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Extraordinary iridescent clouds inspire Munch’s ‘The Scream’

April 26, 2017
Screaming clouds
Are the lurid colours and tremulous lines of Munch's 'The Scream', caused by strange and rarer nacreous clouds? L: Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ 1893. R: Mother-of-pearl or nacreous clouds. Credit: Svein Fikke.

Edvard Munch’s series of paintings and sketches ‘The Scream’ are some of the most famous works by a Norwegian artist, instantly recognisable and reproduced the world over. But what was the inspiration behind this striking piece of art? The lurid colours and tremulous lines have long been thought to represent Munch’s unstable state of mind; a moment of terror caught in shocking technicolour. At the ...[Read More]

Head on over to the EGU Booth!

April 26, 2017
Head on over to the EGU Booth!
The EGU Booth is the place to come if you’d like to find out more about EGU activities. (Credit: Kai Boggild/EGU)

You can find the EGU Booth in Hall X2 on the Brown Level. This is the place to come if you’d like to meet members of EGU Council and Committees (Meet EGU) and find out more about EGU activities. Here you can discover the EGU’s 17 open access journals, browse the EGU blogs (GeoLog, the EGU Blog Network and the EGU Division Blogs), catch up on the conference Twitter feed, and more! We will also be g ...[Read More]

At the Assembly 2017: Wednesday Highlights

April 26, 2017
At the Assembly 2017: Wednesday Highlights
Enjoy a beer at the Biergarten! Credit: Pfluegl/EGU

We’re halfway through the General Assembly already! Once again there is lots on offer at EGU 2017 and this is just a taster – be sure to complement this information with EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly, available both in paper and for download here. The day kicks off with an interdisciplinary Union-wide session: Vegetation-climate interactions across time scales (US1, 08:30 ...[Read More]

Explore the Exhibition at EGU 2017!

April 25, 2017
Explore the Exhibition at EGU 2017!
The exhibition at last year's General Assembly. (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)

Don’t forget to visit the Exhibition at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly! Exhibition booths for companies, publishers, scientific societies and many more are scattered throughout the Brown (basement), Yellow (ground floor), and Green (first floor) Levels of the Austria Center Vienna. See the General Assembly website for a full list of who’s attending and where to find them. Make sur ...[Read More]