. This perspective from the European Geosciences Union General Asembly 2011 is from Thomas Smith about how to maximise ...[Read More]
Webstreams from the EGU GA 2011
All the webstreamed events at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly are available online still. Please share with those you think will find them useful. Webstreaming Page. The events from the EGU GA 2011 that are available are: US1 A Planet Under Pressure US2 The Future of Water Cycle Earth Observing Systems US3 How Science Can Aid Society in Tackling Emerging Risks US4 The 22 February 2 ...[Read More]
Perspectives from EGU GA 2011 (3)
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research viewpoint, please email us. This post comes from Aidan Slingsby of City University, London, who looks at how we make sense of large datasets using visualis ...[Read More]
Sustainable Development and the Great Debate
The Great Debate at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 considered How will Europe face the raw materials crisis?, you can watch the debate online and the session details are here. Someone in the audience (around 70′) at the Great Debate questioned using the model of increasing consumption driving increasing metal use and advocated a sustainable development model. None of th ...[Read More]
EGGS: The Newsletter of the EGU
A new issue (issue 34) of EGGS was published recently, its available on the EGGS website. EGGS is also available as an app for some smart phones: Android and iPhone platforms.
Viewpoints from EGU GA 2011: Communicating Natural Hazard Risks
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research viewpoint, please email us. This viewpoint is from Catherine O’Riordan, Vice President of Physics Resources Center, American Institute of Physics, reflects ...[Read More]
Research Viewpoints from EGU GA 2011
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research viewpoint, please email us.
EGU Today Blog
The daily newsletter of the EGU General Assembly, EGU Today, has an accompanying blog: EGU Today Blog. The daily columns will be published here with a chance to comment on them. The daily columns in the EGU GA 2011 EGU Today will focus on the question of the role of science in society. An electronic version of EGU Today is available from the EGUToday website.
Union Wide Events at the EGU General Assembly 2011 (Part II)
This post is the partner of Union Wide Events at the EGU General Assembly 2011 (Part I). Townhall Meetings (TM) Townhall meetings are on a variety of topics this year including careers, research and women in Geosciences (TM9). They’re an opportunity to discuss topics in a bit more depth than the oral session question times allow. TM10 is associated with the late breaking session on the Japan ...[Read More]