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Imaggeo on Mondays: Watching the world from space with EarthKAM

Diana Cristina Bejan November 26, 2018

Photo: Awesome trip above the Earth. Credit: Diana Bejan (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

This photo was taken from the International Space Station (ISS), approx. 400 km above the Earth, in the NASA-led educational project Sally Ride EarthKAM (www.earthkam.org), Mission 58, April 2017. The image was requested by a team of 10th and 11th grade students from the National College of Computer Science, Piatra-Neamț, Romania, coordinated by me. The lenses used on the digital camera mounted on ...[Read More]

Job opportunity at the EGU General Assembly: press assistant

Bárbara Ferreira November 20, 2018

Press conference at the EGU 2017 General Assembly (Credit: Kai Boggild/EGU)

We have two vacancies for science-communication or science-journalism students in Europe to work at the press centre of the 2019 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria, from 7–12 April. Applications from geoscience students with experience in science communication are also very welcome. This is a paid opportunity for budding science communicators to gain experience in the worki ...[Read More]

Try something different – choose a PICO session at EGU 2017!

Laura Roberts-Artal November 24, 2016

Lena Noack presenting her research with a PICO presentation at the EGU General Assembly.

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. What’s gr ...[Read More]

Science communication opportunity at the EGU General Assembly: be a student reporter

Laura Roberts-Artal February 24, 2016

(Credit: EGU/Stephanie McClellan)

For the first time at the 2016 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria, from 17–22 April, we will be implementing a Student Reporter Programme. A team of volunteer early career researchers will report, via the Union’s social media outlets and blogs, on the findings presented at scientific sessions and press conferences during the General Assembly. What is involved in being a stu ...[Read More]