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7 years of blogging! Celebratory wave watching with A LOT OF #friendlywaves

August 28, 2020

It doesn’t feel like it, but today marks the 7-year-anniversary of my first blog post on my “Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching”! To celebrate, I sent out this call to…

One of the most difficult #friendlywaves I’ve ever gotten! Did I get it right?

August 25, 2020

Florian sent me a #friendlywave — a wave picture he took, with hopes that I might be able to explain what is going on there. And this one had me puzzled…

Such a pretty #friendlywaves!

May 18, 2020

My long time Twitter friend Anne shared these beautiful pictures and I absolutely had to do a #friendlywaves post where I explain other people’s wave pictures. Take a moment to admire…

A #friendlywaves from Lofoten

May 11, 2020

A #friendlywaves post: you send me the pictures, I talk about physics! Today: My friend A sent me these lovely pictures from Lofoten, knowing I love wave watching. And there is…

A beautiful #friendlywaves from Spain

May 4, 2020

A reader of my blog, Rocío*, sent me this beautiful image from Arnao beach (Castrillón- Asturias-Spain), and I asked if I could use it in a #friendlywaves post. He agreed, so…

Christina’s #FriendlyWaves from Panama!

March 2, 2020

Christina writes on Twitter: “#wavewatching from a plane, approaching #Panama. @Meermini, do you know what causes those regular ‘wrinkles’?” and how could I resist writing a blog post about what…

#friendlywaves: You send me a picture, I (try to) explain the wave field!

July 22, 2019

Do you like observing wave fields and pondering what might have caused them? Why they look the way they do? What caused them? What they can tell us about the wind,…

Astrid sent me a #friendlywaves from Whitstable for remote #wavewatching

July 14, 2019

Astrid, #wavewatching supporter from Day 1, sent me these pictures for a #friendlywaves post. Today, I want to start with a spoiler picture (or, rather, I did start with a…

A #friendlywaves from Tampa, Florida

July 13, 2019

Anyone who might be new to my blog because of yesterday’s presentation at #SiPManc — please don’t be scared and run away, this is the most complicated #friendlywaves I have…

Some #friendlywaves from Berlin

July 5, 2019

My friend Alice is currently in Berlin, and as one does when visiting Germany’s capital city: She’s wave watching! I can only say: I approve! That’s what I always do…

Nena sent me some #friendlywaves from Lago Maggiore

June 12, 2019

This is a #friendlywaves challenge, where I try to explain other people’s wave photos and they tell me how I did. I love it when my friends see waves, think…

A #friendlywaves from Cyprus

May 15, 2019

My friend Alice (of the awesome Instagram @scied_alice and the equally awesome blog, which you should totally follow) sent me a #friendlywaves from her trip to Cyprus. She said that this was a…

A #friendlywaves from a field trip in a Norwegian fjord

May 4, 2019

The other day, my friend and co-author Pierré sent me pictures he took during fieldwork in a Norwegian fjord. As I, sadly, wasn’t there, all I can do now is…

Roll waves, one of the more complicated #friendlywaves I’ve gotten over the years…

January 28, 2019

#friendlywave is the new hashtag I am currently establishing. Send me your picture of waves, I will do my best to explain what’s going on there! When it rains, it pours,…

[photo] Picture of Mirjam smiling in the camera to show how happy it would make me if this showed up on Twitter

Exciting life update! Joining GFI as adj assoc prof! :-)

November 26, 2020

It’s been in the making for a while, but I am super excited to announce that I will be joining the Geophysical Institute at the University of Bergen as an…

#WaveWatchingWednesday

October 7, 2020

It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for a recap of my #WaveWatching Instagram! Check out nice pictures & some explanations behind the cut!

#BergenWaveWatching: Field work right outside our students’ homes

September 4, 2020

This is a (admittedly terribly crowded — but I only had 1 A4 page and there are so many interesting #BergenWaveWatching stories to tell!) poster that I am presenting on…

“Excursion week” in Oceanography 101 while physically distancing

May 12, 2020

My friend’s university recently decided that “excursion week” (a week in May during which there are no lectures or exercises or anything happening at university to make time for field…

Here’s another #WaveWatchingWednesday overview over my Instagram @fascinocean_kiel! Enjoy! Sun glint can be so helpful to make waves visible more clearly, like this morning. I love the combination of the…

For #SciCommSunday: On the power of hashtags

February 2, 2020

Often completely underrated by people who start using twitter: The power of hashtags. In this post: Very brief intro and then the three main purposes for which I personally use…

What #wavewatching means to me. My presentation at #sipmanc

July 12, 2019

Did you miss my talk at the Science in Public conference in Manchester? Well, you are in luck — here it is! Three years ago, I visited my sister and her…

Watching a V-shaped wave widen over time

June 13, 2019

Yesterday we looked at a very cool wake that Nena sent in as a #friendlywaves, today I have a nice gif for you to illustrate one of the points that…

Influence of wind and water depth on a wave field (or: a beach vacation in Dornumersiel)

May 6, 2019

I took the selfie above mainly to send to my mom from my vacation in Dornumersiel on the German North Sea coast. But then when looking through the hundreds of…

Reflections in waves

May 5, 2019

After doing a #friendlywaves post from a Norwegian fjord yesterday, let’s do another one from somewhere south of Bergen, by my friend Arnt. Very different mood today! What I find…

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7 years of blogging! Celebratory wave watching with A LOT OF #friendlywaves

One of the most difficult #friendlywaves I’ve ever gotten! Did I get it right?

Such a pretty #friendlywaves!

A #friendlywaves from Lofoten

A beautiful #friendlywaves from Spain

Christina’s #FriendlyWaves from Panama!

#friendlywaves: You send me a picture, I (try to) explain the wave field!

Astrid sent me a #friendlywaves from Whitstable for remote #wavewatching

A #friendlywaves from Tampa, Florida

Some #friendlywaves from Berlin

Nena sent me some #friendlywaves from Lago Maggiore

A #friendlywaves from Cyprus

A #friendlywaves from a field trip in a Norwegian fjord

Roll waves, one of the more complicated #friendlywaves I’ve gotten over the years…

Exciting life update! Joining GFI as adj assoc prof! :-)

#WaveWatchingWednesday

#BergenWaveWatching: Field work right outside our students’ homes

“Excursion week” in Oceanography 101 while physically distancing

#WaveWatchingWednesday

For #SciCommSunday: On the power of hashtags

What #wavewatching means to me. My presentation at #sipmanc

Watching a V-shaped wave widen over time

Influence of wind and water depth on a wave field (or: a beach vacation in Dornumersiel)

Reflections in waves

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