I did a triathlon recently where bikes had to be racked, and final adjustments to tyre pressure made, early in the morning. But the day was forecast to be a scorcher: it could be over 10°C hotter by the time the bike was…

Making a simple animation of satellite data

I’m currently making slides for a presentation at a conference later this month. I will be showing data from a cruise in the Southern Ocean in Jan-Feb 2013 on the RRS James Clark Ross…