Vote for the next Soil System Sciences (SSS) Division President 9 April 2019 The EGU Extraordinary Spring Election 2019 for the next SSS Division President will be open for votes to all 2019 EGU members affiliated with the SSS Division from 9 April until 14 April 2019. If you are eligible to vote, you should have already received an email with a personalised voting link. The elected candidate will serve as SSS Division President for a two-year term (2019–2021) starting with the publication of the election results and may stand for re-election for a further two years at the EGU Autumn Election 2019. Read more
EGU Public Engagement Grants 2019 winners announced 8 April 2019 The EGU Outreach Committee has named Philip Heron as a winner of the EGU Public Engagement Grants 2019 for his project ‘Think like a scientist’. Astrid Harjung and her colleagues Laura Coulson, Romana Hödl and Katrin Attermeyer have also won one of this year’s grants with their project ‘Biogeocaching – a scavenger hunt for the treasures of biology around Lake Lunz’. Read more
Early career scientists: apply to attend the EGU 2019 science-policy event in Brussels 5 April 2019 Europe-based early career scientists (ECS) are invited to apply for the EGU’s ECS Policy Competition. The competition is open to all undergraduate or postgraduate (Masters/PhD) students and scientists who have received their highest degree (BSc, MSc, or PhD) within the past seven years. The winner of the competition will receive a ticket to EGU’s science-policy event in Brussels on 17 October 2019. Read more
Announcing EGU’s newest journal: Geochronology 2 April 2019 The EGU is launching a new publication at the 2019 General Assembly. Geochronology will be an open-access, two-stage journal with open review, following the model of other EGU journals, and will be published by Copernicus Publications. Read more
Monthly news from EGU: EGU 2019 latest information; award nominations (March 2019) 28 March 2019 The March 2019 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
Exploring Geoscience Across the Globe: Freely available, EGU-supported textbook out now! 21 March 2019 The International Geoscience Education Organisation (IGEO) has published a new geoscience textbook, which is freely available for download. The book, supported by the EGU and the International Union of Geological Sciences, was written by EGU Committee on Education Chair Chris King. Read more
Former Italian Prime Minister and European Commissioner Mario Monti and Former Italian Parliamentarian Ilaria Capua at the EGU meeting 19 March 2019 The EGU will welcome Ilaria Capua and Mario Monti at the 2019 General Assembly during the high-level Science, Politics and European (dis)integration session on Wednesday 10 April. The session will focus on science and politics with a global perspective, and the impact of populism on European integrity and scientific research. Read more
Nominate candidates for EGU awards and medals by 15 June 8 March 2019 Every year, the EGU honours individuals for their contributions to the Earth, planetary and space sciences. EGU members are kindly asked to submit their nominations for all EGU 2020 medals and awards, including the new Angela Croome Award and Katia and Maurice Krafft Award, by 15 June 2019. Read more
Monthly news from EGU: EGU19 programme, new award, ERC response (February 2019) 28 February 2019 The February 2019 edition of the EGU email newsletter, the monthly information service for Union members, is now available. Read more
EGU Galileo Conference: Perturbations of Earth surface dynamics caused by extreme events 20 February 2019 The second EGU Galileo Conference of 2019 will bring together scientists studying a range of rare or extreme events and their broader impacts on Earth surface processes, biogeochemical cycles and human systems. The deadline for applications is 30 April. Read more
