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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

“Could you check out the weather for a hike?” shouts my friend from the...

Climate, Physics

The Doppler Debutante – Introducing SODAR into society

Author Anne Karina Date November 2, 2015

Anne Karina

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

News

Event: Where the Science Story Burns

Author SciSnack Date October 22, 2015

SciSnack

The denial of climate science is wide spread. Most people have been confronted with...

Climate, People, Society

How to respond to climate science denial

Author Karin van der Wiel Date October 5, 2015

Karin van der Wiel

I didn’t know what to expect for my first research cruise, which entailed an...

Ice, People, Sea

Forcing and Response: The Climate of an Arctic Research Cruise

Author Ashley Braunthal Date September 28, 2015

Ashley Braunthal

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 SciSnack Date September 25, 2015

SciSnack

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

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

My right foot is six-inches deep in mud – thick, smelly, sticky mud –...

Climate, Land, Sea

Stuck in the mud: investigating a tidal bore

Author Peter Sheehan Date August 13, 2015

Peter Sheehan

You may have come across the term COP21 or indeed heard the phrase...

Climate, People, Society, Systems

What is COP21? By a layman for a layman

Author Osgur McDermott Long Date August 10, 2015

Osgur McDermott Long

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

I study the physical climate system. It is easy, maybe even convenient, to think...

Climate, People, Society

Characteristics of climate science denial

Author Karin van der Wiel Date July 3, 2015

Karin van der Wiel