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How can a story connect a Goose God, a Ghost God with laser-blasting eyes...

Archaeology, Culture, Society

Death, chaos and geese in ancient Egypt

Author Elena Valianatou Date April 6, 2022

Elena Valianatou

While working on tiny plant fossils from the sediment cores I am studying, I...

Culture, Earth, People, Society

Research on remote islands – Where your closest neighbor is an astronaut

Author Maaike Zwier Date March 26, 2020

Maaike Zwier

Chew Bahir on the border of Kenya and Ethiopia is a tough and merciless...

Climate, Culture, Earth, Land, People

Did the mega-lakes of Ethiopia make us human?

Author Markus L Fischer Date January 15, 2019

Markus L Fischer

“All life, and all art, have a common field of tension: to live versus...

Climate, Culture, Outreach, People, Society

From different viewpoints we convey our insight: Interview with Rolf Aamot

Author Ingjald Pilskog Date October 16, 2018

Ingjald Pilskog

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

If children from different countries and cultures want to exchange ideas about weather and...

Climate, Culture, Outreach, People

The art of exchanging weather stories

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date October 4, 2017

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

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

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

To celebrate both the Christmas period and the variety of nationalities within the UEA...

Air, Culture, People

Worldwide weird weather words

Author ClimateSnack UEA Date December 17, 2014

ClimateSnack UEA

It is summer, my favorite time of the year, and I’m in Munich, my...

Air, Culture, Society

Beer, climate and culture

Author Hella Wittmeier Date October 26, 2014

Hella Wittmeier

I have always considered communication as an integral part of being a scientist....

Culture, People

I am a scientist. Should I also be a journalist?

Author Gabriele Messori Date October 17, 2014

Gabriele Messori

While reading reports from various international organisations in the early stages of my...

Culture, People

Where is the World Environment Organization?

Author Lucien Georgeson Date April 2, 2014

Lucien Georgeson

Africa is arguably the most diverse continent on Earth. This incredible land stretches across...

Culture, People, Society

Africa’s Climate Challenges

Author Rachel White Date February 26, 2014

Rachel White

Carrying a pair of giant pink lungs in front of the Polish Ministry of...

Culture, People

Cough for Coal at COP19

Author Gabriele Messori Date January 30, 2014

Isobel Braithwaite and Gabriele Messori

From lab coat to laptop: making the switch from academia to science journalism is...

Culture

Becoming a climate change communicator

Author Marion Ferrat Date September 27, 2013

Marion Ferrat

This post is co-authored by Hella and Aleksi both PhD students at UiB. Hella...

Culture

Norway and the USA: two countries, two cultures – one science?

Author Aleksi Nummelin Date March 29, 2013

Aleksi Nummelin