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European Geosciences Union

EGU
Germany
Academic & Scientific

Mission

EGU, the European Geosciences Union, is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the geosciences and the planetary and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. It was established in September 2002 as a merger of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EUG), and has headquarters in Munich, Germany.

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Publication
Published on
26 January 2026
Quantifying the influence of coastal flood hazards on building habitability following Hurricane Irma
This study develops habitability functions to quantify the relationship between hydrodynamic hazards and the probability of buildings becoming uninhabitable following Hurricane Irma.
Publication
Published on
14 September 2018
The Kerala flood of 2018: combined impact of extreme rainfall and reservoir storage
In 2018, the state of Kerala witnessed large-scale flooding, which affected millions of people and caused 400 or more deaths. This document examines the return period of extreme rainfall and the potential role of reservoirs in the recent flooding.

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https://www.egu.eu/
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