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There are 33 million people in Kenya and this number is increasing every year....

Climate, Systems

Can conservation agriculture solve the food security crisis in Kenya?

Author Dorcas Kalele Date May 10, 2016

Dorcas Kalele

The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Southeast Asia killed more than 200,000 people. The...

Earth, Outreach, Sea, Society

Communicating tsunami risks is key to saving lives

Author Birgit Zipf Date May 3, 2016

Birgit Zipf

Meningitis is a deadly disease that causes massive damage to the human brain. Young...

Climate, Health, People, Society, Systems

How wind brings death to West Africa

Author Frank Brenner Date April 28, 2016

Frank Brenner

Fifty six million years ago there was a super global warming event known as...

Climate, Systems

Can investigating former climates really help us understand the future?

Author Celestine Nwojiji Date April 26, 2016

Celestine Nwojiji

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

A large number of global environmental datasets have become freely available during recent years....

Climate, Earth, Land

The paradox of free data access in Tanzania

Author Canute Hyandye Date April 19, 2016

Canute Hyandye

Clean fresh water is essential for human life, but less than 1% of all...

Earth, People, Society

Protecting the people’s water supply in Mexico City

Author Emilio Sanchez Date April 15, 2016

Emilio Sanchez

Figure 1: Grand Prismatic Hot Spring, Yellowstone National Park. Microorganisms inhabit this extreme environment...

Biology, Climate, Earth, Outreach, People

Extreme superbugs are revolutionizing our understanding of life on Earth

Author André Friese Date April 12, 2016

André Friese

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing society today. To understand...

Climate, Outreach, Sea, Society

Do you want to become a climate researcher?

Author Johanna Englhardt Date April 8, 2016

Johanna Englhardt

Professor Martin H. Trauth is an earth scientist at the University of Potsdam in...

Biology, Climate, Earth, Outreach, People

Collecting, processing and presenting information: summer schools in East Africa

Author SciSnack Date April 5, 2016

SciSnack

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

Is mowing the lawn destined to become a thing of the past? (Photography by...

Biology, Climate, Land, Society

Lazy lawn? Not in my back yard!

Author Richard Beason Date March 1, 2016

Richard Beason

Professor Mark Maslin is based in the Geography Department at University College London. He...

Outreach, People, Society

Unique London Training of Environmental Scientists

Author SciSnack Date February 26, 2016

SciSnack

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

Last week, I was invited to the Forum for Arctic Modelling and Observing Systems...

Outreach, Sea

What I learnt from publicly failing my demo

Author Céline Heuzé Date November 12, 2015

Céline Heuzé