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 Research Perspective comes from Luís Costa, a PhD student at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. He will pr ...[Read More]
Tuesday at EGU GA 2011
We hope you had a good first day at the European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2011, whether you’re here in person or following online via the webstream. Some union wide events happening at the EGU GA 2011 on Tuesday 5 April. 13:30–15:10 Union Symposium. The Future of Water Cycle Earth Observing Systems, Room D [Webstream] This Union Session will explore visions on new water cycle observ ...[Read More]
The EGU Booth
The EGU Booth is in Booth 01 of Exhibition on the Yellow Level (Ground Floor) (pdf map) it’s directly in front of you as you come in the Main Entrance to the Conference Venue. The EGU Booth is the location for Meet EGU where you can meet Division Presidents. Merchandise is for sale at the booth including adult polo shirts, adult and child t-shirts, EGU General Assembly 2011 mugs. You can pic ...[Read More]
Quick reminder of Author Guidelines at EGU GA 2011
The guidelines for authors can be found on the EGU General Assembly Guidelines page and are reproduced below. Oral presentations are organized in oral sessions scheduled in specific lecture rooms given in the programme together with the time of presentation of each contribution including discussion and change over. The oral sessions are scheduled in four time blocks per day, each time block with 9 ...[Read More]
EGU meeting the Austrian Minister of Science and Research
On Monday (04 April) EGU President Tuija Pulkkinen and Vice-President Donald Bruce Dingwell will meet the Austrian Minister of Science and Research Dr. Beatrix Karl. For more information (in German) see the Ministry webpage.
Imaggeo on Mondays: Loose Tooth Rift
A helicopter view of the actively growing “Loose Tooth” rift system near the edge of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica; this branch of the rift was over 20 km long when the photo was taken on 31 December 2006. Photo Credit: James Behrens. Image submitted by John Orcutt, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons Licence. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repositor ...[Read More]
Monday at EGU GA 2011
Welcome, to the first full day of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011. The meeting programme is available online, via the USB stick available at the ACV and via computer terminals around the General Assembly venue itself. Key union wide events today include: 12:15-13:15 Union Plenary All attendants are invited to this annual event where the past and future development of EGU is di ...[Read More]
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]
Photo Competition at EGU General Assembly 2011
For the second year there will be a Photo Competition at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011. The finalists are below. To vote in the competition visit The Crystal Lounge, on the Green Level, First Floor of the ACV. In The Crystal Lounge you can view posters of the images and vote at the electronic voting terminals. The winner will be announced in the Crystal Lounge on Friday lunc ...[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.