EGU 2011: Special session on earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan

There will be a last-minute scientific session on the March 11 Honshu earthquake and tsunami. This session will be on Thursday, April 7, 8:30-15:00.
We will run a press conference in connection with this session from 12:30-13:30 in the press center.

More press conference topics:

Europe's alarming dependence on mineral imports (in connection with the Great Debate)

Ocean Oxygen depletion - triple trouble from rising greenhouse gases

New Results from the IODP Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition

Future plans for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

The same ground, two functions: Geothermal energy vs CO2-storage

News from the Deep Ocean

Glaciers are growing? GOCE & GRACE: mission results, impact and future plans of gravity measurement from space

The insurer, the manufacturer and the scientist

Note that all press conferences will be video streamed live. Info at http://www.egu-media.net/

In the meantime, you may want to prepare your week in Vienna with our Special Interests Programme, http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/special_interests/ a manageable listing of the talks that we think might interest you most.
Preregistration for media until 18 March.

We will post last-minute updates and alerts at our Twitter account @DickEGUpress. Stay tuned for more news about EGU 2011.

Provided by European Geosciences Union