European Geosciences Union
The European Geosciences Union ( EGU ) is an interdisciplinary scientific society for researchers working in the geosciences and related fields.
The aim of the EGU is funding
- of geosciences and
- the cooperation between the scientists.
The EGU was formed on September 7th, 2002 through the merger of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EUG).
The Union publishes several scientific journals and was in charge of the introduction of online and open access journals.
Awards, honors and grants
In addition, the Union awards various awards and honors, some of which have already been awarded by one of the two predecessor organizations:
General prices of the EGU
(Selection)
- Alexander von Humboldt Medal
- Alfred Wegener Medal
- Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists
- Arthur Holmes Medal
- Jean Dominique Cassini Medal
Prices for individual subjects at the EGU
(respective subject area in brackets)
- Augustus Love Medal ( geodynamics )
- Beno Gutenberg Medal ( seismology )
- Christiaan Huygens Medal (geoscientific measurement technology and data management)
- David Bates Medal (Planetary and Solar Systems Science)
- Fridtjof Nansen Medal (Ocean Sciences)
- Hannes Alfvén Medal (Solar-Terrestrial Plasma Processes)
- Hans Oeschger Medal (Climate: Past, Present & Future)
- Henry Darcy Medal (Hydrological Engineering and Water Management)
- Ian McHarg Medal (Earth and Space Science Informatics)
- Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal ( stratigraphy , sedimentology and paleontology )
- John Dalton Medal ( hydrology )
- Julius Bartels Medal (Solar-Terrestrial Sciences)
- Lewis Fry Richardson Medal (Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences)
- Louis Agassiz Medal ( Cryospheric Sciences )
- Louis Néel Medal (geomagnetism & rock physics)
- Milutin Milankovic Medal (Long Term Climate Change)
- Petrus Peregrinus Medal (terrestrial magnetism and paleomagnetics)
- Philippe Duchaufour Medal (Soil Systems Science)
- Pliny Medal ( natural disasters )
- Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal ( Geomorphology )
- Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal ( geochemistry , mineralogy , petrology & volcanology )
- Runcorn-Florensky Medal ( Planetology )
- Sergey Soloviev Medal (Effects of Natural Disasters on People and Ecosystems)
- Stephan Mueller Medal ( Tectonics & Structural Geology )
- Vening Meinesz Medal ( geodesy )
- Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal (Atmospheric Sciences)
- Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal ( Life Sciences ).