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The European Geosciences Union is delighted to announce the General Assembly 2009 from 19 – 24 April 2009 in Vienna, Austria. Climate change, ocean acidification, the role of CO₂ in geological systems, CO₂ storage, pollution and health, renewable resources and low-carbon energy options are among this year's central issues.

The EGU General Assembly 2009 will bring together 9000 geoscientists from all over Europe and the rest of the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Major General Assembly 2009 topics and debates are related to our natural environment and its current threats: geohazards such as wildfires, weather and climate. Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfires, models of desertification and degradation, and the realities of damage control in forest landscapes will be covered in several sessions.

Ample attention will be given to atmospheric science and the role of rising CO₂ levels in the atmosphere. Current developments in air quality, pollution modelling, air quality in megacities and its global climate impacts are important General Assembly 2009 topics. The impact of climate change on economical and industrial activities has become more visible. Novel methods for underground storage of CO₂ will be yet another General Assembly 2009 highlight.

EGU Press Officer

Dick van der Wateren