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When I ask my friends in Bergen why they don’t ride their bikes more...

Air, Climate, Culture, Health, People, Society

Do Bergen cyclists care about rain?

Author Kristine Flacké Haualand Date May 22, 2018

Kristine Flacké Haualand

Have you ever thought about what you would talk about in a conversation with...

Air, Climate, Earth

Meteorology is out of this world! – Extra-terrestrial meteorology

Author Andrew Seidl Date October 17, 2017

Andrew Seidl

Locals observe large differences in precipitation on short distances, and people have done for...

Air, Climate, Earth, People, Systems, Uncategorized

Terrain and climate models

Author Marie Pontoppidan Date April 24, 2017

Marie Pontoppidan

Imagine surfing a wave that is several kilometers long. Waves like this actually exist....

Air, Climate, People, Sea

Surfing atmospheric waves – the Morning Glory phenomenon

Author Kristine Flacké Haualand Date October 13, 2016

Kristine Flacké Haualand

Early last week, climate PhD students from the Nordic countries met in Upsete, deep in...

News

Debating social media in the Norwegian mountains.

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date September 30, 2016

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

Everyone waited for radio broadcasting to crumble, but then something incredible happened....

News, Outreach

‘DIY’ Journalism for Scientists through Scientific Podcasting

Author Ashley Braunthal Date April 20, 2016

Ashley Braunthal

Sometimes we hear people saying: “It’s the little things that matter most”. Indeed, only...

Air, Climate, Earth, People, Physics, Society

My weather app shows rain at a sunny day!?

Author Lucas Höppler Date March 18, 2016

Lucas Höppler

Slippery sloppy slushy slopes, slimy slimy silvery soaps. Fluttering fluffy frosty froth, Does indoor...

Air, Climate, Culture

The Isobar Czar (of Bergen)

Author Ashley Braunthal Date March 7, 2016

Ashley Braunthal

When modelling the natural world we are often faced with limitations of our understanding,...

Air, Climate, Sea

Simplifying the equations

Author Aleksi Nummelin Date February 11, 2016

Aleksi Nummelin

In the second annual UEA Xmas SciSnack group post, we have chosen to explore...

Air, Biology, Climate, Culture, Life, People, Sea, Society

Disastrous Disaster Movies

Author ClimateSnack UEA Date December 17, 2015

ClimateSnack UEA

The SedWhat Podcast Episode 01: The Climate Messenger – Dr. Erlend Moster Knudsen...

Climate, Culture, Earth, Ice, News, Outreach, People, Sea, Society

The SedWhat Podcast – Episode 01: The Climate Messenger

Author Ashley Braunthal Date December 4, 2015

Ashley Braunthal

The wind combs the land, the trees, the bushes. The slow growing vegetation drawn...

Air, Climate

Combed trees

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date November 16, 2015

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

Do you know where your science story burns to engage your target audience? Did...

News

Event: Where the Science Story Burns

Author ClimateSnack Date October 22, 2015

ClimateSnack

In the 1920s your fridge could kill you. A range of explosive, flammable and...

Air, Chemistry, Climate, People, Society

CFCs and Ozone: The Hole Story

Author Mike Newland Date September 7, 2015

Mike Newland

Nobody likes to receive negative feedback, because this usually means that you have done...

Air, Ice, Land, Life

Why negative feedback is good for the climate

Author Annemarie Eckes Date August 4, 2015

Annemarie Eckes

Rayleigh scattering and Mie scattering caused by VOCs emitted by forests.

Behind the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa lies a landscape, reddish in the...

Air, Life, Society

Frits W. Went: Turning the Air Blue

Author Mike Newland Date June 2, 2015

Mike Newland

In April, Valerie Kumer (University of Bergen) and I had the pleasure to organize...

News

ClimateSnack workshop in Uganda

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date May 29, 2015

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

As everyone living in Bergen knows, it can rain a lot. Most people have...

Air, Life, People, Physics

The Famous ”Person-Running-Through-Rain-Problem”

Author Patrik Bohlinger Date May 26, 2015

Patrik Bohlinger

I was dangling out of an aeroplane hatch, my legs stretching towards the ground...

Air

Glorious Glories

Author Amee O'Callaghan Date May 11, 2015

Amee O'Callaghan

What are polar lows? Through the centuries seafarers in the Nordic Seas have told...

Air

Polar lows: what fuels Arctic hurricanes?

Author Denis Sergeev Date March 4, 2015

Denis Sergeev