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ClimateSnack held its inaugural London meeting in cooperation with the Climate-KIC summer school and...
News

ClimateSnack London

Author SciSnack Date July 2, 2013
SciSnack
Tagged climate-kic, climatesnack, grantham, london, writing workshop | Leave a comment |
Bergen is one of the wettest cities in northern Europe where normal winters are...
Life, People

Rhododendron City

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date June 18, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged aboretum, Bergen, Climate, colorful, Rhododendron, spring | 5 Comments |
The advent of satellite imagery opened our eyes to many unseen aspects of the...
Air, Physics

Atmospheric Rivers

Author Roohollah Azad Date June 14, 2013
Roohollah Azad
Tagged Atmospheric Rivers, Cyclone, Extremes, Flood, Precipitation, Rain | 6 Comments |
In climate science, uncertainties can hide in the brightest of places. We are just...
Air, Physics, Systems

Does the Sun influence climate regionally?

Author Will Ball Date June 11, 2013
Will Ball
Tagged solar cycle, specturm, Sun spots | Leave a comment |
This snack is hopefully the first in a series  discussing the uncertainties and errors...
Systems

Small talk – the model way

Author Aleksi Nummelin Date May 17, 2013
Aleksi Nummelin
Tagged Error, Modelling, Uncertainty | 1 Comment |
Before we can investigate the presence or absence of some attribute…. or before we...
Air, People, Systems

Confusing the Definition (part 1): Misunderstood Monsoons

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date May 16, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged Monsoon definition, Perception, Rain, Wind | 3 Comments |
Nobody moves to New York City because of the climate. Bitterly cold winters and...
Life

Pit-stop in the Big Apple: Life in a wing beat

Author Hella Wittmeier Date May 14, 2013
Hella Wittmeier
Tagged Bird, Climate, New York City, United States | Leave a comment |
If you think that wind directions are still estimated by holding your index finger...
Air

Earth Science goes Star Wars – how lasers can catch the wind

Author Valerie Kumer Date May 3, 2013
Valerie Kumer
3 Comments |
The globe is warming, glaciers are melting, sea level is rising and ice caps...
Air, Sea

If temperatures aren’t rising, where does the heat go?

Author Iselin Medhaug Date May 1, 2013
Iselin Medhaug
Tagged cooling trends, Global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, heat storage | 1 Comment |
Variability in our oceans influences the variability in our atmosphere through complex air-sea interactions....
Ice, Sea

Alexander Korablev: On the quest for variability

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date April 25, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged Atlas, Great Salinity Anomaly, Nordic Seas | Leave a comment |
Most people would think of Hawai’i as a place where you find perfect blue...
Air

Subsidence Blue

Author Malte Stuecker Date April 12, 2013
Malte Stuecker
Tagged subsidence, Subtropical high, Tropical circulation | Leave a comment |
This post is co-authored by Hella and Aleksi both PhD students at UiB. Hella...
Culture

Norway and the USA: two countries, two cultures – one science?

Author Aleksi Nummelin Date March 29, 2013
Aleksi Nummelin
Tagged Columbia University, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory | Leave a comment |
In my last snack I wrote about how islands can act like rocks in...
Air, Ice

Like a Rock in a Cold River

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date March 24, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
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The theory of plate tectonics is considered one of the true paradigm shifts in...
Sea

Resurfacing the ocean floor

Author Camille Li Date March 12, 2013
Camille Li
1 Comment |
Stones and large rocks often scatter across river beds, some protruding above the surface,...
Air

Like a Rock in a River

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date February 21, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged Hawaii Wind Topography Vortex Vorticity | 2 Comments |
Mathew Reeve officially opened Klimasnakk yesterday at the Bjerknes Getaway in Geilo, Norway. Klimasnakk...
News

Klimasnakk officially opens

Author SciSnack Date January 23, 2013
SciSnack
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It’s been cold in Bergen the past few days. And before that it was...
Ice

Moving a mountain on a needle

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date January 14, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
2 Comments |
What comes to your mind when you hear the word monsoon? If one searches...
Air, People, Systems

When is the monsoon the monsoon?

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date January 13, 2013
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged Monsoon | Leave a comment |
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