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All at sea: UK women’s experiences of female leadership roles on ocean-going research vessels

May 7, 2020
All at sea: UK women’s experiences of female leadership roles on ocean-going research vessels

As I read the abstract of ‘Women in UK Ocean Science: Experiences of female leadership roles at sea’ by Katharine Hendry et al., it reminds me my own experience at sea! Indeed, more than one year ago, I had the chance to join the IODP Exp 379 in the Amundsen Sea (Antarctica) which was co-led by a woman, Julia Wellner from the University of Houston. It was her first IODP (International ...[Read More]

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Celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Marie Tharp: Seafloor mapping and ocean plate tectonics

May 7, 2020
Celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Marie Tharp: Seafloor mapping and ocean plate tectonics

The seafloor mapping pioneered by Marie Tharp, an American geologist and cartographer, though originally underappreciated, ended up playing a key role in the acceptance of the theory of plate tectonics. This week the EGU is highlighting Tharp’s groundbreaking contributions by hosting both a press conference and a session in her honour at the Union’s virtual annual meeting, Sharing Geoscience Onlin ...[Read More]

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GEOtrivial Pursuit: a new way to teach, learn and share the Earth Sciences

May 6, 2020
GEOtrivial Pursuit: a new way to teach, learn and share the Earth Sciences

On Wednesday 6 May (6-8pm CEST), the now famous Geoscience Games Night is going to take place on YouTube as a live stream! So, this is the perfect moment to introduce a new scientific game which for many of you, is going to remind you of a game created in the late 70s in Quebec. Yes, I am talking about Trivial Pursuit! But instead of History, Entertainment and Sports questions, creators Valeria Mi ...[Read More]

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#shareEGU20: meet the EGU Early Career Scientist Representatives (pt2)!

May 4, 2020
#shareEGU20: meet the EGU Early Career Scientist Representatives (pt2)!

Now that you have met the current and incoming Early Career Scientist Union representatives Raffaele Albano and Anouk Beniest, it’s now time to meet the rest of the current EGU Division representatives!   Atmospheric Sciences (AS): Fernando Iglesias-Suarez Contact: ecs-as@egu.eu Postdoctoral scientist at CSIC (Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemis ...[Read More]

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#shareEGU20: meet the EGU Early Career Scientist Representatives (pt1)!

May 4, 2020
#shareEGU20: meet the EGU Early Career Scientist Representatives (pt1)!

Right now, many researchers and academics are worried that the current situation will negatively affect our careers. We are all searching for ways to minimize the impact of working from home, not being able to collect data or exchange thoughts with colleagues on a daily basis.  But worries around the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on employment security are even worse for Early Career Scientists ...[Read More]

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#shareEGU20: A welcome to the first virtual EGU General Assembly from EGU President Alberto Montanari

May 4, 2020
#shareEGU20: A welcome to the first virtual EGU General Assembly from EGU President Alberto Montanari

I am enjoying a positive feeling while I am writing these words to open the EGU2020 General Assembly #shareEGU20. In my opinion, a positive attitude is the best way to pay a tribute to the persons – including some colleagues and friends – who lost their lives due to COVID19. It is in their memory that we are looking to the future and making an effort to transform this crisis into an opportunity. I ...[Read More]

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#shareEGU20: a guide to the short courses!

May 1, 2020
#shareEGU20: a guide to the short courses!

You might now be wondering what is happening with the short courses this year as move the physical General Assembly to our temporary home online with #shareEGU20. Well with over 90 short course proposals this year we could not keep them all – no matter how much we wanted to, so the Programme Committee and Early Careers Science Union Representative, with help from the EGU Communications and P ...[Read More]

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#shareEGU20: join our GMPV, TS, OS, SSP and SSS Division Early Career Scientists for a networking evening!

April 30, 2020
#shareEGU20: join our GMPV, TS, OS, SSP and SSS Division Early Career Scientists for a networking evening!

From Monday to Thursday during the week of #shareEGU20, the Early Career Scientists in our various Divisions are going to host a series of evening networking events. Find out more by clicking on the ‘Networking’ session search in the EGU Programme. If you are wondering if these events are for you, check out the Division description by the hosts included below. Every day this week we wi ...[Read More]

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#shareEGU20: the Data Help Desk and VR Outcrops!

April 30, 2020
#shareEGU20: the Data Help Desk and VR Outcrops!

Alongside the regular scientific offer, some of our members have very kindly agreed to run activities online, so keep an eye out for them during the week! Today we focus on the digital Data Help Desk and a guide to VR and Virtual Outcrops.   Do you have data-related questions? Are you looking to make your data and/or software open and FAIR? Are you interested in tools and resources for workin ...[Read More]