Climatic, environmental and societal impacts of volcanic activity
Volcanic emission can have a strong impact on the Earth’s radiation budget and climate over a range of temporal and spatial scales. It is now well known that strong explosive volcanic eruptions are a major natural driver of climate variability at interannual to multidecadal time scales. Volcanic emissions may also influence local-to-regional air quality, seriously affect the biosphere and environment, and the release of gas from soil may pose long-term health hazards. This session will focus on new results from integrative research on the climatic, environmental and societal impacts of the volcanic activity, including eruptions of Pinatubo-magnitude and larger, volcanic degassing and small eruptions.
ITS2.13/AS4.29 Text chats 08:30–12:30
Seismic hazard and disaster risk: observations, assessment, testing and implementation policy/diplomacy
Seismic risk mitigation involves various seismic hazard models, developed at different time scales and by different methods, as well as the use of information as complete and reliable as possible about past seismicity. Some recent large earthquakes caused extensive damage in areas where some models indicated low seismic hazard, leading to an increased demand for criteria to objectively assess how well seismic hazard models are performing. This session aims to tackle theoretical and implementation issues, as well as aspects of science policy and diplomacy, which are all essential elements towards effective disasters mitigation.
NH4.2 Text chats 08:30–10:15
The role and impact of fire in the Earth system across spatial and temporal scales
Recent record-breaking wildfires in the Arctic, boreal forests, the Mediterranean and, at the same time, human-driven decreases in burned area in savanna ecosystems show the need of an increased understanding of the drivers and impacts of fire regime changes under ongoing and future land management and climate changes. Despite being a risk to many human societies today, fire has played an important role in our evolution and as a tool in land management for millennia. However, its role in biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem dynamics is still poorly constrained, partly due to its complex feedbacks with climate and vegetation. This symposium will provide state-of-the-art perspectives on the feedbacks and impacts of fires from different fields.
US3 LIVE 10:45–12:30
Enabling women in geoscience: inspiration, challenges and best practice
As women are impacted first and worst by climate change, it is crucial that their voices are represented in global decision making, research and science communication. This is especially important in geoscience as we are at the forefront of science and policy, contributing to IPCC reports and advising governments all over the world. It has never been more important to reach gender equity. This will only be achieved through conscious action and the support of the whole geoscience community. This session will bring together people working on all angles of gender equity in geoscience to share experiences, successes and challenges from initiatives aiming to increase gender diversity. Through this session, we hope to foster a network of support, collaboration and good practice and ultimately contribute to systemic change.
EOS6.2 Text chats 08:30–10:15
Geoscience games night!
The Games Night is a space to gather, socialise and play some games. The catch is that all the games are based on geoscience! This will also be your chance to learn more about the games featured in the Games for Geoscience session.
NET1 LIVE 18:45–13:45
Teaching structural geology and tectonics in the 21st century
Structural geology and tectonics are two of the most visual subjects in geosciences, and lectures on the subjects form the core of curricula at geology departments at universities around the world. New teaching styles and technologies have found their way into class room and field courses focusing on Structural geology and tectonic, such as Blackboard LEARN, flipped class rooms, classroom response systems, digital mapping on tablets, the use of drones and virtual outcrops. This session will cover original and innovative ideas, strategies and tools regarding teaching Structural Geology and Tectonics.
EOS2.1 Text chats 14:00–15:45
Artists in Virtual Residence
One of the great things about the EGU General Assembly each year is seeing how our members bring enthusiasm, joy and creativity to their science, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the interactions with our Artists In Residence. This year, we’ll be featuring the masterpieces of two artists: Stacy Phillips (@Shtacy_Phillips), who will be creating a series of photographs of Lego scenes depicting the wide range of research being presented at this online conference, and Priyanka Das Rajkakati (@PriyankaSpace), who likes to experiment with graphs and equations and create animated images based on them. She will mainly be designing digital and algorithmic art. Look for their art online at #shareEGUart !
#shareEGUart ONLINE all week