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The Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano, lying dormant for two hundred years, profusely puffed like...

Climate, Earth, Ice, Sea

Why the climate geeks need the volcano geeks.

Author Ashley Braunthal Date May 11, 2016

Ashley Braunthal

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

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

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

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 SciSnack Date October 22, 2015

SciSnack

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

Norwegians love their mountains. They go there for hiking in the summer, skiing in...

Earth, Land

The mystery of the Norwegian mountains

Author Vivi Pedersen Date February 25, 2015

Vivi Pedersen

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

Expert

Consider the Audience

Author SciSnack Date January 6, 2015

SciSnack

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

News

Funneling group discussions

Author SciSnack Date May 12, 2014

SciSnack

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 SciSnack Date March 10, 2014

SciSnack

Last Wednesday marked the birth of ClimateSnack at Stockholm University (SU). Eleven enthusiastic ‘snackers’...

News

ClimateSnack at Stockholm University

Author SciSnack Date February 5, 2014

SciSnack

Expert

Paragraphs: A Manual for the Idea Machine

Author SciSnack Date February 3, 2014

SciSnack

Expert

Getting to the “So What?” of Your Science

Author SciSnack Date January 27, 2014

SciSnack