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  

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CONTENTS
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Articles
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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
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News
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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
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EGU News
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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
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Book Reviews
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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
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Books available for review
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The Precambrian Earth: Tempos and Events
http://the-eggs.org/books.php?id=38
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Journal Watch
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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
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Education
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NSF funds Meeting of Young Researchers in the Earth Sciences
http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=136&typeid=4
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Web Watch
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Realtime live streaming aurora cam
http://the-eggs.org/webwatch.php?id=5
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Courses
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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
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Meetings
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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