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There are moments during your PhD where you wonder what on Earth you’re doing....

Ice, People, Sea

The race to the South Pole (or why I became a polar oceanographer)

Author Céline Heuzé Date April 6, 2015

Céline Heuzé

If you study hard to become a diplomat, you manage to work for...

Land, Life, People, Sea, Society

The unpredicted consequences of the life of Monsieur de Lesseps.

Author Umberto Binetti Date March 11, 2015

Umberto Binetti

What are polar lows? Through the centuries seafarers in the Nordic Seas have told...

Air

Polar lows: what fuels Arctic hurricanes?

Author Denis Sergeev Date March 4, 2015

Denis Sergeev

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

The Netherlands, ‘Nederland’, its name literally means ‘low country’. In the CIA World Factbook...

Land, People, Sea, Society

Flood management below sea level – strategies from the Netherlands

Author Karin van der Wiel Date February 3, 2015

Karin van der Wiel

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

Expert

Consider the Audience

Author ClimateSnack Date January 6, 2015

ClimateSnack

To celebrate both the Christmas period and the variety of nationalities within the UEA...

Air, Culture, People

Worldwide weird weather words

Author ClimateSnack UEA Date December 17, 2014

ClimateSnack UEA

“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the...

Air, Ice, People, Society

Why care about Arctic sea ice – it is so far from where I live?

Author Marie Kapsch Date December 9, 2014

Marie Kapsch

Most scientists will encounter statistics at some point in their career. Sometimes people find...

Systems

Statistics in Science

Author Amee O'Callaghan Date December 2, 2014

Amee O'Callaghan

The African Sahel is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate variability. It...

Air, Sea

The effect of ENSO on Sahelian Sudan rainfall

Author Abubakr A. M. Salih Date November 13, 2014

Abubakr A. M. Salih

For the recent changes since the industrial revolution and the onset of anthropogenic climate...

Physics, Systems

Our variable star (part 3): Solar irradiance back in time

Author Maria Dasi Espuig Date November 7, 2014

Maria Dasi Espuig and Will Ball

You may have heard that the world is getting warmer. But it would be...

Air, Systems

The world is certainly warming. What about where I live?

Author Robert Wills Date November 3, 2014

Robert Wills

As I boarded the ferry to go and see my family, I recalled my...

Climate, People, Sea

Sinking on the Seven Seas

Author Céline Heuzé Date October 30, 2014

Céline Heuzé

It is summer, my favorite time of the year, and I’m in Munich, my...

Air, Culture, Society

Beer, climate and culture

Author Hella Wittmeier Date October 26, 2014

Hella Wittmeier

A GLOBAL VIEW ON FIRES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT Forest fires have been around for...

Air, Land, People, Systems

Should we suppress the fire?

Author Stephane Mangeon Date October 22, 2014

Stephane Mangeon

I have always considered communication as an integral part of being a scientist....

Culture, People

I am a scientist. Should I also be a journalist?

Author Gabriele Messori Date October 17, 2014

Gabriele Messori

In early 2014 I participated in a research cruise to the Amundsen...

Air, Ice, Sea

The retreating glaciers of the Amundsen Sea

Author Richard Jones Date October 2, 2014

Richard Jones

You might expect that a term like “monsoon” has an agreed definition and that...

People, Society, Systems

The People’s Monsoon

Author Mathew Stiller-Reeve Date August 26, 2014

Mathew Stiller-Reeve

Winds are one of the strongest environmental forces. Hurricanes, for example, lead to massive...

Air

Winds that huff, puff and blow down bridges

Author Valerie Kumer Date July 24, 2014

Valerie Kumer

We know from direct observations that the Sun varies. We’ve been monitoring the energy...

Systems

Our variable star (part 2): Explaining the variations

Author Will Ball Date July 22, 2014

Will Ball and Maria Dasi Espuig