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Mind your mind: surviving the conference rollercoaster

A view of the "flying couch" ride, at Vienna's Prater

If you’ve ever been to Vienna’s Prater, you might know the ride. I can see it from my hotel window while I am getting dressed to head to the Austria Center Vienna for EGU26.  It’s essentially a long, slightly questionable-looking couch, strapped on either side to cables that behave less like cables and more like …[Read More]

Entered into the EGU26 Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation (OSPP) competition? Check these top tips from former winners and judges!

Entered into the EGU26 Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation (OSPP) competition? Check these top tips from former winners and judges!

Every year at the General Assembly hundreds of students and PhD candidates present their research with a lot of time and effort going into preparing these presentations. With the aim to further improve the overall quality of poster presentations and more importantly, to encourage Early Career Scientists to present their work in the form of …[Read More]

Io: a spongy world consumed by molten rock

Io: a spongy world consumed by molten rock

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system, with hundreds of volcanoes that constantly erupt on its ever renewing surface. Although Io always points the same side toward Jupiter in its orbit around the gas giant, two other Galilean moons, Europa and Ganymede, pull Io’s orbit into an irregularly elliptical …[Read More]

Get our top Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation (OSPP) tips for EGU25, from previous winners and judges!

Get our top Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation (OSPP) tips for EGU25, from previous winners and judges!

Every year at the General Assembly hundreds of students present their research with a lot of time and effort going into preparing these presentations. With the aim to further improve the overall quality of poster presentations and more importantly, to encourage Early Career Scientists to present their work in the form of a poster, the …[Read More]

Navigating visa requirements and preparing for the EGU General Assembly in Austria

Navigating visa requirements and preparing for the EGU General Assembly in Austria

Attending the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna is an invaluable experience, where scientists, researchers, and professionals come together from all over the world to share knowledge, expand networks, and strengthen the geosciences community. However, if you’re coming from a non-EU country and require a visa, preparing for your trip may feel overwhelming. …[Read More]

Meet Marian Holness, EGU’s new Vice President

Meet Marian Holness, EGU’s new Vice President

Congratulations, Marian, on your new role as EGU’s Vice-President! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I am a petrologist, currently working on problems related to the physical and chemical processes that occur during the solidification of magma. I have been a member of the Department of Earth Sciences, and a fellow of …[Read More]