The Barometer

Red Sky at Night, Shepherd’s Delight. Red Sky in the Morning, Shepherd’s Warning. Is this weather folklore true, or just another “myth” to be busted? And what could it mean? Listen to this mythbusting session to find out! As Sam points out in the episode, red skies get a mention in the Bib...

In our fifth and (sadly) final audio diary of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Sam I and Will reflect on an excellent week of science, social media and the beautiful city of Vienna. Hopefully you’ve enjoyed our series of podcasts this week. We hope that we’ve added an insight into an academic conference for those who thought ‘this means nothing to me’ , while also bringing together some of the highlights from the eve...

In our fourth audio diary of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Sam I and Will chat over the highlights of day 4. Hear them discuss getting value from old methods, more satellite measurements (surprise surprise) and fires across the globe. They also discuss Will’s presentation on a biomass burning project in Brazil - you can find some more background

In our third audio diary of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Sam I and Will chat over their highlights from day 3. Their joined by Jon Tennant to discuss the ‘Great Debate’ that the EGU hosted on Shale Gas: to frack or not to frack. Jon mentioned some excellent resources from the Geological Societ...

In our second audio diary of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Sam I and Will chat to Aoife Grant and James Grayson about some exciting new scientific research from the wonderful world of atmospheric science. Sam I also brings you his personal thoughts on his favourite EGU ever!

Welcome to our first audio diary of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly that is taking place in Vienna this week. Join Sam Illingworth as he wanders the poster halls pouncing on unsuspecting atmospheric scientists to find out their highlights from the first day of the meeting. Topics include the Mars Curiosity Rover, pollution in the

Between 19-22 March 2013 over 850 pupils from local schools visited The University of Manchester as part of the National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW). The aim of the event was to enthuse the pupils from years 5-9 about studying science and engineering through a variety of stalls showcasing how science, engineerin...

Have you heard the of the weather folklore that cows lie down when it’s going to rain? We’re going to investigate what’s behind this statement in our new mythbusting feature! This one is presented by a new member of the podcast team, Sam, who went as far as interviewing a cow called Ermintrude to find out the truth. Enjo...

Extreme cases of precipitation and temperature can lead to extreme events such as e.g. flooding drought and fires, which have the potential to cause large damage as well as disrupt and threaten lives. In this episode we are “Going to Extremes” and discuss extreme rainfall and flooding events ...

In the final Audio Diary from the AGU 2012 fall meeting in San Francisco, Jennifer and Will reflect on the the past week as a whole, and also talk about ecohydrology, bags of aerosols, clones and climate science communication.