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Help shape the conference programme: Interdisciplinary Events at the 2018 General Assembly

Laura Roberts-Artal August 24, 2017

Interdisciplinary Events (IE) at the conference aim is to foster and facilitate exchange of knowledge across scientific divisions. (Credit: EGU/Kai Boggild)

Do you enjoy the EGU’s annual General Assembly but wish you could play a more active role in shaping the scientific programme? Now is your chance! But hurry, the session submission deadline is fast approaching. You’ve got until September 8th to propose changes. As well as the standard scientific sessions, subdivided by Programme Groups, EGU coordinates Interdisciplinary Events (IE) at the conferen ...[Read More]

New Dimensions for Natural Hazards in Asia: the first AOGS–EGU Joint Conference

Laura Roberts-Artal August 9, 2017

By Steven Rascoe (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Asia is one of the most natural disaster-prone regions on the globe. Overpopulation and limited resources mean that natural hazards hit local populations particularly hard. “It doesn’t matter which index or evaluation method you use, Asia will always unfortunately come out on top when it comes to fatalities and damage from natural hazard events,” explains Dr. Adam Switzer, a member of the conferen ...[Read More]

Cartooning science at EGU 2017 with Matthew Partridge (a.k.a Errant Science)

Laura Roberts-Artal June 16, 2017

The Geology Badger. Credit: Matthew Partridge, distributed via Errant Science.

Most researchers are regular conference-goers. Tell a geoscientist you are attending the EGU General Assembly and they will most likely picture rooms full of people listening to a miriad of talks, many an hour chatting to colleagues old and new and you desperately trying to find your way around the maze that is the Austria Centre Vienna (where the conference is held). Describing your experiences t ...[Read More]

In Vienna for the weekend? Here’s a taste of what’s on offer…

Laura Roberts-Artal April 28, 2017

Vienna’s Prater Park. Credit: Andreallrns, Wikimendia Commons

The General Assembly has come to an end, with only a few days left to go. Many of the participants will make their way home over the weekend, but if you’ve chosen to stay on for a little longer, then this list of cultural activities and things to do in Vienna might just be the ticket! Liechtenstein Castle and Seegrotte Mines Take a train to Mödling and take a bus to visit the former residence of t ...[Read More]