European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011
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On Friday 4 February the Department of Geography hosted the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2011 Programme Committee meeting. The European Geosciences Union is the largest European Earth and Planetary Sciences organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence geosciences and planetary and space sciences. The Committee meeting was followed by a Council meeting on 5 February, also at King’s, which finalised the programme for the General Assembly, an international conference being held in Vienna in April 2011.
Dr Bruce Malamud, Reader in Natural and Environmental Hazards, Department of Geography, is both chair of the EGU General Assembly 2011 Programme Committee and President of the Natural Hazards Division. The Natural Hazards division is one of the largest groupings within the EGU, whose scholarships ranges from extreme weather, lightning, floods, droughts and glacial lake outbursts, to earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, wildfires, karst, heavy-metals, radon and space weather. The division is playing a leading role in integrating the physical and social sciences.
Dr Malamud says, “The EGU is increasingly building links with other international science unions, with industry and with policy-makers. The Natural Hazard division does more than just participate in the EGU General Assembly; it endorses and sponsors a number of smaller splinter meetings to do with natural hazards, both in developing and developed countries, on a wide range of key themes. The EGU sees its duty as not only to promote the study of the Earth and its environment, but also to draw attention to social problems that should be addressed by our members for the benefit of humanity”.
The EGU is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in all the broad geosciences and in the planetary and space sciences. The EGU is also dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and free and universal accessibility of scientific publications for the benefit of scientists worldwide, and has been a leading pioneer in the sciences community for open access publication, and now publishes 16 open access international peer-reviewed journals,some of which lead their domain in impact factor. The EGU sees its duty as not only to promote the study of the Earth and its environment, but also to draw attention to social problems that should be addressed by our members for the benefit of humanity. The EGU is increasingly becoming the place for geoscientists to meet in Europe in spring of each year, and at its General Assembly in May of 2010, held in Vienna, attracted 13,800 paper submissions, presented both as oral and poster presentations, distributed over 594 different scientific sessions. A total of 10,463 attendees from 94 countries joined this meeting. Along with the scientists, policy-makers, funding organisations and industry increasingly find the EGU assembly an excellent networking opportunity.
The 22 divisions include:
1. Atmospheric Sciences
2. Biogeosciences
3. Climate: Past, Present, Future
4. Cryospheric Sciences
5. Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics
6. Energy, Resources and the Environment
7. Earth & Space Science Informatics
8. Geodesy
9. Geodynamics
10. Geosciences Instrumentation & Data Systems
11. Geomorphology
12. Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
13. Hydrological Sciences
14. Natural Hazards
15. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
16. Ocean Sciences
17. Planetary & Solar System Sciences
18. Seismology
19. Stratigraphy, Sedimentology & Palaeontology
20. Soil System Sciences
21. Solar-Terrestrial Sciences
22. Tectonics & Structural Geology
See details of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011
Dr Bruce Malamud, Reader in Natural and Environmental Hazards, Department of Geography, is both chair of the EGU General Assembly 2011 Programme Committee and President of the Natural Hazards Division. The Natural Hazards division is one of the largest groupings within the EGU, whose scholarships ranges from extreme weather, lightning, floods, droughts and glacial lake outbursts, to earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, wildfires, karst, heavy-metals, radon and space weather. The division is playing a leading role in integrating the physical and social sciences.
Dr Malamud says, “The EGU is increasingly building links with other international science unions, with industry and with policy-makers. The Natural Hazard division does more than just participate in the EGU General Assembly; it endorses and sponsors a number of smaller splinter meetings to do with natural hazards, both in developing and developed countries, on a wide range of key themes. The EGU sees its duty as not only to promote the study of the Earth and its environment, but also to draw attention to social problems that should be addressed by our members for the benefit of humanity”.
The EGU is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in all the broad geosciences and in the planetary and space sciences. The EGU is also dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and free and universal accessibility of scientific publications for the benefit of scientists worldwide, and has been a leading pioneer in the sciences community for open access publication, and now publishes 16 open access international peer-reviewed journals,some of which lead their domain in impact factor. The EGU sees its duty as not only to promote the study of the Earth and its environment, but also to draw attention to social problems that should be addressed by our members for the benefit of humanity. The EGU is increasingly becoming the place for geoscientists to meet in Europe in spring of each year, and at its General Assembly in May of 2010, held in Vienna, attracted 13,800 paper submissions, presented both as oral and poster presentations, distributed over 594 different scientific sessions. A total of 10,463 attendees from 94 countries joined this meeting. Along with the scientists, policy-makers, funding organisations and industry increasingly find the EGU assembly an excellent networking opportunity.
The 22 divisions include:
1. Atmospheric Sciences
2. Biogeosciences
3. Climate: Past, Present, Future
4. Cryospheric Sciences
5. Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics
6. Energy, Resources and the Environment
7. Earth & Space Science Informatics
8. Geodesy
9. Geodynamics
10. Geosciences Instrumentation & Data Systems
11. Geomorphology
12. Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
13. Hydrological Sciences
14. Natural Hazards
15. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
16. Ocean Sciences
17. Planetary & Solar System Sciences
18. Seismology
19. Stratigraphy, Sedimentology & Palaeontology
20. Soil System Sciences
21. Solar-Terrestrial Sciences
22. Tectonics & Structural Geology
See details of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011