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Locals observe large differences in precipitation on short distances, and people have done for...

Air, Climate, Earth, People, Systems, Uncategorized

Terrain and climate models

Author Marie Pontoppidan Date April 24, 2017

Marie Pontoppidan

What does proxy mean? For a native English speaker, it might be a...

Climate, Outreach, People, Society

Keeping a Norwegian scientific language alive – for scientists and the public

Author Ingjald Pilskog Date March 16, 2017

Ingjald Pilskog

Use Twitter to communicate your research! Use social media to explain your latest results!...

Climate, Outreach, People, Society

Twitter for learning in research

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date February 8, 2017

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

Imagine surfing a wave that is several kilometers long. Waves like this actually exist....

Air, Climate, People, Sea

Surfing atmospheric waves – the Morning Glory phenomenon

Author Kristine Flacké Haualand Date October 13, 2016

Kristine Flacké Haualand

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

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

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

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

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 ClimateSnack Date April 5, 2016

ClimateSnack

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

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

Outreach, People, Society

Unique London Training of Environmental Scientists

Author ClimateSnack Date February 26, 2016

ClimateSnack

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

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

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