News from the EGU: elections, EGU17 call for sessions (July 2016) 2 August 2016 The July 2016 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
New study reveals where MH370 debris more likely to be found Press release 27 July 2016 A team of researchers in Italy has used the location of confirmed debris from MH370 to determine where the airliner might have crashed, and where further debris could be found. The study is published today (27 July) in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, an open access journal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Read more
Fire clues in cave dripwater – researchers find wildfire signatures in cave formations for the first time Press release 21 July 2016 When mineral-rich water drips from a cave’s ceiling over centuries and millennia, it forms rocky cones that hold clues to the Earth’s past climate. Now, researchers in Australia and the UK have found that these structures can also help trace past wildfires that burned above the cave. Their research is published today in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Read more
EGU Autumn 2016 elections: call for candidates 18 July 2016 The EGU Election Autumn 2016 for the the Treasurer and Division Presidents will take place between 1 and 30 November. You are kindly asked to propose a candidate to any of these vacancies by 15 September 2016. You are welcome and encouraged to nominate yourself. Read more
EGU 2017 call for sessions 7 July 2016 The call for session proposals for the EGU 2017 General Assembly is now open. Until 9 September you can suggest new sessions with conveners and description, or you can propose modifications to current ones. The next EGU General Assembly is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 23 to 28 April 2017. Read more
News from the EGU: apply for funding to organise a meeting (June 2016) 30 June 2016 The June 2016 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
New technique settles old debate on highest peaks in US Arctic Press release 23 June 2016 Finding out which is the highest mountain in the US Arctic may be the last thing on your mind, unless you are an explorer who skis from the tallest peaks around the globe. Ski mountaineer Kit DesLauriers joined forces with glaciologist Matt Nolan to settle a debate of more than 50 years, while testing a new, affordable mapping technique in a steep mountainous region. Their research is published today in The Cryosphere. Read more
Policy-related science pages completed on the EGU website 20 June 2016 The EGU is developing its engagement with science-for-policy activities. This comes after the appointment of a Science Policy Fellow last autumn and includes an updated policy section on the EGU website. Read more
ESurf and GI receive their first impact factors 16 June 2016 The new impact factors for all EGU/Copernicus journals are now available from the journals’ websites. Two journals – Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) and Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) – have received their first impact factors. Read more
EGU co-sponsored meetings: support request 1 June 2016 Do you need support from the EGU to organise a meeting in the Earth, planetary or space sciences? Up until 31 July 2016, we welcome proposals for topical meetings, training schools and workshops, as well as applications for EGU sponsorship of external meetings, for the year 2017. Read more