EGU 2010 was uncommonly succesful in terms of numbers - 10.463 scientists from 94 countries, presenting 4.431 oral and 9.370 poster presentations in 594 sessions - as well as in terms of special events. A series of last-minute sessions on the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud attracted a large audience, one even filled Room D with more than 700 people. More than 900 people attended the Great Debate "To what extent do humans impact the Earth's climate?" at noon on Tuesday. The debate, moderated by past EGU president John Ludden, contrasted favourably with the shrill tone that the climate debate has adopted in the public arena recently. The video webcast of this event is still online: http://www.cntv.at/EGU2010/?modid=18&a=show&pid=64.
The Press Office ran 16 press conferences on topics ranging from "Space weather" and "Early Earth and early biosphere" to "the Haiti and Chile earthquakes" and "the Iceland ash cloud". See programme here http://www.egu-media.net/content/view/212/81/ and links to video webcasts. Many newsstories appeared in the press, on radio and tv worldwide, in the weeks following EGU 2010. See: http://www.egu-media.net/.
The Press Office produced the daily newsletter EGU Today, which highlighted presentations and sessions that may be interesting to people outside the inside crowd. EGU Today also featured a column "Science under Fire", discussing the role of scientists in society, particularly in the light of the often vehement debate in the media. Copies of EGU Today are available here: http://www.egu-media.net/content/category/19/60/80/.
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