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Weather and climate shape cultures and the lives of people everywhere. People have been...
Climate, Society, Systems

Climate detectives: What a Historical Climatologist does

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date September 21, 2016
Mathew Stiller-Reeve
Tagged acclimatization, Bombay, George Adamson, Historical climatology, Lucretia West, Monsoon, monsoon onset, Mountstuart Elphinstone | 1 Comment |
Shrub encroachment is threatening the livelihoods of billions of people world-wide. This is the...
Biology, Climate, Land

Shrub encroachment – time to demystify a global threat

Author Gregor Ratzmann Date June 14, 2016
Gregor Ratzmann
Tagged East African Summer School, Ecosystems, savanna, shrub encroachment | Leave a comment |
The film ‘Blood Diamonds’ provides a glimpse into the atrocities that conflict over minerals...
Earth

Deadly gems: is gem mining a blessing or curse in Kenya?

Author Abigail Wamunyu Date June 1, 2016
Abigail Wamunyu
Tagged East Africa Summer school on “collecting, gem, Kenya, mining, Tsavorite | 1 Comment |
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
Tagged a and b parameters, century problem, flash-flood, Flood, hydroelectric, hydrological model, hydropower, innovation, Micro Rain Radar, MRR, radar, unsolved puzzle, Z-R relation | 2 Comments |
When I was at school I loved science but I hated having to learn...
Climate, Earth, Land

Standing on the shoulders of giants: why old science still matters

Author Jan Schuurman Date May 19, 2016
Jan Schuurman
Tagged Aridity, Climate, east africa, East Africa Summer School, Ethiopia, Hyperspectral, Lake Sediments, Last Glacial Maximum, Proxy, Younger Dryas | 1 Comment |
Climate, Outreach, Systems

Spinning up the past, present and future climate

Author Ingjald Pilskog Date May 18, 2016
Ingjald Pilskog
Tagged Climate, Climate Models, Modelling, science communication | Leave a comment |
Why should we study glaciers that no longer exist? And why should we examine...
Climate, Earth, Ice, Land

Why Mud Matters

Author Rachel Devine Date May 18, 2016
Rachel Devine
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More than 70% of our planet is covered by water but we still know...
Biology, Climate

Do the oceans hide the key to eternal life?

Author Sofia Paraskevopoulou Date May 13, 2016
Sofia Paraskevopoulou
Tagged East Africa Summer School, parthenogenesis, resting eggs, zooplankton | Leave a comment |
  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
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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
Tagged Conservation agriculture, Food Security, sustainable development | 2 Comments |
Elephants are a key species in ecological systems: they can cause considerable changes to...
Biology

Are watering points a focus for elephant damage to woody plants?

Author Jacob Ngatia Date May 5, 2016
Jacob Ngatia
Tagged Elephant damage, Watering points, Woody plants | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged East Africa Summer School, risk communication, risk perception, Tsunami | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Climate, East Africa Summer School, Infectious Disease, Meningitis, Sub-Saharan Africa | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Climate Models, paleo-climate, PETM | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged East Africa Summer School, Food Security, Modelling, Rainfall Uncertainty, Remote Sensing, Sub-Saharan Africa | Leave a comment |
    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
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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
Tagged bias correction, Climate data access, free weather data, weather satellite | 1 Comment |
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
Tagged aquifer vulnerability, groundwater, hydraulic tomography, Mexico City, modeling | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Deep Biosphere, Early Life on Earth, Microorganisms | Leave a comment |
  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
Tagged Climate, East Africa Summer School, history, Modelling, science communication | Leave a comment |
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