General Assembly

GeoTalk: Fishing meets science with waders and smartphones

Laura Roberts-Artal February 29, 2016

Credit: John and Karen Hollingsworth , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Dutch and American researchers have developed waders equipped with temperature sensors that enable fly-fishers to find the best fishing locations while collecting data to help scientists study streams. The research is published today (29 February) in Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems (GI), an open access journal of the European Geosciences Union. In this GeoTalk interview we t ...[Read More]

Communicate Your Science Video Competition is now open!

Laura Roberts-Artal December 1, 2015

Want to communicate your research to a wider audience and try your hand at video production? Now’s your chance! The competition is open to early career scientists (ECS) who intend to register for the EGU General Assembly. The aim is to produce a video up-to-three-minutes long to share your research with the general public. The winning entry will receive a free registration to the General Assembly ...[Read More]

There are even more benefits to choosing a PICO session at EGU 2016!

Laura Roberts-Artal November 24, 2015

Reviewing the day’s PICO presentations. (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)

Some of the sessions scheduled for the upcoming EGU General Assembly are PICO only sessions. This means that, rather than being oral or poster format, they involve Presenting Interactive COntent (PICO). The aim of these presentations is to highlight the essence of a particular research area – just enough to get the audience excited about a topic without overloading them with information. PICO sess ...[Read More]

Showcase your film at Geocinema at the 2016 General Assembly!

Laura Roberts-Artal November 17, 2015

Every year, we showcase a great selection of geoscience films at the EGU General Assembly and after six successful years we will again be running Geocinema in 2016. If you’ve shadowed a scientist in the lab, filmed fantastic spectacles in the field, or have produced an educational feature on the Earth, planetary or space sciences, we want to hear from you. Geocinema features short clips and longer ...[Read More]