Abstract withdrawal and code of conduct
- 18 April 2024
An abstract submitted to EGU24 has been withdrawn from the programme.
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EGU24 Press Centre is now LIVE!
- Press release
- 12 April 2024
The European Geosciences Union’s annual General Assembly will be held from 14-19 April 2024 in a hybrid format. Journalists, science bloggers and other media participants can now access the online press centre for press conferences and sessions of media interest.
Meltwater in the North Atlantic can lead to European summer heatwaves, study finds
- Press release
- 23 February 2024
A new study reveals European summer weather is predictable months to years in advance, due to higher levels of freshwater in the North Atlantic. The paper, published in the EGU journal Weather and Climate Dynamics, outlines a chain of events leading to hotter and drier European summers.
Media registrations now open for the EGU General Assembly 2024
- 16 February 2024
Members of the media, public information officers and science bloggers are now invited to register online for the meeting free of charge. EGU24 will be held from 14-19 April, 2024 both in-person (Vienna, Austria) and online.
Statement on the use of AI-based tools for the presentation and publication of research results in Earth, planetary and space science
- 22 January 2024
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) provides recommendations ensure appropriate, mindful and ethical use of AI tools to prepare presentations and publications in Earth, planetary and space science.
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The Sassy Scientist – Scaling the Peaks of Academic Hierarchy: A PhD Expedition
- Geodynamics
- posted 46 minutes ago
This unstable weather and academia where PhD students are often treated like rare species – elusive, misunderstood, and occasionally overlooked in the grand canopy of academia – always bring me down: I can’t help but feel a bit under the weather (do not throw anything at me, pls). So John asks: Is it fair to exclude PhD students from staff activities and meetings, and how can I challenge this hierarchy? Dear John, Aaah, the audacity of academia never fails to …
Historical evolution of water management: the example of Switzerland over 200 years
- Hydrological Sciences
- posted 1 day ago
How can we use and manage natural resources more sustainably? This question stands at the core of many social, political and scientific debates about how we can reach the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The targets are ambitious, and there is a growing consensus that rapid and extensive structural change is needed in various sectors simultaneously. However, how transformations emerge, which socio-political, technical and ecological processes affect them and whether and how these can be steered towards increasing sustainability, …
Predators or gardeners: how penguins fertilise Antarctica’s biodiversity
- GeoLog – EGU official blog
- posted 6 days ago
On the desolate Antarctic peninsula, a colony of penguins creates a hub of biodiversity. One may ask, how exactly do those aquatic birds help maintain and enrich the variety of different kinds of organisms from plants and animals, to a wide range of insects and micro-organisms that live on our planet? The answer is quite intriguing. Scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China found that Adelie penguins enrich the icy continent’s sediment and soil with nutrients that …