Posts treating: "General Assembly"
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-06-15 12:00:21]
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The dawn of the Dark Ages coincided with a volcanic double event – two large eruptions in quick succession. Combined, they had a stronger impact on the Earth’s climate than any other volcanic event – or sequence of events – in the last 1200 years. Historical reports reveal that a mysterious dust cloud dimmed the sun’s rays between in 536 and 537 CE, a time followed by global societal decline. Now, we know the cause. By combining state-or-the-art ice core measurements with historical [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-06-08 13:10:14]
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(170 visits) AT,IT,CN
It’s been a month and a half since the EGU General Assembly 2016 in Vienna. The conference this year was a great success with 863 oral, 10,320 poster, and 947 PICO presentations. A further 619 unique scientific sessions were complimented by an impressive 321 side events, creating an interesting and diverse programme.The conference brought together 13,650 scientists from 109 countries, 25% were students and 53% early career scientists (under the age of 35 years). Keeping abreast of everything [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-05-23 12:30:42]
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(156 visits) GT,ID,GB,US,MY
Since 2010, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) has been holding an annual photo competition and exhibit in association with its General Assembly and with Imaggeo – the EGU’s open access image repository. In addition to the still photographs, imaggeo also accepts moving images – short videos – which are also a part of the annual photo contest. However, 20 or more images have to be submitted to the moving image competition for an award to be granted by the judges. This year saw [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-05-13 12:30:11]
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(195 visits) CN,DE
Presenting at an international conference is daunting, even for the most seasoned of scientists; not so for Thomas Maier (a second year university student) who took his research (co-authored by Lukas Kamm, a high-school student) to the EGU 2016 General Assembly! Not only was their work on developing a moisture sensor impressive, so was Thomas’ enthusiasm and confidence when presenting his research. Hazel Gibson and Kai Boggild, EGU Press Assistants at the conference, caught up with the [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-05-11 13:00:53]
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(174 visits) FR,DE,KE,GB
In 1896 British lawyer, mountaineer and author Douglas Freshfield climbed an obscure mountain in the Caucasus called Kasbek and in his book detailing his adventures he described the mountain: “From this point the view of Kasbek is superb: its whole north-eastern face is a sheet of snow and ice, broken by the steepness of the slope into magnificent towers, and seamed by enormous blue chasms.” D Freshfield (1986) The Exploration of the Caucasus, page 93 A photo of the mountain taken at the [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-28 13:00:26]
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Last week at the 2016 General Assembly Sara, one of the EGU’s press assistants, had the opportunity to speak to Koen Van Noten about his research into how crowdsourcing can be used to find out more about where earthquakes have the biggest impact at the surface. Firstly, can you tell me a little about yourself? I did a PhD in structural geology at KULeuven and, after I finished, I started to work at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. What I do now is try to understand when people feel an [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-22 16:00:23]
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(678 visits) CN
The selection committee received over 200 photos for this year’s EGU Photo Contest, covering fields across the geosciences. Participants at the 2016 General Assembly have been voting for their favourites throughout the week of the conference and there are three clear winners. Congratulations to 2016’s fantastic photographers! In addition, this year, to celebrate the theme of the EGU 2016 General Assembly, Active Planet, the photo that best captured the theme of the conference was selected [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-22 13:00:48]
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(218 visits) AT,US,SK,HU
The General Assembly is coming to an end, with only one full day left to go. Many of the participants will make their way home over the weekend, but if you’ve chosen to stay on for a little longer, then this list of cultural activities and things to do in Vienna might just be the ticket! Vienna Blues Spring Festival What’s on this weekend What better way to relax after a long week of exciting science than with a beer and some blues. Tap your feet to the beat with Vienna’s blues festival [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-22 09:30:36]
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(169 visits) AT,US,CN
The conference is coming to a close and there’s still an abundance of great sessions to attend! Here’s our guide to getting the most out of the conference on its final day. Boost this information with features from EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly – pick up a paper copy at the ACV entrance or download it here. The final day of the conference kicks off with the last Union Session (US3) dedicated to discuss possible avenues of progress towards a commonly applicable [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-21 09:20:27]
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(149 visits) GB,CN
Welcome to the fourth day of General Assembly excitement! Once again the day is packed with great events for you to attend and here are just some of the sessions on offer. You can find out more about what’s on in EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly – grab a copy on your way in or download it here. The Union-wide session of the day focuses on deep geofluids as the bringers of change (US2). The physics, chemistry and biology of subsurface fluids will de addresses in a [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-20 09:00:40]
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(148 visits) US,CN
We’re halfway through the General Assembly already! Once again there is lots on offer at EGU 2016 and this is just a taster – be sure to complement this information with EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly, available both in paper and for download here. The day kicks off with the second of our Great Debates. Head to room K1 from 08:30 to 10:00 to share your thoughts on whether global economic growth is compatible with habitable climate. Themes of energy consumption, [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-19 11:58:16]
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Don’t forget to visit the Exhibition at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly! Exhibition booths for companies, publishers, scientific societies and many more are scattered throughout the Brown (basement), Yellow (ground floor), and Green (first floor) Levels of the Austria Center Vienna. See the General Assembly website for a full list of who’s attending and where to find them. Make sure you don’t miss EGU and Friends in Hall X2 on the Brown Level, where you can find out [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-19 09:15:58]
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Welcome back to the second day of the 2016 General Assembly! Today is packed full of excellent sessions, and this list of highlights is by no means comprehensive! Make sure you complement this information with EGU Today, the General Assembly newsletter, to get the most out of the conference – grab a copy on your way in or download it here. This year, the General Assembly has a theme – Active Planet – and to celebrate it there will be Theme lectures on active planet (TL) exploring the [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-18 12:00:18]
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(151 visits) CN,AT
The selection committee received over 400 photos for this year’s EGU Photo Contest, covering fields across the geosciences. The fantastic finalist photos are below and they are being exhibited in Hall X2 (basement, Brown Level) of the Austria Center Vienna – see for yourself! Do you have a favourite? Vote for it! There is a voting terminal (also in Hall X2), just next to the exhibit. The results will be announced on Friday 22 April during the lunch break (at 12:15). In addition, this [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-18 09:10:53]
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(143 visits) CN
Welcome to the 2016 General Assembly! This is the first full day of sessions and there’s a feast of them to choose from. Every day we’ll be sharing some super sessions and events at EGU 2016 here on GeoLog and you can complement this information with EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly. And you can always follow the going-ons at the conference online, through the #EGU16 hashtag or the EGU on Twitter (@EuroGeosciences). Of particular importance today is the Union’s [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-14 13:00:29]
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(151 visits) AT,US,CN,NZ
This year, there’s a great line-up of early career scientist (ECS) sessions at the General Assembly. Not only that, but there are opportunities to meet those that represent you in the Union, get to know other ECS in your field, and make the most of both the scientific and social sides of the conference… Networking First up for ECS is the icebreaker event on the Sunday before the meeting, while this is open to everyone attending the Assembly, there’ll be a spot especially for young [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-08 16:13:28]
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The General Assembly (GA) is not only for researchers but for teachers and educators with an interest in the geosciences also. Every year the Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) is organised by the EGU Committee on Education to bring first class science closer to primary and high school teachers. If you are an educator attending this year’s edition of the GIFT workshop –the topic of which is ‘The Solar System and beyond’ and is co-organised with the European Space Agency (ESA) [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-07 12:30:29]
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The EGU 2016 mobile app is now available for iPhones and Android smartphones. To download it, you can scan the QR code available at the General Assembly website or go directly to http://app.egu2016.eu/ on your mobile device. You will be directed to the version of the EGU 2016 app for your particular smartphone, which you can download for free. Once you open the app, the dashboard will show you five possibilities: you can browse and search the meeting programme, select presentations to be [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-06 13:00:02]
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Last week we shared a post on how you can keep up to date with all the science being presented at the General Assembly via our social media channels. This week we share with you how you can tune into the conference action, live! Many of the EGU General Assembly highlights will be streamed live, so if you can’t make it to Vienna this year, you can still watch the Union Symposia on Geosciences in the Anthropocene (US4), the Great Debate on the sustainable development of the Arctic (GDB2) and [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-04 17:05:02]
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Ensuring research outputs and findings have an impact in society is becoming an increasingly important part of successfully securing research funding. Perhaps even more importantly, some might argue that it is the responsibility of all geoscientists to communicate their science and research. Whatever your motivations for choosing to engage colleagues and non-scientific audiences with your research, finding the best way to do so can prove tricky. Vlogging – video blogging – is an [...]