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Helen Czerski

Helen Czerski is a physicist and oceanographer, and an associate professor at University College London, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

January 2024

  • An iceberg at the mouth of a fjord on the eastern coast of Greenland during the Arctic summer.

    ‘Every bit of data is precious’: my life on a boat tracking how the ocean breathes

    From a ship in the Labrador Sea, scientists are tracking how gases move through global waters – a rare natural phenomenon that may be crucial to the management of the climate crisis

June 2023

  • A shoal of fish amid an algal bloom, seen from underwater

    Why we need to respect Earth’s last great wilderness – the ocean

    There are plans to harness our seas to help tackle the effects of the climate emergency. But without understanding and respect a life support system for our planet could be trashed

December 2022

  • the far side of the moon visible beyond the orion spacecraft, 21 november

    The 10 biggest science stories of 2022 – chosen by scientists

    From moon missions to fast-charging batteries and AI-sourced antibiotics, in no particular order, the year’s significant scientific developments

December 2019

  • A model house launched by Extinction Rebellion activists floats in the Thames by Tower Bridge, Sunday 10 November.

    The science stories that shaped 2019

    From the first image of a black hole to a detailed survey of sea ice in the Arctic, scientists pick the breakthrough moments that defined the year

September 2018

  • The Oden icebreaker, pictured last month on its two-month mission to the north pole.

    What’s happening to our weather? The answers are hiding in Arctic air

    Dozens of scientists, Helen Czerski among them, are at work in the Arctic, seeking answers to questions that profoundly affect the future of everyone on the planet

February 2018

  • FLIR0334-vasculature

    Notes & Theories
    Hot stuff: the thermal cameras giving us a new way of seeing our bodies

    How do our bodies regulate themselves – and is it even true that we have a single body temperature? New technology will tell us

December 2017

  • A computer illustration of a bacteriophage

    Laughing parrots, backflipping robots and saviour viruses: science stories of 2017

    Leading scientists pick the dozen most significant discoveries and developments of 2017

March 2017

  • Fun, fun, fun, on the run, run, run.

    The running blog
    Interplanetary running – a 10k with a science spin

    At the Run the Solar System 10k, runners started at the Sun and ran out to Neptune, passing planets at distances relative to their real positions. It was fun and surprisingly satisfying

January 2017

  • Chalkboard<br>CRH4RE Chalkboard

    Notes & Theories
    double quotation markA crisis of trust is looming between scientists and society – it's time to talk

    Helen Czerski
    It’s vital to improve public trust in science and expertise. But science is increasingly complex, and getting harder to explain. Things need to change

December 2016

  • A fumigator at work in a graveyard in Lima as part of Peru’s efforts to contain the Zika virus.

    The 12 key science moments of 2016

  • A dramatic cloudy sky at Whitley Bay

    Self and wellbeing
    Lessons in life and the universe from a cup of tea

March 2016

  • Ed Miliband and George Monbiot in conversation, chaired by Helen Czerski

    Politics Weekly UK
    George Monbiot and Ed Miliband discuss climate change – Politics Weekly podcast

    Podcast44:10
  • Guardian Live: Ed Miliband & George Monbiot in conversation at the Emmanuel Centre, London, 17 March 201. Sam Friedrich for the Guardian. tel: +44 7977 482 272 Ed Miliband & George Monbiot in conversation, chaired by Helen Czerski at the Emmanuel Centre, London SW1

    Guardian Live
    Ed Miliband and George Monbiot in conversation - Guardian Live event

    Podcast92:13

December 2014

  • An Antarctic ice shelf: in 2014, three huge glaciers showed "irreversible decline".

    2014 in review
    The 12 most important moments in science in 2014

    From the distant origins of humans to our future on the planet, 12 leading scientists pick their key moments and stories of the year

June 2014

  • Lego Pretzel Girl

    double quotation markLego still builds gender stereotypes

    Helen Czerski

    Helen Czerski: Apart from its new scientists, Lego's latest female minifigures include a Lady Robot, a Pretzel Girl and a Diner Waitress

December 2013

  • Helen Czerski

    Extreme science
    Extreme science: checking weather and climate on lonely wild seas

    For an oceanographer, life aboard in the middle of gigantic waves means gravity cannot be trusted

October 2013

  • Sewing Machine

    The view that computers are technology but sewing isn't is a sexist stitch-up

    Let's be honest about what technology is. From welding to icing cakes, it's time to give men and women credit

December 2012

  • Champagne glasses

    Word of Mouth blog
    Champagne bubbles – it's all in the glass

    The traditional champagne flute and flat coupe glass are fine for young wines – but for complex older champagnes, only a wide glass that curves back in towards the top and is filled only a little way will present the bubbles correctly

October 2012

  • Helen Cserski on the Petermann ice island

    The BBC's Operation Iceberg captures a brief moment frozen in time

    A summer spent filming a gigantic iceberg offered an incredible insight into the life and death of these Arctic fortresses

May 2012

  • Exoplanet near Coku Tau 4

    Notes & Theories
    Watch the transit of Venus and dream of other worlds

    Helen Czerski: Planetary scientists will use next week's transit to test techniques designed to answer one of the most fundamental questions humanity has ever asked: are we alone?

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