🧪 🥳 Its not every day that a group of research advisers publish in a scientific journal! Early career researchers need proposal writing skills. Therefore a new way of teaching proposal writing was developed. It is now accessible to the research community. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

CFCs in sea water can be used to track motions in the ocean. 🧪 🌊 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/forb...

Could machine learning come at the expense of genuine knowledge? The opposite is the case, argue @joshdorrington.bsky.social, Julian Quinting and @stefansobo.bsky.social. 🧪 @scienceandtechuib.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

New R-package alert! 🚨 With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions. ➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...

This study summarize 15 years of field and remote monitoring of Tapado Glacier in Chile. Tapado Glacier exemplifies how glacier mass loss is driven by various processes. 🧪 Among the authors are Benjamin Robson and Daniel Thomas from UiB and the Bjerknes Centre. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🌊What is the safe operating space of marine ecosystems? 🧪Timothée Bourgeois at NORCE Research and colleagues investigate the limits of marine ecosystems in three future scenarios. 🦑The good news: Ambitious mitigation strategies lead to clear benefits Read more: bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/mapp...

🌊🔍 Did you realise that much of our ocean's circulation can be explained without any forcing by winds? Discover intricate details of the dynamics of the ocean's overturning circulation in our latest study: 🌐⛵️ tellusjournal.org/articles/10....

Can AI help map icebergs? today.umd.edu/ai-generated...

How can we tell temperatures from thousands of years ago? Sher-Rine Kong has been studying a lake in Svalbard, and her research suggest that temperatures during the Early Holocene - around 11,700 years ago - were up to 3.5 °C warmer than today. 🧪 youtu.be/mnVi9ZyI_pU

How will a sudden change in the function of the ocean circulations impact Iceland, Europe, and the world? We had a great panel at the Arctic Circle Assembly 🌊🧪 It was a scientific discussion on the likelihood, uncertainties, and possible consequences if the large ocean circulation were to shift.

Our research leader and coordinator of the EU-funded @impetus4change.bsky.social, @stefansobo.bsky.social, explains how they're working to make accurate climate predictions more accessible for everyone. 🧪 Thanks for the interview, @maiaresilience.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4yP...

⚠️ The new Global Tipping Points Report is out and warns of potential risks to the Atlantic Ocean Circulation – however, there are large uncertainties about when, or if, the tipping points will be crossed. 🧪🌊 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/to-s...

New paper alert 🚨 🌊 The Southern Ocean and the Arctic are freshening. In our new paper we link, for the first time, such freshening to sea ice decline through salinity and stable oxygen isotopes observations and machine learning techniques. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

🧪⚒️ Always exciting when we have a PhD.defence! On Friday, Wanyee Wong @NORCE and the BCCR will defend her thesis "Sea ice in the Nordic Seas during Dansgaard-Oescher events"🌊 @scienceandtechuib.bsky.social

Rising sea levels are making extreme winter cold events MORE frequent and intense in East Asia. Yes, you read that right. New paper in Nature Communications reveals a fascinating connection. (1/4) 🧪🌊

By applying a tracking method to both climate models and satellite data, @davyclimate.bsky.social found that sea ice age is a more sensitive indicator of change than ice thickness or volume. 🧪🌊 Read the publication here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Climate models can be a challenge to understand, but a new app from the NorCPM-team is using AI to make complex data understandable. - The idea is that anyone could use it, says Eurico Noleto-Filho, a postdoc with the University of Bergen and the Bjerknes Center. 🧪 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/brin...

🧪 One week to go! Heiko Goelzer and Petra Langebroek at NORCE Research and BCCR are looking for an ice sheet modeler for a postdoctoral researcher position. 👉 If you know any PhDs in ice sheet modelling, please forward this opportunity! Read more and apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🧪 In March and June this year, artist Monica Ursina Jäger joined researchers Elin Darelius, Bjørg Risebrobakken, and Kristin Jackson-Misje on a fjord research cruise sending instruments deep into the fjord 🌊 Today, during the opening days of the Bergen Assembly, the scientists and artist met again!

🚢🔎 From hidden channels to towering seamounts, the i2B expedition is uncovering the Arctic seafloor in remarkable new detail. Read more about our findings in our latest blog written by @rhewlif.xyz : 🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0

After the coffee break, Margit H. Simon gave a v interesting talk showing how #sea #ice in the Nordic Sea may be a key region for the initiation & propagation of abrupt-scale Dansgaard/Oeschger events observed in the last ice age; marine radiocarbon leads the NGRIP ice core by ~centuries! #ICP15

Research shows that by mid-century, even with moderate CO₂ emissions, the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer. “Sometimes when we look out the window, we wonder if we are in the open sea.” – Researcher Stijn De Schepper, reporting from the Arctic Ocean. 🌊🧪 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/blah...

🎉❄️The i2B Expedition Team has reached the North Pole 🚢🌍 Today, the i2B expedition celebrated its halfway point at the most symbolic place imaginable: the North Pole. Read more about our stop: 🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0 @paleodyn.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no 📸 @rhewlif.xyz

There is an available position as a PhD research fellow in hydrology and climate impacts in mountain regions at the University of Bergen and the Bjerknes Centre. The position is affiliated with the Centre for Mountains in Transition. 🧪Read more and apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Continentality tells of temperature and precipitation – easy to get for today's climate, harder for the distant past. Midge larvae can help. New study led by Tallinn University of Technology, with contributions from the Bjerknes Centre and @unibergen.bsky.social. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Researchers at the Institute of Marine Research and the Bjerknes Centre have found the recipe for the marine heatwave that hit Northern Norway in 2024. It lasted for three weeks and triggered an explosive outbreak of salmon lice across the region. 🧪🌊 Read here👇 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/perf...

The most extreme precipitation increases the most with global warming. Why? New study from the Bjerknes Centre and @unibergen.bsky.social suggests fronts are the only phenomena able to wring all the moisture out of the air.

✨ Our first expedition blogs are now live! ✨ 🚢 Step aboard the R/V Kronprins Haakon and follow the expedition team as they settle into life at sea and gear up to collect their very first long sediment cores from the Arctic seafloor. 🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0 @paleodyn.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no

Africa will see more wet and dry extremes as ENSO impacts are expected to strengthen in the future. In a new review scientists ask for higher-resolution models to improve predictions for rain-fed agriculture. #TRIATLAS_EU www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🌊There is an available position as a postdoc at NORCE in ocean biochemical modelling fixed for a period of 2 years in Bergen. The position will be affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre and is a part of OceanICU project. 🧪Read more and apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

After the tragic flash flood in the Himalayan village Dharali in India yesterday, climate researcher Pratik Kad (@climatemystery.bsky.social) writes about how climate change is making both heat and rain more destructive. Read the full chronicle here👇🧪 www.thequint.com/climate-chan...

Good news for the Gulf Stream! A study from @unibergen.bsky.social, the Bjerknes Centre and @ox.ac.uk indicates that the Arctic Ocean compensates for less deep water formation farther south. @mariusarthun.bsky.social @ailinbrakstad.bsky.social @jakobdoerr.bsky.social

🧪 Why do cities get so much hotter than the countryside, and what can we do about it? In this video, Richard Davy from @nansensenteret.bsky.social and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research explains what an urban heat island is and how we can prevent them – in just 60 seconds!

🧪🦑 Harmful algal blooms A new study from Edson Silva together with colleagues from @nansensenteret.bsky.social and the Bjerknes Centre shows how changes in sea temperatures and salinity could impact the two most harmful algae species along the Norwegian coast. Read about the new study on link👇

Very cool article about Kjetil Våge’s ROVER project and how the Nordic Seas could help to decide the fate of the AMOC. @bjerknes.uib.no

🧪 @elinerentier.bsky.social and colleagues in Prague, Gothenburg Bergen & Brussels have compared five well-known paleoclimate datasets and found that they vary in mean annual temperature estimations. biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1358...

🧪 New research reveals that plants and algae survived in a Arctic lake on Svalbard, during the coldest phase of the last ice age, when the region was thought to be buried under ice. How is that possible? Read this paper led by @willemvdbilt.bsky.social bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/arct...

🧪 Read @natalya-gallo.bsky.social and colleagues on deep-sea considerations for marine carbon dioxide removal research. 🌊 New publication in Environmental Research letters iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 🦑#addOcean

For the first time since 2021 the deep water at Masfjorden has finally been replaced!🎉 Measurements from the Institute of Marine Research show an increase in oxygen levels, indicating that heavier and more oxygen-rich water has entered over the sill at the mouth of the fjord.🧪🌊

Means have changed, the aim is the same. Developing tools for navigation through sea ice requires creativity and technical skills, as shown by Anton Korosov and Artem Moiseev from @nansensenteret.bsky.social. 🌊 🧪

🧪Come join our team in Bergen, Norway 🌊 Key words: The role of the ocean in global carbon cylce 🐙🌐 if you held a PhD in marine biogeochemistry, oceanography, climate sciences - check out this available position at the Geophysical institute, UiB & BCCR www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🧪 Former BCCR member @carlregnell.bsky.social has together with colleagues, including BCCR members Hardeng, Bakke, and Cederstrøm, published a study about anchoring the Swedish Time Scale to the radiocarbon time scale. Check it out here: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...

The Norwegian fjords are famous for their beauty, but how are they affected by climate change? And what can we expect over the next five to ten years? That is the central question for Mari Fjalstad Jensen, the new co-leader of the Hazards research group at the Bjerknes Center. 🧪🌊

❌🐟 No fish, whales, or plankton. How would an ocean without life be? 💡Researchers Jerry Tjiputra, Damien Couespel and Richard Sanders used the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM) to simulate what would be the consequences if all marine life disappeared. 🧪🌊 www.norceresearch.no/en/news/inge...

🧪 Daniel Gunning and colleagues has published a new study on the zonally averaged energy and moisture balance (ZEMBA) climate model, which is introduced as a simple and computationally efficient tool for studies of the glacial–interglacial cycles of the Quaternary. gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...

🌊 Stefanie Semper and colleagues has looked into the recent sea-ice retreat in the western Nordic seas, that has exposed the ocean to the atmosphere in winter, thereby facilitating dense-water formation. 🧪 See the paper here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

In many Norwegian fjords, years can pass between each time the bottom water is renewed. In a new study, Torunn S. Sagen and colleagues from the Bjerknes Centre, @unibergen.bsky.social and the Institute of Marine Research investigate a numerical model’s ability to simulate such an event. 🔬🌊

🇧🇷🌧️ Shunya Koseki, Isabelle Vilela and Doris Veleda has investigated how the extreme rainfall event over eastern Northeast Brazil occurring at the end of May 2022 was induced dynamically using observational and reanalysis data. 🧪 See the publication here rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🧪 🎉 🎓 We are celebrating Dr. Inès Ollivier today - successfully defending her thesis "“Impact of Surface Processes on the Antarctic Water Isotope Climate Signal" Here with supervisor, Professor Hans Christian Steen-Larsen.

🌊 Norway has more than 1700 fjords, attracting tourists and aquaculture alike. 🦑 But what goes on below the surface? 🧪 Listen to our new podcast with fjord scientists from NORCE and the University of Bergen 👇 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/nors...