The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is seeking to appoint a MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER The EGU is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the geosciences and the planetary and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. The EGU has a General Assembly which attracts over 10,000 scientists each year, a diverse portfolio of 15 scientific journal ...[Read More]
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Imaggeo on Mondays: Geysir
Geysir (from which the English word, geyser, is derived) in the Haukadalur valley, Iceland. The photograph was taken just before the geyser you can see the air bubbles rushing towards the surface within the mounting dome of water. This image was voted the winner of the EGU GA 2011 Photo Competition. Image by James Levine, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons licence. Imaggeo is the online o ...[Read More]
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EGU GA 2011 Perspectives (7)
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research or session viewpoint, please email us. This perspective from the European Geosciences Union General Asembly 2011 is from Joe Kasprzyk, who is a a PhD candi ...[Read More]
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Perspectives from EGU GA 2011 (6)
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research or session viewpoint, please email us. This perspective from the European Geosciences Union General Asembly 2011 is from Thomas Smith about how to maximise ...[Read More]
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Perspectives from the EGU GA 2011 (5)
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research or session viewpoint, please email us. This perspective from the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 is from Marianne Corvellec a PhD student ...[Read More]
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Webstreams from the EGU GA 2011
All the webstreamed events at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly are available online still. Please share with those you think will find them useful. Webstreaming Page. The events from the EGU GA 2011 that are available are: US1 A Planet Under Pressure US2 The Future of Water Cycle Earth Observing Systems US3 How Science Can Aid Society in Tackling Emerging Risks US4 The 22 February 2 ...[Read More]
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Winners of the EGU GA 2011 Photo Competition
The photo competition at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 had 275 entries, with 9 finalists. Participants at the General Assembly voted 1418 times and the top three images are below. All the finalist and entry images are on Imaggeo,which is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (b ...[Read More]
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Thank you to all participants
The EGU General Assembly 2011 was again a great success with 4,333 oral and 8,439 poster presentations in 707 sessions. At the conference 10,725 scientists from 96 countries participated, of which 28% were students, 15,000 copies of EGU Today distributed, keen media presence and reporting, and thousands of visits to the webstreams as well as to the EGU 2011 blog. We thank all of you very much for ...[Read More]
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Imaggeo on Mondays: Taken by the Wind
Taken in Zion National Park, USA. Image by Marina Manea, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons licence. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to this repository. Being open access, it can be used by scientists for their presentations or ...[Read More]