Will this be your first time at an EGU General Assembly? With over 11,000 participants in a massive venue, the GA can be a confusing and, at times, overwhelming place. To help you find your way, we have compiled an introductory handbook filled with history, useful presentation pointers, and tips about Vienna and its surroundings. Download it here!
EGU 2013 General Assembly Programme now online!
The EGU General Assembly 2013 programme is available here. The scientific programme of the General Assembly 2013 includes Union Symposia, Interdivision Sessions, Educational and Outreach Symposia, as well as oral and poster sessions on disciplinary and interdisciplinary topics covering the full spectrum of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The Keynote and Medal Lectures, Great Debate in the ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: A fractured relationship – when lava meets ice
The Kuril Island Chain is formed by four active volcanoes: Golovnin, Mendeleev, Tyatya and Smirnov. Stolbchaty Cape, where the Okhotsk Sea meets the coast of Kunashir Island, is not far from Mendeleev Volcano – responsible for the many hot springs in the area. These are fed by seawater and heated as the water comes into contact with magma and hot rocks within the mantle. The picture shows an outcr ...[Read More]
Sussing out sea level rise
Ocean thermal expansion, that is, the increase in water volume due to temperature alone, is relatively well understood – as is the retreat of both mountain glaciers and ice caps. While most models simulate these effectively, there is little understanding of how both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will respond to climate change. This is because the full extent of ice-ocean interactions is n ...[Read More]