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Dear Reader, Sorry about the delay. The Internet connexion on board is not fast, it is the reality of field trip work! This week we want to offer you some beautiful pictures taken by Aleksei. He is currently on a cruise on the Maria S Merian in the north Atlantic […]

Greetings from the ship!

May 17, 2018 in Getting out there / Images / Life as PhD student / The Archive by Aleksei Buinyi (updated 2070 days ago)

Taken from my diary during my trip from Montreal (Quebec) to Inuvik and Aklavik (Northwest Territories) in March 2018 for my PhD Day 2 – March 5th 2018 – Edmonton to Inuvik When I told my friends, colleagues, people I met randomly at the airport just the time to exchange few […]

A northern visit

May 7, 2018 in Getting out there / Life as PhD student / The Archive by Jade Falardeau (updated 2070 days ago)

Probably most of you heard this dreadful phrase, maybe from your partner, your boss or your parents. And I assume that most of you do not have the most positive associations with it. Neither do I. Today, I want to change this: the topic of today’s article shall be the […]

We need to talk

April 30, 2018 in Science for everyone / The Archive tagged sciencecommunication by Valentin Ludwig (updated 2070 days ago)

“Wait a minute, wasn’t it last year?” -asked many, who were surprised to hear, that March for Science – the event which is supposed to bring attention to science in general and especially to earth sciences – is not a one-time thing. Yes, last year it took place for the […]

March for Science – Why?

April 23, 2018 in Science for everyone / The Archive tagged climate change / marchforscience / sciencecommunication by Valeriia Kirillova (updated 2070 days ago)

Did you think scientific conferences are only for established researchers? Or for PhD students that are about to finish and really have something to present? But not for you, who might not even think about their first publication because you’re still missing some additional data and the final “amazing” conclusion? […]

The Motivational Effect of a Scientific Conference

April 17, 2018 in Life as PhD student / Short stories / The Archive by Lina Madaj (updated 1922 days ago)

Sea Ice and the French region of Brittany have several common points!

Brittany, pancakes and sea ice – common points!

April 9, 2018 in Short stories / The Archive by Damien Ringeisen (updated 2070 days ago)

2006, 10th grade: Me getting the worst possible grade in our Maths exam. 2007, 11th grade: Me getting rid of Physics as soon as possible. 2008, 12th grade: Me and three friends in a Maths exam, receiving as many points combined as the best girl in class alone. 2018: Me […]

Changing to the dark side: How I ended up in ...

April 3, 2018 in Life as PhD student / The Archive by Valentin Ludwig (updated 2070 days ago)

We recently finished our second retreat of second cohort PhDs. For four days we called the beautiful but these days extremely windy island of Helgoland our home, where we learned a lot about, yes you guessed right, science communication (SciComm as the insiders say). This is one of the reasons […]

Windy Island Get-Away

March 27, 2018 in Short stories / The Archive by Lina Madaj (updated 2070 days ago)

Dear reader, today I want to tell you about an opportunity to find out what I am actually doing when I am not writing blog posts. The event is called ‘Science goes PUBlic’ and the concept is plain and simple: If you want to tell people about science, go where […]

Don’t miss it: Science goes PUBlic in Bremen

March 26, 2018 in Science for everyone / Short stories / The Archive by Valentin Ludwig (updated 2070 days ago)