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At the Assembly 2017: Friday highlights

Laura Roberts-Artal April 28, 2017

We hope you’ve had a wonderful week and look forward to seeing you in 2018! Credit: Keri McNamara/EGU

The conference is coming to a close and there’s still an abundance of great sessions to attend! Here’s our guide to getting the most out of the conference on its final day. Boost this information with features from EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly – pick up a paper copy at the ACV entrance or download it here. The final day of the conference kicks off with the last Great Deb ...[Read More]

At the General Assembly 2017: Thursday highlights

Laura Roberts-Artal April 27, 2017

Have a great fourth day at the General Assembly! Credit: Keri McNamara/EGU

Welcome to the fourth day of General Assembly excitement! Once again the day is packed with great events for you to attend and here are just some of the sessions on offer. You can find out more about what’s on in EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly – grab a copy on your way in or download it here. The Union-wide session of the day focuses on making facts greats again: how can s ...[Read More]

Extraordinary iridescent clouds inspire Munch’s ‘The Scream’

Hazel Gibson April 26, 2017

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]

At the Assembly 2017: Wednesday Highlights

Laura Roberts-Artal April 26, 2017

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]