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EGU General Assembly 2020 cancellation: Alberto Montanari and Susanne Buiter talk about the decision – and what comes next

March 19, 2020
EGU General Assembly 2020 cancellation: Alberto Montanari and Susanne Buiter talk about the decision – and what comes next
Our members come from all over the globe to attend the EGU General Assembly. By providing support through EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online this year we hope that many of these will still be able to share their innovative and exciting research together.

On 19 March EGU announced that it has cancelled the physical EGU General Assembly 2020 in Vienna, Austria. We spoke to the Union President Alberto Montanari and Programme Committee Chair Susanne Buiter to get some more information about what this means, how this decision was made and what comes next.   Hello Alberto and Susanne, thank you for answering my questions. Today we found out the EGU ...[Read More]

EGU President Alberto Montanari introduces the new EGUsphere

March 17, 2020
EGU President Alberto Montanari introduces the new EGUsphere

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) just announced the launch of EGUsphere, a new online platform designed to promote global networking and open discussion within the Earth, planetary and space science community. EGUsphere will serve as a central repository for all contributions, presentations and manuscripts presented to EGU. In particular, EGUsphere will host abstracts and presentations from th ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The mirror of the volcano

March 16, 2020
Imaggeo on Mondays: The mirror of the volcano
The mirror of the volcano. Credit: Joselyn Arriagada-Gonzalez (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Lascar volcano is located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile. This stratovolcano (a conical volcano built up over time through successive eruptions of lava, tephra and ash) of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes is the most active volcano of the region, with a height of 5.592 m (18,34 ft). The last phase of eruptive activity before this photo was taken was on October 30, 2015, which produced an ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Interview with the former President of the European Research Council – Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

March 13, 2020
GeoPolicy: Interview with the former President of the European Research Council – Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon speaking during the EGU's Sahping EU Missions event

I recently had the honour of interviewing Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, who completed his six-year term as the President of the European Research Council (ERC) at the end of 2019. As an award-winning mathematician, he has been a fellow of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for most of his career. Bourguignon held a Professor position at École Polytechnique (1986-2012) and served ...[Read More]