Yearly Archives: 2021

Doing a PhD in the midst of a global pandemic is, as we have experienced over the past year and a half, fraught with various difficulties and inconveniences. Even though we are now very experienced with virtual seminars and conferences, they cannot permanently replace face-to-face meetings. Since the beginning of […]

Getting Together Again – The ArcTrain Annual Meeting 2021

November 11, 2021 in General / Life as PhD student / What's happening? by Simon Wett (updated 972 days ago)

In this blog post, I (Damien Ringeisen) reshape a Twitter thread that I published on November 3rd, 2021. Today, as the COP26 started a few days ago, I would like to help you visualize the reduction of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. For simplicity, we will compare two years: […]

Huge Melting Ice Cubes

November 4, 2021 in General / Science for everyone / The Archive tagged arctic / climate change / extent / ice / ice cube / sciencecommunication / sea ice / volume by Damien Ringeisen (updated 978 days ago)

It is almost summertime in the northern hemisphere! In both Canada and Germany this means longer days and more time spent outdoors. Here at ArcTrain, we have put together a reading list for those interested in understanding our global climate, research, and science in general. Hopefully you will pick up […]

ArcTrains Summer Reading List

May 28, 2021 in General by Kelsey Koerner, Franziska Tell (updated 1137 days ago)

You probably know the Climate Stripes. Yes, you know, the blue and red stripes representing the earth’s warming from human emissions. This powerful representation, invented by @EdHawkins, shows the average earth surface temperature change over the years. From blue to red, it demonstrates how the human greenhouse gas emissions increased […]

The Arctic Stripes

May 12, 2021 in General / Science for everyone / The Archive tagged arctic / climate change / sea ice / stripes by Damien Ringeisen (updated 1155 days ago)

Few weeks ago, I celebrated the first anniversary of my home laboratory! Actually, when everything shut down the first time in March 2020, I was just back from a workshop I gave in the North. Luckily, for this workshop, I had to carry around a stereoscope (a kind of microscope; […]

A school workshop about paleontology and the evolution of life ...

May 3, 2021 in General / Getting out there / Science for everyone by Jade Falardeau (updated 1162 days ago)

This is post 3/3 in a series on our experiences and tasks as ArcTrain PhD students during the research cruise M164 (GPF 19-1-105) in summer 2020 in the subpolar North Atlantic. Click here to see part 1/3 and here to see part 2/3. It’s just after midnight. Around the ship, […]

The ocean currents of the North Atlantic in a nutshell

April 20, 2021 in General / Getting out there / Life as PhD student / Science for everyone by Kevin Wiegand (updated 1176 days ago)

This is post 2/3 in a series on our experiences and tasks as ArcTrain PhD students during the research cruise M164 (GPF 19-1-105) in summer 2020 in the subpolar North Atlantic. Click here to see part 1/3 and here to see part 3/3. A research cruise offers the great opportunity […]

PIES – Not just a piece of cake!

April 13, 2021 in General / Getting out there / Life as PhD student / Science for everyone by Simon Wett (updated 1176 days ago)

This is post 1/3 in a series on our experiences and tasks as ArcTrain PhD students during the research cruise M164 (GPF 19-1-105) in summer 2020 in the subpolar North Atlantic. Click here to see part 2/3 and here to see part 3/3. The lines are loosened. The gangway is […]

There and back again – A research cruise during a ...

April 6, 2021 in General / Getting out there / Images / Life as PhD student / Science for everyone by Kevin Wiegand, Simon Wett (updated 1176 days ago)

As an Early Career Scientist (ECS), conferences are essential to get to know new people, gain experience in presenting your research, and learn a lot about the current science in your research field and beyond. Here is the personal experience of Linda with online conferences. In early 2020, I made […]

Experiences with online conferences – from an Early Career Scientist ...

February 9, 2021 in General / Life as PhD student / The Archive by Linda Thielke, Damien Ringeisen (updated 1246 days ago)

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