• 31 March 2016

The March 2016 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available.

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• 23 March 2016

Open Access 2020 (OA2020) is an international initiative to promote the transition of today’s scholarly journals from subscription to open access publishing. EGU President Hans Thybo signed the mission’s expression of interest yesterday, adding the Union to the list of over 30 supporters of OA2020.

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• Press release
• 16 March 2016

The schedule of press conferences at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is now available. It includes presentations on methane release from the Arctic seafloor, on finding out how ancient organisms moved and fed, and on the latest developments from ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission, among other topics. The EGU General Assembly will also feature a debate on economic growth and climate change, a session on the Anthropocene, and a talk by astronaut André Kuipers. The meeting is taking place on 17–22 April at the Austria Center Vienna and is expected to attract some 13,000 scientists from around the world. Journalists interested in attending should register online by tomorrow.

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• Press release
• 3 March 2016

The programme for the 2016 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is now online. The meeting, which attracts some 13,000 scientists, provides an opportunity for journalists to hear about the latest research in the Earth and space sciences and to talk to scientists from all over the world. This year’s conference features debates on sustainable development in the Arctic and on economic growth and climate change. Press conferences include presentations on detecting nuclear explosions, on finding out how ancient organisms moved and fed, and on the latest developments from ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission, among other topics. The meeting is taking place on 17–22 April in Vienna, Austria, at the Austria Center Vienna.

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• 1 March 2016

The February 2016 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available.

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• Press release
• 29 February 2016

Dutch and American researchers have developed waders equipped with temperature sensors that enable fly-fishers to find the best fishing locations while collecting data to help scientists study streams. The research is published today (29 February) in Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI), an open access journal of the European Geosciences Union.

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• Press release
• 25 February 2016

Swiss and German researchers have analysed Burgundy truffles collected in central Europe and found they contain only negligible amounts of radioactive caesium, being safe for consumption. The results are published today (25 February) in Biogeosciences.

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• Press release
• 23 February 2016

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named journalists Terri Cook and Phil McKenna as the winners of its 2016 Science Journalism Fellowship. The support will allow Cook to look into how artificial floods are used to support sustainable water development, while McKenna will report on how trees and buildings can weaken seismic vibrations.

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• 18 February 2016

Nicholas Arndt, EGU Outreach Committee Chair, and John Ludden, EGU President 2005–2007, write about the Great Debates in the geosciences, which were first held at the EGU General Assembly in 2005 and are now being adopted by geoscience unions across the world.

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• 1 February 2016

The policy branch of the EGU website continues to be updated with a new policy-related science subsection. Each scientific topic highlights its importance for policy development, current legislation, and recent EGU papers of relevance.

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