It is my great pleasure to introduce you to our new SSS Early Career Scientist (ECS) & Outreach team. This year, apart from having a new ECS Representative – Layla San Emeterio – we realized that there’s just too much fun for one person! That’s why this year, our division has also elected two ECS …[Read More]
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#shareEGU20 afterthoughts about virtual conferencing
It’s 2020 and a new coronavirus has spread all over the world-changing most if not all our habits. In a few weeks, we’ve seen adaptations to living in a world with this pandemic, from many points of view. Science reacted and adapted very quickly, sharing research and opening dialogues using online tools. Similarly, the EGU …[Read More]
Chatting about science and hydrology at EGU GA 2020
We all woke up that Monday morning 4 May 2020 (at home rather than in Vienna) with mixed feelings about what to expect from this year’s exceptional EGU GA: Sharing Geoscience Online. For some of us, it was the first time we were entering a chat room and, for many, the first time we were …[Read More]
Should the pandemic change what we ‘do’ as sustainability scientists?
By: Viviana Re and Tom Gleeson he world will likely never be the same again after the covid-19 pandemic – too much has changed for us personally, socially and culturally. The pandemic is a terrible tragedy that continues to devastate lives and economies while ironically also bearing the possibility of being a much needed global …[Read More]
Social media for Early Career Scientists: is it really useful?
In this period of confinement, most of the virtual interactions and news about the world come from the web and mainly social media. Today, we suggest looking at social media from the point of view of an early career scientist (ECS) and why we should (or should not) use them in our career path. …[Read More]
Representing the Possible: Alka Tripathy-Lang
Alka Tripathy-Lang is a freelance science writer based in Chandler, Arizona. She writes mostly about geohazards and creative ways to apply seismology to the world around us. What is your story, Alka? Why geology? When I was a little girl, I was fascinated by rocks and fossils. I told anyone who asked that I …[Read More]
NH medallists Episode II – John Clague & his passion for Natural Hazard
In today’s interview, we talk with Prof John J. Clague, who was awarded the 2020 Sergey Soloviev Medal for his remarkable scientific contributions in fundamental and applied research on earthquakes, tsunamis, outburst floods and landslides, directed towards risk reduction for the benefit of societies. Hi John, can you please briefly introduce yourself, telling your main …[Read More]
#shareEGU20: meet the EGU Early Career Scientist Representatives (pt3)!
Now #shareEGU20 has come to an end, division officers have changed and this includes the Early Career Scientists (ECS) Representatives. Time to meet them! Union-level and Deputy Union-level ECS Representatives Anouk Beniest and Anita Di Chiara Display "Anouk and Anita" from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Please enable JavaScript in your …[Read More]
EGU daily digest: it’s Friday
For anyone tuning in from Australia, happy Saturday! How have you found the conference? Did it work? Was it a disaster? Is physical presence more important than saving on CO2? Did you manage to do any networking? Were you as engaged as you would normally be? Let us know in the comments, be brutally honest …[Read More]
EGU2020 : Sharing Geoscience Online
This week, the EGU General Assembly is taking place. As it was announced a long time ago: More than 16’000 scientists from all over the globe are meeting and sharing their science in sessions that cover all disciplines in Earth, planetary and space science. But still, everything is a little bit different this year: The …[Read More]