News from the EGU: Young Scientists now Early Career Scientists, EGU 2016 call for sessions, co-sponsored meetings (July 2015) 30 July 2015 The July edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
EGU Vice-President Günter Blöschl awarded AGU’s Robert E. Horton Medal 24 July 2015 Günter Blöschl, Chair of Hydrology and Water Resources Management at the Vienna University of Technology and former EGU President (currently EGU Vice-President), has been awarded the Robert E. Horton Medal of the American Geophysical Union. This medal is given annually to one honoree in recognition for “outstanding contributions to hydrology.” Read more
Fungus shapes hair ice – Researchers identify fungus responsible for peculiar ice filaments that grow on dead wood Press release 22 July 2015 Hair ice grows on the rotten branches of certain trees when the weather conditions are just right, usually during humid winter nights when the air temperature drops slightly below 0°C. Now, a team of scientists in Germany and Switzerland have identified the missing ingredient that gives hair ice its peculiar shape: the fungus Exidiopsis effusa. The research is published today in Biogeosciences. Read more
EGU election for President/Vice-President and General Secretary: propose a candidate 22 July 2015 The autumn 2015 election, where 2015 EGU members will be able to vote for the next President/Vice-President and General Secretary, is taking place from 1 November to 1 December. From now until 15 September, you are kindly asked to propose a candidate to either vacancy. Read more
EGU 2016 call for sessions 15 July 2015 The call for session proposals for the EGU 2016 General Assembly is now open. Until 18 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 17 to 22 April 2016. Read more
Young Scientists renamed Early Career Scientists 6 July 2015 Following feedback from the 2014 young scientists survey, supported by the findings of the Young Scientist Forum at the EGU General Assembly 2014, the EGU Council has decided to replace the term Young Scientist (YS) by Early Career Scientist (ECS). Read more
Biogeosciences most cited articles in 2014 2 July 2015 The chief editors of Biogeosciences, an EGU open access journal, have put together a top-10 list of articles published in 2012 and 2013, which were the most cited ones in 2014 according to Web of Science. These papers contributed most to BG’s 2014 Impact Factor. Read more
News from the EGU: Nepal earthquakes, EGU journal updates, co-sponsored meetings (June 2015) 30 June 2015 The June edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
Earth Surface Dynamics indexed in Web of Science 18 June 2015 The EGU open access journal Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) has been accepted by Thomson Reuters to be indexed and abstracted in the Science Citation Index Expanded, the Journal Citation Reports, and Current Contents/Physical Chemical and Earth Sciences. Read more
EGU co-sponsored meetings: support request 12 June 2015 Do you need support from the EGU to organise a meeting in the Earth, planetary or space sciences? Up until 31 July 2015, we welcome proposals for topical meetings, training schools and workshops, as well as applications for EGU sponsorship of external meetings, for the year 2016. Read more
