The Oeschger Centre made a well noted appearance at the first ever Night of Science at the University of Bern on 23 September 2011. Under the catchy title of The great Climate Poker the audience was invited to engage in a poker game with high-tech dices designed to explain the forcing factors of the climate system in a playful way. The unique electronic device was developed in co-operation with the Bern University of Applied Sciences. The wireless dices thrown by the public provided the data for a re-enactment of the last 150 years of climate history. The game was part of an interactive lecture held by OCCR members Stefan Brönnimman from the Climatology Group at the Institute of Geography and Matthias Bigler of the of the Department of Climate and Environmental Physics.
