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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

For about 75 years, many brilliant minds all over the world have struggled to...

Climate, Earth, Life, People, Physics, Sea, Systems

The Century Problem – An Unsolved Puzzle in Meteorology

Author Lucas Höppler Date May 27, 2016

Lucas Höppler

Satellite data is revolutionising the way we look at our planet. From tracking deforestation...

Climate, Health, Land, Life, People

Certainly uncertain! Do satellites help to monitor food security in Africa?

Author Robert Luetkemeier Date April 22, 2016

Robert Luetkemeier

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

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

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

As part of my paleo-climate PhD research, I did some laboratory work in Durham,...

Climate, Life, Sea

Podcast: Tiny creatures millions of years ago

Author ClimateSnack Date September 25, 2015

ClimateSnack

Have you ever seen a documentary about a research cruise? Have you heard about...

Life, People, Sea

The non-science side of a research cruise

Author Chata Seguro Date September 8, 2015

Chata Seguro

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

If you study hard to become a diplomat, you manage to work for...

Land, Life, People, Sea, Society

The unpredicted consequences of the life of Monsieur de Lesseps.

Author Umberto Binetti Date March 11, 2015

Umberto Binetti

Here is another insightful post by professional writer, Dallas Murphy. Dallas conducts annual science-writing...

Expert

Consider the Audience

Author ClimateSnack Date January 6, 2015

ClimateSnack

There’s a whole wave of new and exciting ways to communicate our science. There...

News

Podcasting together

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date July 18, 2014

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

The IPCC’s Working Group II report published in March this year gave centre stage...

Land, Life, People, Sea

What price ecosystem services?

Author Andrew Papworth Date May 28, 2014

Andrew Papworth

The success of writing groups depends on effective feedback discussions. Structuring these feedback discussions is far...

News

Funneling group discussions

Author ClimateSnack Date May 12, 2014

ClimateSnack

After the set up of a small pilot group and a very productive advertising...

News

ClimateSnack Norwich blossoms

Author Céline Heuzé Date April 14, 2014

Céline Heuzé

During the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu late last month, ClimateSnack and Resclim held...

News

Discussing science writing and communication

Author ClimateSnack Date March 10, 2014

ClimateSnack