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Archives / 2010 / May

EGU GA 2010 Closing Lecture

New this year at EGU GA 2010 is the closing session by Jan Smits on The 30th anniversary of the discovery of the iridium anomaly at the Cretaceous Paleogene boundary: The state of the Chicxulub impact-extinction theory in Room D from 17:30 to 18:30. Some brief stats on EGU GA 2010: 4,431 oral and 9,370 poster presentations in 594 sessions with more than 10,000 scientists in attendance.

US7 Eyjafjallajökull – eruption, plume, and consequences

In the context of recent airspace closures the poster session for US7 Eyjafjallajökull – eruption, plume, and consequences was held on Wednesday 5th May at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Poster topics included effects of the ash cloud (including impact on air quality of the airspace closure), monitoring information, whether Spain could be a transport hub for Europe (based o ...[Read More]

Geosciences and Web 2.0 at EGU GA 2010

The Educational and Outreach Symposia at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010 cover a variety of topics. Several include examples of best practice. Virtual conferences and observatories are covered in ST6/EOS9 as described in the below guest blog from Sini Merikallio of the Finnish Meteorological Institute. Thursday in Room 29, 10:30-12:00 in ST6/EOS9 Best practices in Education an ...[Read More]

Geosciences and Social Media Research at EGU GA 2010 (1)

There are several presentations at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010 that investigate social media and the Geosciences, as a tool for dissemination or source of material for research. The below guest blog comes from Dr. Maria del Carmen Llasat Botija of GAMA (Meteorological Hazards Analysis Team) at the University of Barcelona concerning research into using social media for comm ...[Read More]