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CR
Cryospheric Sciences

4 Reasons Why You Should Get Involved as an Early Career Scientist (& a caveat) – Allen Pope

January 5, 2015
4 Reasons Why You Should Get Involved as an Early Career Scientist (& a caveat) – Allen Pope

You’re an early career scientist (ECS), or maybe you mentor one. So you know that we ECS are busy people, with responsibilities ranging from coursework to teaching, research to outreach, and labwork to fieldwork. And now there is this listicle (no, I’m not embarrassed about choosing this format) telling you to make time in your already packed day to volunteer some of your time to a(n early career) ...[Read More]

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Seismology

The Young Earth Scientists Network

February 24, 2014

Are you looking to join a global network of earth scientists? The Young Earth Scientists Network (YES Network) is an association of earth-scientists who are primarily under the age of 35 years that represent geological organisations and companies from across the world. The network has been established quite recently, in 2007, and has been running annual meetings since then. Each meeting has been h ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Seeking young scientists! A great opportunity to get involved in the EGU

December 6, 2013

Young scientists make up a significant proportion of the EGU membership and it’s important to us that your voices get heard. One way to do this is by getting in touch with your division’s young scientist representative, or better yet, putting yourself forward as a young scientist representative for your division. Young scientist representatives are a vital link between the EGU and the young scient ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Resource site for young scientists launched!

August 20, 2013

Early career researchers make up a large proportion of the EGU membership and students (both graduate and undergraduate) regularly make up about a third of General Assembly participants. With so many young scientists involved in the EGU, it’s time we had something that caters for them – the young scientists’ website! The new website is a hub of information on jobs, events and resources that ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Events for Young Scientists at EGU 2013

March 20, 2013

Short Courses Demystifying Open Access – an open discussion for early career researchers tackling how OA can benefit young scientists without compromising their careers. From what it costs to publish an open access paper to how we can measure its impact, all interested scientists are invited to drop in and join us over drinks in a marketplace of discussion. How to apply for a job. It’s a topic rar ...[Read More]

GI
Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems

From the Lab to the Open Air: The Struggle of Making Sensors That Don’t Lie

July 9, 2026

In scientific papers, measuring gases in the atmosphere sounds like a straightforward task: you buy a sensor, you calibrate it, and you let it collect data. However, anyone who worked on this knows that the real atmosphere is a hostile environment for delicate electronics and precision optics. Among humidity saturating your circuits, brutal temperature swings, and the natural drift of components o ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

Help us shape the GD programme for EGU General Assembly 2027

and July 1, 2026
Help us shape the GD programme for EGU General Assembly 2027

The Geodynamics programme  of the General Assembly starts with your ideas. With the call for session proposals for the 2027 EGU General Assembly approaching, the Geodynamics Division President Laetitia Le Pourhiet shares her thoughts on what makes a successful session proposal, and how to help shape next year’s scientific programme. Dear GD community, It is already time to start thinking abo ...[Read More]

GeoLog

What can EGU do for you? A guide to funding, waivers and assistance

June 25, 2026
What can EGU do for you? A guide to funding, waivers and assistance

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is Europe’s leading organisation supporting Earth, planetary, and space science researchers. As a non-profit, we help over 20,000 researchers connect, discuss and share their work through meetings, publications and events, but do you know all the ways EGU has funding and opportunities that can support you? Travel support! EGU has many foms of travel support to ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Meet your ECS Rep – Archita Bhattacharyya

June 19, 2026
Meet your ECS Rep – Archita Bhattacharyya

Archita Bhattacharyya is an Environmental Scientist and a research and development fellow at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs, England. For 2026, she is the Early Career Scientist Representative for the Hydrological Sciences division. Can you tell us about the focus of your research? In my PhD, I focused on groundwater microbiology, especially how microbial communities change ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Interdisciplinary futures in geoscience: Cross-divisional insights from the Division Presidents – Atmospheric Sciences (AS)

June 15, 2026
Interdisciplinary futures in geoscience: Cross-divisional insights from the Division Presidents – Atmospheric Sciences (AS)

This interview is part of an ongoing series exploring the evolving role of interdisciplinarity across the geosciences. As environmental challenges grow more complex, addressing them requires not only disciplinary expertise but also meaningful collaboration and innovation across fields, methodologies, and communities. In each conversation, I ask Division Presidents to reflect on how cross-divisiona ...[Read More]