Category Archives: Learning

Discussing science writing and communication

Posted on March 10, 2014 by ClimateSnack

During the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu late last month, ClimateSnack and Resclim held a town hall event to discuss scientific writing and communication skills. The event was very well attended, with approximately 200-250 people.

Posted in Communication, Conference, Learning, Scicomm, Writing skills | Tagged Christie Wilcox, Christina Schallenberg, Heather Galindo, Kim Martini, Ocean Sciences, scicomm, science communication, Writing skills | Leave a comment

Hydrology and hydrological model

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Lu Li

Quite often people ask me about my field of study in parties or activity groups out of geo department. When I answer: “hydrology”, there is a large chance that a big question mark shows on their face with a “not … Continue reading →

Posted in Circulation, Climate, Forecasting, KlimaSnakk, Learning, Modelling, Precipitation, Present | Tagged climatesnack, Flood, Global warming, hydrologic cycle, hydrological model, hydrology, Modelling, Precipitation, Water cycle, watershed | 1 Comment

A History of Climate Models

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Metal Bonsai

Many PhD researchers use climate models with little thought of how they were developed. Often there just isn’t time in modern schedules to investigate their history. How these models evolved through the ages is pretty interesting and involves battling mathematicians … Continue reading →

Posted in Circulation, Climate, Forecasting, Future, Learning, Modelling, Ocean, Past, Present | Tagged Climate, Climate Models, computers, forecasting, history, Modelling, numerical method, numerical scheme, Weather, weather prediction | 5 Comments

Captain Climate – Talking to WALLY BROECKER Part I

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Hella Wittmeier

I can hardly believe my luck: to interview the greatest climate researcher of our times! He is the climate science pioneer who invented the very expression global warming, who discovered the ocean conveyor belt and revolutionized our understanding of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Climate, Future, KlimaSnakk, Learning, Ocean, Past, Present, Writing skills | Tagged Antarctic Cold Reversal, Antarctica, Climatology, Columbia University, Environment, Global warming, National Medal of Science, Younger Dryas | 3 Comments

Fun with fluids: ocean mixing and hot chocolate

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Céline Heuzé

As my niece just turned 8 and is incredibly curious about sciences, I thought I’d design some basic and fun experiments to introduce her to my research area and interest: oceanography! Unfortunately, fluid mechanics equations are as sexy as a … Continue reading →