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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
Tagged #afterlife, #death, #egypt, #geese, #gods, archaeology, underworld | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Antarctica, climatesnack, exploring, history, International Space Station, island, scientific exploration | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Climate, Climate change, landscapes, Modelling, Precipitation | Leave a comment |
“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
Tagged art, Climate, outreach, scicomm, science communication | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Bergen, cycling, habits, Rain, Weather | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged art, Bangladesh, Climate art, Eamon O'Kane, interdisciplinary, Norway, Robin Everett, Ruben Eikebø, Schools, Shakti Nomaan, Sunamganj, Valestrandsfossen | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Bergen, Cyclone, Rain, slush, snow | 1 Comment |
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
Tagged atmosphere, Climate, movies, Ocean, Weather | 1 Comment |
  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
Tagged CONFERENCE, COP21, POLETOPARIS | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged idioms, meteorology, Rain, science communication, Weather, Wind | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged beer, beer garden, Foehn wind, Munich, Rain, Rain shadow | Leave a comment |
  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
Tagged Journalists, Media, science communication | Leave a comment |
  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
Tagged Climate change, environmental governance, sustainable development, unep, united nations, World Environment Organization | 2 Comments |
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
Tagged adaptation, Africa Climate Conference, Climate change, forecasting, policy, Rachel White, social challenges | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Climate change, COP19, Health, UNFCCC, Warsaw | 1 Comment |
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
Tagged Climate, science communication | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Columbia University, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory | Leave a comment |
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