Tag Archives: winter
Snowy days have decreased substantially in Estonia
Geographers of the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences of the University of Tartu have released a study indicating that the snow situation in Estonia has substantially changed in the last decades. While our grandfathers and grandmothers could often sled … Continue reading
Leonardo Pataccini: Teaching Is Just Like Dancing
Leonardo Pataccini, a researcher from Argentina, shares his thoughts about living and teaching at the University of Tartu. Continue reading
Will Estonia Soon Have a Climate Similar to Northern Scotland?
Mait Sepp, a researcher of physical geography, explains how the weather may change in Estonia during this century. Continue reading
Weather Forecast for Christmas and Winter
Marko Kaasik, senior researcher at the Laboratory of Physics of Atmosphere at the UT Institute of Physics, predicts white Christmas and relatively warm January and February in Estonia. Continue reading
Mika Keränen: I Need Colder Seasons To Think and Work
This is a podcast interview with Mika Keränen, a writer, alumnus and lecturer of Finnish at the University of Tartu. Mika: “If your happiness is somewhere between the bushes of Botanical Garden, or near the riverbanks where the self-made thinkers sit, then you are in the right place – in Tartu.” Continue reading
Four Months of Erasmus in Winter
Catherina from Germany writes about her four months of Erasmus experience in Estonia and Tartu, including the survival in winter. Continue reading
From +34°C in India to -32°C in Estonia
This is a story of the first Indian student to have defended his PhD thesis in Molecular Biology at the University of Tartu. Gyaneshwer Chaubey arrived to Estonia on a cold and dark day in January 2006, his supervisor was waiting for him with two enormous jackets. Continue reading
