From egu@copernicus.org Wed Apr 07 13:11:27 2004 Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:21:40 +0200 (CEST) Subject: The Eggs Issue 7 - Newsletter and information service of the EGU The Eggs - Newsletter and information service of the EGU - Published by EGU - Copyright 2004 ISSUE 7, spring 2004 View whole issue online at www.the-eggs.org Printable issue in pdf journal format at www.the-eggs.org/data/eggs_7.pdf Back issues in pdf journal format at www.the-eggs.org/print_issue.php Archive search at www.the-eggs.org/archive.php Print and Send buttons are located at the end of the text of each item. CONTENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aurora - The magnificent northern lights Ioannis Daglis and Syun-Ichi Akasofu on the splendors of aurora http://the-eggs.org/articles.php?id=45 Geoscience on parade:What happened when more than 11,000 earth scientists gathered in Nice last year An account by Oliver Morton http://the-eggs.org/articles.php?id=42 The Future of Geosciences New Report on the future of geosciences from the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics(IUGG) http://the-eggs.org/articles.php?id=46 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young Scientists Organise Permanent Global Network http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=132&typeid=0 Call for Rene Descartes prize http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=138&typeid=0 ESF Call: Investigating Life in Extreme Environments http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=143&typeid=0 AGU Adopts New Statement on Human Impacts on Climate http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=135&typeid=0 Key data on women and science released by the EC http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=126&typeid=0 Research Announcement http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=141&typeid=0 Global Allergy and Asthma European Network http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=142&typeid=0 Record summers might become more common http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=144&typeid=0 ESA to select new Earth Explorer missions http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=139&typeid=0 UK and ESA announce Beagle 2 inquiry http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=140&typeid=0 Timothy Killeen Elected President-Elect of AGU http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=137&typeid=0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EGU News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improved Meeting Sites at the forthcoming EGU Assembly http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=147&typeid=1 New open access journal of the European Geosciences Union: Biogeosciences (BG) http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=149&typeid=1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book Reviews ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications Highly recommended http://the-eggs.org/bookreviews.php?id=22 Bilion-year earth history of Australia and neighbours in Gondwanaland BOOK PRESENTATION http://the-eggs.org/bookreviews.php?id=21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Books available for review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Precambrian Earth: Tempos and Events http://the-eggs.org/books.php?id=38 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Journal Watch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Predicting recovery of acidified freshwaters in Europe and Canada http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=146&typeid=2 NPG Special issue on the ocassion of the 70th birthday of Prof. A.D. Kirwan Jr. http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=148&typeid=2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Education ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NSF funds Meeting of Young Researchers in the Earth Sciences http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=136&typeid=4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Web Watch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Realtime live streaming aurora cam http://the-eggs.org/webwatch.php?id=5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Courses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4th International Summer School of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ISSAOS 2004), University of L'Aquila, Italy, (20/09/2004-24/09/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=70 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meetings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Ocean in a High CO2 World: An International Science Symposium, Paris, France, (10/05/2004-12/05/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=67 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly and Associated Events, Paris, France, (18/07/2004-25/07/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=64 Challenges in the Climate Sciences, Chateau de Blois, Blois, France, (23/05/2004-28/05/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=65 Euro-Forum for Scientific Earth Drilling, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (16/03/2004-19/03/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=66 MYRES-I: Heat, Helium, Hotspots, and Whole Mantle Convection, La Jolla CA, USA, (12/08/2004-15/08/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=69 The 8th Scientific Conference of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project (IGAC), Christchurch, New Zealand, (22/12/2003-31/08/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=68 SOLAS Science 2004, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, (13/10/2004-16/10/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=73 2004 POGO-IOC-SCOR Fellowships, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, (18/02/2004-15/03/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=72 Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference, Chile, (29/11/2004-03/12/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=71 Gordon Research Conference Series: MARINE MICROBES PICOPHYTOPLANKTON, FROM ECOLOGY TO GENOMICS, Roscoff, Brittany, France, (06/06/2004-10/06/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=74