Sebastian has been up on Svalbard virtually all summer working on his PhD research. This week, he sent back a few images taken with his thermal infrared camera. No need to describe how these came about, I just think they are pretty fun to look at.
The light colors on the reindeer are the only places [...]
Isn’t the month of March saying ‘In like a lion, out like a lamb?’ March arrived this past weekend with a very strong storm sweeping across central Europe, killing some 14 people. Most of the severe damage and accidents took place south of Potsdam. However, there were still a fair amount of [...]
Tags: Germany · Potsdam · politics · weather
Alaska is beginning to recover after being engulfed in the coldest temperatures recorded since 2000. In these extremely cold temperatures (starting around -40°F/C), “icefog” begins to develop. Ed has a nice post explaining icefog, what it is, how it develops, etc. It is good having friends in the weather service (that are fascinated [...]
Tags: weather
A couple weeks ago, Konstanze (friend/co-worker at AWI) brought me a new plant for my Wohnung (apartment). I have been talking about getting one for a while now, but I have resisted as I have never been so good with keeping these things alive. Anyway, I am happy to report that not only [...]
Tags: Life · Potsdam · weather
So I am VERY cold. It has been cold here since New Year’s Day when it started raining snow. Since that time, the temperatures have dropped and the wind has picked up. A very damp, windy, cut through your clothes sort of cold here. While the temperature was only -4°C, with [...]
