Jane Qiu and Jane Palmer awarded EGU Science Journalism Fellowship Press release 18 January 2017 The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named journalists Jane Qiu and Jane Palmer as the winners of its 2017 Science Journalism Fellowship. The support will allow Qiu to report on glaciers and fjord ecosystems in Svalbard, while Palmer will travel to Peru to find out more about the threat posed by slow-moving landslides. Read more
EGU Committee on Education seeking two new members 9 January 2017 The Committee on Education, which coordinates the EGU activities related to secondary and tertiary education, is looking for new members to help further its programmes. Read more
EGU Galileo Conference programme: call for proposals 9 January 2017 The EGU is now accepting proposals for Galileo conferences to take place in March 2018 to February 2019. The meetings address well-focused cutting-edge topics at the frontier of geosciences research, with two conferences this year focusing on ‘Geoscience for understanding habitability in the Solar System and beyond’ and ‘From process to signal – advancing environmental seismology’. Any EGU member may propose to organise a Galileo Conference until 28 February 2017. Read more
Submit your abstract and register for the EGU 2017 General Assembly 3 January 2017 The EGU 2017 General Assembly (23–28 April, Vienna, Austria) will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. Read more
News from the EGU: job opportunity, election results (December 2016) 22 December 2016 The December 2016 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
Job opportunity at the EGU Executive Office: Science Policy Officer 15 December 2016 We are looking to hire a Science Policy Officer to continue developing the EGU’s policy programme, which is aimed at building bridges between geoscientists and European policymakers, engaging the EGU membership with public policy, and informing decision makers about the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The deadline for applications is 5 February 2017. Read more
EGU 2017 General Assembly media advisory 1 – Media registration now open Press release 14 December 2016 The 2017 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) provides an opportunity for journalists to hear about the latest research in the Earth, planetary and space sciences, and to talk to scientists from all over the world. The meeting, the largest geosciences conference in Europe, brings together over 12,000 researchers, and is taking place in Vienna, Austria, from 23 to 28 April. Read more
Results of the EGU Autumn 2016 elections 1 December 2016 The EGU election for the next Treasurer and Division Presidents closed on 30 November. The results are now available on the Elections page of this website. The EGU is grateful to all those who used their voting right. Active participation in elections ensures continuation of the well-established bottom-up structure of our Union! Read more
The Coldest Decade of the Millennium? How the cold 1430s led to famine and disease Press release 1 December 2016 A team of international researchers has looked into climate data and historical archives to find out more about the extraordinary climate of the 1430s and how it impacted societies in northwestern and central Europe. Their results are published today in Climate of the Past, a journal of the European Geosciences Union. Read more
News from the EGU: awards, funding, elections (November 2016) 24 November 2016 The November 2016 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more