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The quote “all models are wrong, but some are useful”  by Box and Draper...
Physics, Systems

In the climate model jungle

Author Annemarie Eckes Date April 13, 2015
Annemarie Eckes
Tagged AOGCM, Climate Models, climatesnack, EBM, EMIC, ESM, Global warming, Modelling | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Amundsen, penguin, polar exploration, Scott | Leave a comment |
  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
Tagged change, ecology, Lesseps, Mediterranean Sea, migration, Red Sea, Suez Canal | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged atmosphere, Energy, extreme events, Nordic Seas, polar lows | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Climate, geology, Norway, topography | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Climate change, Flood, Global warming, Netherlands, Precipitation, Rivers, Sea, Sea level rise, Storm surge | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Dallas Murphy, graduate writing, know your audience, science writing, scientific audience, technical writing, Writing skills | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged idioms, meteorology, Rain, science communication, Weather, Wind | Leave a comment |
“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
Tagged Arctic sea ice, Climate change, extreme events, Weather | 1 Comment |
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
Tagged error of the transposed conditional, fallacy of the transposed conditional, logical errors, p-values, statistical testing, stats | 2 Comments |
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
Tagged atmosphere, El Nino, ENSO, Monsoon, Precipitation, Rain, Sahara | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Energy, solar cycle, solar magnetic fields, Sun, total solar irradiance | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged atmosphere, Climate, Climate change, Climate Models, Global warming, Internal variability, Regional climate change, Rossby wave | Leave a comment |
Featured Video Play Icon 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
Tagged Accidents, iceberg, Ship, Waves | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged beer, beer garden, Foehn wind, Munich, Rain, Rain shadow | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Air quality, Australia, fire, firefighting, forest, Indonesia | Leave a comment |
  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
Tagged Journalists, Media, science communication | Leave a comment |
    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
Tagged iSTAR, Pine Island Glacier, radiosondes, West Antarctica | Leave a comment |
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
Tagged Bangladesh, Monsoon, Perception, Rain | Leave a comment |
Featured Video Play Icon 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
Tagged bridge, LiDAR, lysefjord, Wind | 2 Comments |
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