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Want to GreenEGU in 2021? Five environmentally friendly things to try whilst working from home.

February 17, 2021
Want to GreenEGU in 2021? Five environmentally friendly things to try whilst working from home.
Bees will save the world. Credit: Giovanni Mastrolonardo (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Normally at this time of year we would already have shared with you several ways that you could make your EGU General Assembly experience greener, from travelling by train where possible, to using re-usable cups instead of disposable ones. Taking the General Assembly online in 2020 and again this year in 2021 changed all of that, as usually our ideas were based around the fact that you couldn̵ ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Increasing Moon – seen from Hamburg

February 15, 2021
Imaggeo On Monday: Increasing Moon – seen from Hamburg
Increasing Moon – seen from Hamburg. Credit: Wolfgang Fraedrich (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The image shows the increasing moon on March 16, 2016, seven days before the full moon. 53.3% of the lunar front are already illuminated. The moon does not glow on its own, but its surface reflects the sunlight. The sun always illuminates a complete half of the moon, which, in its orbit around the earth, always turns its face (which we see at full moon) toward the earth.   The reason for the ...[Read More]

The women of EGU in 2021!

February 11, 2021
The women of EGU in 2021!
Mapping the Algerian shoreline . Credit: Filippo Dallosso (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Happy International Women in Science Day 2021! We at EGU are very lucky to have many outstanding women who participate in the running of the European Geosciences Union. We are delighted to introduce you to just a few of our hard working, inspiring, creative and passionate women of EGU – especially as several of them will be stepping down at the General Assembly this year as their terms of se ...[Read More]