In 2023, Evi Nomikou, Associate Professor in the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and her team (Varvara Antoniou, Bejelou Konstantina, Efrosini Varotsou, Sotiria Kothri, Elisavet Nikoli, Stavroula Kazana, Areti Belk and Anna Andri), hosted the third annual EGU Geoscience Day, simultaneously on two Greek volcanic islands: Santorini and Nisyro ...[Read More]
Bringing scientists and teachers together for the Cape Town GIFT workshop
Many teachers follow path writ by a particular diction, which reads “lifelong learning”. There is no other way, actually, to keep track of all of these fast changing issues and challenges of today’s world, which, in many ways, touch geoscientific topics (climate change, food security, geopolitics, to name but a few). Consequently many teachers are eager to learn from science as much as they can in ...[Read More]
GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during January!
Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we put the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights roundup. For January, the Divisions we are featuring are: Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology (GMPV) and Tectonic and Structural Geology (TS). They are served by the journals: Solid Earth (SE) and Geoscientific ...[Read More]
The many ways of using art for science education: by artist and illustrator Heike Jane Zimmermann
This week – on 24 January – the world observed the International Day of Education. At EGU, it felt like the perfect time for us to explore the intersection of science and art, and how they can be used in creative ways to educate and inform people regardless of their age and background. I spoke to Heike Jane Zimmermann who is an illustrator and sculptor with a particular passion for eco ...[Read More]