publications

Climate of the Past at 20: Celebrate Open and Collaborative Paleoclimate Science With Our Webinars!

Denis Didier Rousseau September 11, 2026

Banner image, purple on yellow text: Climate of the Past, an open-access, not-for-profit journal of the European Geosciences Union. 20 year anniversary! Webinars Roundup.

Climate of the Past, 20 year anniversary!

In 2025, Climate of the Past celebrated its 20th anniversary. Over the past two decades, the journal has become a leading open-access publication in paleoclimatology. It provides a platform for research into how the Earth’s climate has changed over time, and how these changes can inform our understanding of the current climate system. To celebrate its anniversary, Climate of the Past decided ...[Read More]

Publish or perish? Or is publishing perishing? Reflections from a Great Debate at EGU26

Lucia Perez-Diaz May 6, 2026

There’s a particular kind of energy you get in a conference room when something is about to matter. You can feel it before anything starts: chairs filling quickly, people sitting closer than usual, no polite gaps left between strangers. This was the case for the Great Debate on The future of scientific publishing: do we need scientific publishing? at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Martin Rasmussen, managing director of Copernicus – EGU’s conference and publications partner!

Simon Clark April 24, 2026

Martin Rasmussen. Credit: Photo Pfluegl/EGU

Hello Martin! Welcome to GeoTalk. Could you briefly introduce yourself to our readers? Dear EGU Community! My name is Martin, and since 2004 I have had the honour of being the Managing Director of Copernicus. By training, I am a hydrologist, but even before I graduated, I was drawn into the EGU General Assembly in 2003 in Nice, so this year marks my 24th EGU. To be precise, it is actually my 25th, ...[Read More]

What’s on at EGU26: highlights from the Publications Committee!

Eduardo Queiroz Alves April 22, 2026

There are so many great events to participate in at EGU26 this year, in both on-site and virtual formats, that it can be very easy to feel overwhelmed. Whilst we encourage you to make good use of your Personal Programme to help organise your activities, we also reached out to several of EGU’s Committees that are responsible for specific other aspects of EGU’s activities, including the ...[Read More]