Social Media

Showcase your film at GeoCinema at the 2017 General Assembly!

Laura Roberts-Artal November 15, 2016

A taste of some of the films being showcased at the GeoCinema. (Credit: People of a Feather, The Asteroid Impact Mission, Mountains (geology, resources and sustainability) & What climate change sounds like from the Amazon to the Arctic).

Every year, we showcase a great selection of geoscience films at the EGU General Assembly and after seven successful years we will again be running GeoCinema in 2017. If you’ve shadowed a scientist in the lab, filmed fantastic spectacles in the field, or have produced an educational feature on the Earth, planetary or space sciences, we want to hear from you! Geocinema features short clips and long ...[Read More]

Celebrating Earth Science Week!

Laura Roberts-Artal October 6, 2016

For those not so familiar with the Earth sciences, geosciences and all its subdisciplines might be shrouded in mystery: boring, unfathomable, out of reach and with little relevance to everyday life. Nothing could be further from the truth! Earth Science Week, an international annual celebration founded by the American Geosciences Institute in 1998, aims to change the public’s perception of the ge ...[Read More]

This calls for a celebration: GeoLog’s 1000 post!

Laura Roberts-Artal September 30, 2016

As far as blogging milestones go, today is pretty special. This is GeoLog’s 1000 post! Since the EGU’s official blog launched back in March 2010 (that’s right, there’s over 6 years of back catalogue for you to enjoy!), we’ve shared posts about research spanning almost every discipline in the Earth sciences; highlighted member’s adventures in the field and showcased the work of outstanding early ca ...[Read More]

Stop the press!: How to pitch your research to a journalist or editor

Laura Roberts-Artal September 28, 2016

If you think your work features a story worth telling, it might be time to dare and pitch it to a journalist or editor . Credit: Jon S (distributed via flickr)

Why does some research make it into the main stream media, while so many stories languish in the expanse between the lab bench and research papers? The answer isn’t straightforward. A variety of factors come into play: is the research newsworthy; is it timely; does it represent a ground-breaking discovery; or is it of human and societal interest? Newsworthiness isn’t the be all and end all. Someti ...[Read More]