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GeoLog

GeoTalk: Meet Anita Di Chiara, the Union-level Early Career Scientist Representative!

April 15, 2022
Anita Di'Chiara

Hi Anita. Thank you for joining us today! Before we jump in, could you tell us a bit about yourself and your career? I am a postdoctoral researcher between the INGV in Rome and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. I am from Palermo, in Italy, and did my PhD in Rome; then I lived in Brazil, the UK, and the US during my past four postdoctoral projects. I work as a paleomagnetist to refine our unders ...[Read More]

GeoLog

How to EGU22: Making your presentation accessible to all!

April 13, 2022
How to EGU22: Making your presentation accessible to all!

The last couple of years have changed the way we communicate with each other – both in our professional and personal lives. The pandemic has inspired many of us to experiment with and embrace new digital ways of working, catching up with family and friends, networking, and more! This is also true for the way we share scientific research. In the digital world though, we’re sometimes mor ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Imaggeo On Monday: the EGU Photo Competition – 3 DAYS LEFT!

April 11, 2022
Imaggeo On Monday: the EGU Photo Competition – 3 DAYS LEFT!

We are so excited for your images to show us other ways of experiencing this wonderful planet and our place in the wider dance of planets and stars, in the EGU 2022 Photo Competition – just like Vytas Huth did with this breathtaking image ’43°29’S 147°08’E – Meet me at the lighthouse’ one of 2019’s winners. Remember your image can be of anything, even a gi ...[Read More]

GeoLog

How to EGU22: Your guide to science for policy at #EGU22!

April 6, 2022
How to EGU22: Your guide to science for policy at #EGU22!

Each year, the EGU General Assembly offers a huge array of scientific sessions as well numerous non-scientific sessions and activities that you can participate in to expand your network, diversify your expertise, and develop new skills! 2022 will be the the first time that EGU offers a hybrid General Assembly with options to join these sessions both in-person and virtually. This next How to EGU22 ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Hydrology and UNESCO: from science to practice and policy

April 6, 2022
Hydrology and UNESCO: from science to practice and policy

Water is the essence of the career of many researchers working in hydrology across the five systems of Earth (geosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere). When you step into a ‘career journey’ in hydrological sciences, you just love water and anything related to it. It can range from analysing water samples from headwater catchments in the tropical Andes to building a deep learn ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

What is the Imposter Phenomenon and what can we do about it?

April 6, 2022
What is the Imposter Phenomenon and what can we do about it?

“What am I doing here?”, “Am I really good enough for this job?”, or “I was lucky this time” are thoughts that have probably crossed the minds of most of the readers here at least at some point in their careers. Even though a healthy level of self-doubt is normal for everyone, these thoughts and especially the feeling of being a fraud, can be signs of the so called imposter “syndrome”. It is estim ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Imaggeo On Monday: the EGU Photo Competition – capture a moment in time.

April 4, 2022
Imaggeo On Monday: the EGU Photo Competition – capture a moment in time.

In 2010 EGU held our first annual Photo Competition at the General Assembly in Vienna. Since then hundreds of photos have been shared on imaggeo by geoscientists and researchers just like you, with a lucky few being selected each year to be highlighted during the meeting and voted on by our members.   These images can be of anything to do with geology or geoscience – we get many beautif ...[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

Life with dust: its impacts and how to catch it

April 4, 2022
Life with dust: its impacts and how to catch it

In today’s interview, we have the pleasure to meet Dr Slobodan Nickovic, who won the prestigious 2022 Plinius Medal. Slobodan is a research consultant at the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, and at the Institute of Physics in Belgrade, Serbia. Throughout his career, he worked for national and international educational, scientific, and operational institutions including the Uni ...[Read More]

GeoLog

How to EGU22: Get creative at the General Assembly with EGUart and more!

April 1, 2022
How to EGU22: Get creative at the General Assembly with EGUart and more!

At EGU we take our science seriously, but we also value creativity and the role it plays in all aspects of being a researcher, from designing your study to science communication! The upcoming EGU22 General Assembly offers plenty of creativity in every way, shape and form! If you’re keen to indulge your creative side or curious about the possible intersections between science and art, look no furth ...[Read More]

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Ocean Sciences

OceanTalk with Karen J. Heywood

April 1, 2022
Karen smiles on the left by the ship railing, with the open ocean behind

Karen J. Heywood FRS is a Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of East Anglia, UK. Karen was president of EGU’s Ocean Sciences division from 2016-2021. Can you tell us about your background and career path? I did a physics degree back in the early 1980’s, and then wanted to apply that to something in the environment – when I heard about oceanography it appealed to me straight ...[Read More]