Tag: #SciCommChall

#SciCommChall: Science in just one Instagram story post

April 5, 2020

I’ve really been slacking on the #SciCommChall front recently. So here we go with my contribution to April’s #SciCommChall: Science in just one Instagram story post! Here is one: And…

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Experimenting with Insta stories for my wave watching scicomm

June 27, 2019

Inspired by the absolutely brilliant job that Kati is doing for my project GEO-Tag der Natur, I have recently started experimenting with “Insta stories” on the topic of wave watching.…

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Wave watching in Kleinwaabs — and my first real Insta story!

June 14, 2019

So today (and tomorrow and the day after) is the big event that I have been working towards all year in my not-so-new-anymore job: The GEO-Tag der Natur! If you…

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Using giveaways as a tool in science communication. Post #3: Checklist and logistics

March 29, 2019

Many big research projects and institutions regularly spend a lot of money on things like pens, mugs, canvas bags, or even pool noodles (I kid you not, one of my…

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Using giveaways as a tool in science communication. Post #2: Designing the actual giveaway

March 28, 2019

Many big research projects and institutions regularly spend a lot of money on things like pens, mugs, canvas bags, or even pool noodles (I kid you not, one of my…

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Using giveaways as a tool in science communication. Post #1: What the literature tells us

March 27, 2019

Many big research projects and institutions regularly spend a lot of money on things like pens, mugs, canvas bags, or even pool noodles (I kid you not, one of my…

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An attempt at an elevator pitch

January 11, 2019

I’ve been coming up with #scicommchall challenges for well over a year now, and I have always met them. Except for last November, when the challenge was to do an…

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Cool podcast about oceanography! Also useful if you were looking to improve your German! ;-)

January 5, 2019

Just in case you have not listened to Ronja and Maxie’s podcast Treibholz yet, you definitely should! Ronja and Maxie are learning about oceanography and taking everyone along with them.…

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A #scicommbookforkids for #scicommchall

September 14, 2018

I hope by now you have heard about my pet project of the moment: #scicommchall! For #scicommchall, I give myself (and quite a few other people by now) monthly challenges…

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Interview on #scicommchall! (in german)

September 13, 2018

I recently gave an interview on my current pet project, #scicommchall. The interview was done by Anne Weißschädel, and published on THE German website on science communication research and practice,…

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My March on Instagram

March 29, 2018

My private #SciCommChall for March was to start a science communication Instagram account, fascinocean_kiel. I had a pretty clear idea of where I wanted to go with this account: The…

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Are you following fascinocean_kiel on Instagram already? You definitely should!

March 16, 2018

fascinocean_kiel is my latest scicomm project — I am posting daily pictures from Kiel fjord together with a german description of some cool oceanography stuff you can see on the…

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Dipping a toe into instagramming

March 4, 2018

This month’s private* #scicommchall: Run a scicomm Instagram feed! See the feed below. I’m doing this for several reasons: First: curiosity, how Instagram works for me personally as a scicomm…

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Seeing is believing — A #scipoem

October 30, 2017

Seeing is believing Climate change communication Needs a good vis’alization Political protesters and politicians should best be shunned to avoid defens’ve reaction’. Show behaviour in relation: not one car, but…

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“What’s the weirdest thing that has happened to you in your line of work?” and other fun questions in our “ask me anything!” event HAPPENING NOW!

October 18, 2017

Come ask us anything on here, on the #OceanAMA, on reddit! :-) Or tell us about the weirdest thing that has happened to YOU in your line of work!

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“A brief history of climate in the Nordic Seas” — A #scipoem

October 16, 2017

A brief history of climate in the Nordic Seas* Understanding of climate change explaining a record’s full range playing the cause-and-effect game needs a closed, mechanistic frame data: proxies or…

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Greenhouse Gases — A #SciPoem

October 9, 2017

Greenhouse Gases Air around us: full of water Vapour, clouds or rain Warmer air holds more. A feedback. CO2 belongs in the air Volcanoes or Breathing cattle Not burnt fossils…

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“Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal”: A #SciPoem

October 2, 2017

“Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal” This quote’s source: the IPCC On what in total ninety-sev’n Percent of scientists agree The evidence of climate change Risen…

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“Grubletegninger” — using sketches presenting alternative explanations of a situation to spark discussions

October 1, 2017

In my personal #SciCommChallenge, one thing on my things-to-try list were “grubletegninger” — pondering sketches, or sketches to ponder. It’s a format developed in Norway and there is quite a…

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energie:labor at European Researchers’ Night 2017

September 30, 2017

Yesterday Alice and I spent the afternoon and evening in the cute coastal town of Eckernförde, enjoying the summer-y weather, the Baltic Sea, and — of course! — the science outreach.…

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Response of the ACC to climate change #scipoem

September 25, 2017

The response of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to recent climate change* Around and around the southern pole The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, inspiring Around and around the southern pole Seemingly without…

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Ask me anything! on October 18th #OceanAMA

September 20, 2017

Hi! I am Mirjam. We are investigating ocean currents in a 13-m-diameter swimming pool that sits on a merry-go-round. Ask me anything! I will be hosting an “Ask Me Anything”…

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#scipoem on an Darelius et al. article about ice shelves

September 18, 2017

“Observed vulnerability of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf to wind-driven inflow of warm deep water”* Let’s talk ab’t a favourite paper “Observed vulnerability of Filchner- Ronne Ice Shelf to wind-driven inflow of…

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Tale of arctic melting and deep water formation #scipoem

September 11, 2017

Tale of arctic melting and deep water formation Freshwater freezes long before saltwater does, and it also floats on top of saltwater. In the Nordic Seas, deep waters are formed.…

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A #scipoem on upwelling of tropical OMZ waters in a warmer climate

September 4, 2017

“Simulated reduction in upwelling of tropical oxygen minimum waters in a warmer climate”* Let’s pick apart this article’s title, inaccessible to most people out there. Even though we know it…

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