Most people spend a lot of time and effort making their presentation engaging and impactful, but how much time do you spend making sure it is accessible!? An accessible presentation takes into account the diverse backgrounds and abilities of the audience, to support a better understanding of the message and information you are trying to share. This is particularly important for scientific research ...[Read More]
Climate change is having a profound impact on the planet. According to several reports, 2023 was the warmest year on record, with the global average temperature over the 12-month period from February 2023 to January 2024 exceeding the 1.5 °C threshold above pre-industrial levels. Climate change acts as a risk multiplier, as its impacts transcend national borders and amplify existing threats and cr ...[Read More]
The EGU26 Programme is online and hopefully by now you have found your abstract or session, so what do you do next?! This year’s scientific programme of the General Assembly features a wide range of options, including the Keynote sessions; Medal and Award Lectures (MAL), Great Debates (GDB), Union Symposia (US), and the Union-wide sessions; Short Courses (SC), Education and Outreach Sessions (EOS) ...[Read More]
Vienna – the city of music! Of Mozart and Mahler, Beethoven and Brahms – and of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest! In this spirit, we invite you to a music-filled evening to wrap up EGU26 and let your hair down. An evening where geoscience meets music and art, and where we celebrate the creativity, diversity, and spirit of our community together. Join us for a fabulous night of music an ...[Read More]
Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we put the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights section. For March, we are not featuring any particular divisions, but an ensemble of all the highlights of this month instead. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Emerging low-cloud feedback and adjustment in global satellite ob ...[Read More]
Are you ready?! EGU26, Europe’s biggest meeting for Earth, planetary and space science research, is now just over a month away! But even sooner than that you only have two days left to grab your Early Bird rates for registration. If you have already booked your registration you will probably have noticed that by purchasing your registration to participate in EGU26 you will also have agreed t ...[Read More]
After a big success last year, GeoCinema is back for EGU26! As many of you know, doing science is very rarely just about the research, but also involves sharing that research in several forms and formats. For many talented researchers this means using films. Either working with a film-maker or creating something themselves, several of our EGU26 attendees submitted wonderful films this year, from s ...[Read More]
Until 8 April, every participant registered for the General Assembly can submit up to three original photos and one moving image on any broad theme related to the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. Photos submitted can be recent or from previous years so if there’s a beautiful photo that you’ve been holding onto, this could be your year to enter it! A panel of judges will shortlist ...[Read More]
Europe’s biggest geoscience conference, EGU26, is just over one month away! Each year, the EGU General Assembly brings together over 19,000 researchers, scientists, academics and journalists to discuss and share the latest developments in planetary exploration, Earth observation, polar science, climate change, natural hazards, and much more. And it is held at the Austria Centre Vienna (ACV) which ...[Read More]
Hello Christina! Welcome to GeoTalk. Before we dive in, could you introduce yourself to our readers? Hey everyone! I’m a researcher at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) in Montpellier in the South of France. For my work, I specialise in remote sensing and hydrological modelling, with study areas in Cambodia, Tunisia, and France. At EGU, I’m also the outgoing Early Career Scient ...[Read More]
