Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 22/09/2026Despite a warming ocean, winter marine cold spells still hit the East/Japan Sea. New research shows that pulses of cold, low-salinity water help trap surface cooling, allowing extreme cold events to persist even as the region warms.🧪🌊 Read about the study here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 021
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 21/09/2026While CO2 increases, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere decreases. Fossile fuels are behind both changes. While visiting the Bjerknes Centre, professor Ralph Keeling from @scrippsocean.bsky.social explained why. bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/tell...bjerknes.uib.noCounting his years in CO2The year Ralph Keeling was born, his father set up a CO2 monitoring station on the volcano Mauna Loa. Almost seventy years later he can read off his age… 063
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 18/09/2026New research opportunity in climate risk! Our colleagues at Norce are looking for a Senior Researcher or Researcher in Climate Risk in Bergen. The successful candidate will also become part of the research community at the Bjerknes Centre. Interested? 👇 karriere.norceresearch.no/en/jobs/8384...karriere.norceresearch.no Senior Researcher or Researcher in Climate Risk - NORCE Research AS We are looking for an experienced climate scientist to strengthen our research on climate prediction, climate impacts, and climate risk management. We offer a permanent position as Senior Researche... 010
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 15/09/2026This new study has looked at the biodiversity of alpine regions and found them surprisingly full of life. The clearest example is found in the tropical Andes in South America, which emerged as one of the world's great alpine biodiversity hotspots. 🧪 Read more👇 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/isla...bjerknes.uib.noIslands in the Sky are Teeming with LifePhD student Lotta Schultz has studied the biodiversity of alpine regions and found them surprisingly full of life. But it is a life rapidly changing due… 070
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 08/09/2026🧪Climate change alters carbon cycling by reshaping plant communities. This study shows that in grasslands, warmer and drier conditions favored larger, fast-growing plants, increasing both carbon uptake and respiration, while climate had a stronger effect on respiration than on carbon uptake. Link👇 132
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 07/09/2026🧪Southeast Pacific intermediate waters influence ocean biogeochemistry and physical ocean conditions. This study reconstructed changes in Antarctic Intermediate Water during a rapid warming event almost 40,000 years ago. 🌊See the results of the study here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...nature.comRapid increase in Antarctic intermediate water ventilation related to past Atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakening - Communications Earth & EnvironmentEnhanced ventilation and nutrient depletion of Antarctic Intermediate Water occur in response to a weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, according to analysis of benthic foraminiferal ... 042
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 02/09/2026NEW PhD Research Fellowships in Climate Dynamics! Two 3-year PhD positions available, with possible 4th year including teaching/career development. One position is financed by the GRADIENT-project, and one position is financed by the University of Bergen. @unibergen.bsky.social 🧪🌊jobbnorge.noTwo PhD Research Fellowships in Climate Dynamics (307296) | University of BergenJob title: Two PhD Research Fellowships in Climate Dynamics (307296), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Thursday, September 24, 2026 077
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 02/09/2026New PhD opportunity at the Geophysical Institute, @unibergen.bsky.social! Join the DYNAMIC-AI project, working on climate data analysis and machine learning emulation of hydrology. 3-year position, with a possible 4th year with career-promoting work (e.g. teaching at the Department). 🧪🌊jobbnorge.noPhD Research Fellow in climate data analysis and machine learning emulation of hydrological models (306394) | University of BergenJob title: PhD Research Fellow in climate data analysis and machine learning emulation of hydrological models (306394), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 060
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 10/07/2026Heatwaves in the waters around Svalbard are occurring more often and lasting longer. Today’s heatwave is quickly becoming tomorrow’s normality. Raising concerns about their impact on Arctic marine life and ecosystems.🧪🌊 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/okni...bjerknes.uib.noIncrease in Marine Heatwaves Around SvalbardHeatwaves in the waters around Svalbard are occurring more often and lasting longer. Today’s heatwave is quickly becoming tomorrow’s normality. 1148
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 02/07/2026🧪This new study provides new evidence on the beginning and continuity of outfield fen mowing, an essential practice to obtain fodder for the winter in traditional Norwegian farming. By: Kristine Fjordheim, Kari Loe Hjelle, Anne Elisabeth Bjune & Asbjørn Moen. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comFour millennia of rich fen vegetation composition and haymaking in boreal outfields at Nordmøre (Møre og Romsdal), Norway - Vegetation History and ArchaeobotanyThis study provides new evidence on the beginning and continuity of outfield fen mowing, an essential practice to obtain fodder for the winter in traditional Norwegian farming. Pollen and spores from ... 060
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 23/06/2026Fram Strait is the main pathway for Atlantic water into the Arctic. Using gliders, Vår Dundas and Ilker Fer found substantial variability in the currents, apparently linked to the wind. @nansensenteret.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social os.copernicus.org/articles/22/...os.copernicus.orgAtlantic Water flow through Fram Strait to the Arctic Ocean measured by repeated glider transectsAbstract. We present transport estimates of Atlantic Water (AW) and Recirculating Atlantic Water (RAW) across a zonal transect at 77°15′ N using repeated ocean glider observations. Over three missions... 042
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 15/06/2026A new doctor on a sunny day! Qidi Yu successfully defended her PhD thesis "Forecast biases and errors – A feature-based approach and the role of diabatic heating" at @unibergen.bsky.social and the Bjerknes Centre today. Congratulations, Qidi! @scienceandtechuib.bsky.social 040
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 11/06/2026🧪🌿What happens when your “comfort zone” shifts uphill? For many plant species, that’s already reality. Mountains are biodiversity hotspots and new research highlights how climate warming is pushing plants to migrate upslope in search of suitable temperatures. www.sciencenorway.no/climate-chan...sciencenorway.noRunning up the hill – Climate change is forcing plants to move upwardsOPINION: Mountains are important recreational areas for us humans, where we can relax or challenge ourselves on bikes or skis. But mountains and their grasslands play a crucial role for nature in many... 2199
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 09/06/2026Complex, high impact weather is hard to predict in detail. Qidi Yu from @unibergen.bsky.social has looked into why, comparing traditional and AI models. PhD press release (in Norwegian): www.uib.no/nye-doktorgr... 🧪 040
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 09/06/2026AMOC is upheld by cooling in the north. But where is north? @jakobdoerr.bsky.social and colleagues from the Bjerknes Centre, @unibergen.bsky.social, @nansensenteret.bsky.social, @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and @noc.ac.uk investigate dense water formation in the Arctic. bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/golf...bjerknes.uib.noPolar oceans influence the Gulf StreamThe warm Gulf Stream is maintained by coldness. The Barents Sea is a cooling machine. 0189
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 05/06/2026🧪🌊 How do the Nordic seas respond to marine cold air outbreaks? The Nordic seas (Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian Seas) play a role in the global heat transport and the AMOC. Svenya Chripko, Thomas Spengler, Stefanie Semper and Kjetil Våge looks into this: os.copernicus.org/articles/22/...os.copernicus.orgResponse of the Nordic Seas to the 2–6 February 2020 marine cold air outbreak in the GLORYS12 ocean reanalysisAbstract. Marine Cold Air Outbreaks (MCAOs) play a crucial role in wintertime water mass transformation in the Nordic Seas. However, due to the spatio-temporal variability of atmospheric forcing and l... 050
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 04/06/2026🧪 We have a new doctorate in the house! Many congratulations to @jogaudard.bsky.social who successfully defended his thesis “Global Change Impacts on Carbon Dynamics in Alpine Grasslands” at UiB Bio, and supervisors Joachim Töpper (to the left in 📷), Aud Halbritter and @vvandvik.bsky.social 0172
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 04/06/2026 🧪🌊 🐙 Light shapes the seasonality of primary productivity in the ice-covered Arctic Ocean, as well as animal behaviour. ✍️ Håkon Sandven and colleagues show that river run-off transported darkens the water column in the #Arctic Ocean. Open access: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... 051
Reposted by Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR)Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026UArctic Congress last week and contributed with talk; Ecological consequences of less sea-ice and more light. Collaboration with @tomlangbehn.bsky.social & Trond Kristiansen. @bjerknes.uib.no A few main points follow: 2112
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 01/06/2026GLACIMONTIS brings you reconstructions of mountain glaciers during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Augusto Lima and @suzetteflantua.bsky.social from @unibergen.bsky.social and the Bjerknes Centre explain why reconstructing ancient glaciers matter. 🧪bjerknes.uib.noMapping the world’s vanished glaciersA global reconstruction of Ice Age mountain glaciers opens new doors for climate and ecosystem research. 054
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 29/05/2026Understanding changes in ocean biological carbon pump and its impact on future climate change remains an outstanding research question. In a new publication Damien Couespel & colleagues @NORCE and BCCR investigate ocean changes in Earth system models 🧪🌊 bg.copernicus.org/articles/23/...bg.copernicus.orgDivergent sensitivities of apparent oxygen utilization to ventilation changes in the deep ocean across Earth system modelsAbstract. The biological carbon pump (BCP), involving photosynthesis at the surface and remineralisation at depth, maintains a significant vertical gradient in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), thereb... 033
Reposted by Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR)OceanICU Project @oceanicu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025🌊 New guest post from OceanICU partners on @carbonbrief.org → How marine life provides climate benefits worth billions of dollars: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h... ✍️ By Damien Couespel (NORCE), Fabio Berzaghi (WMU) , Jerry Tjiputra (NORCE), Richard Sanders (NORCE), and Dagmara Rusiecka (NORCE) 052
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 26/05/2026@jogaudard.bsky.social defends his PhD, "Global Change Impacts on Carbon Dynamics in Alpine Grasslands" at @unibergen.bsky.social. 150
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 20/05/2026We have a guest! David W. J. Thompson from Colorado State University and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social is in Bergen this week. Yesterday he presented work on ocean-atmosphere interactions. Here, discussing with Johannes Lutzmann. 030
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 12/05/2026🧪Community paper: A global research prioritisation for peatland science A global survey identifying urgent research questions. The priorities span climate and carbon, restoration, policy, and local and Indigenous knowledge to guide future research and funding. www.nature.com/articles/s43...nature.comPriority research questions in global peatland science - Communications Earth & EnvironmentGlobal research prioritization for peatland science engaged 467 participants from 54 countries, identifying 50 priority research questions across carbon dynamics, climate impacts, restoration and mana... 061
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 06/05/2026❗NEW POSITION: PhD Research Fellow in Arctic Paleoceanography! The position is for a fixed-term period of 3 years with the possibility of a 4th year with career-promoting work (e.g. teaching at the Department). The position is funded by @unibergen.bsky.social 🧪🌊 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... 0113
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 05/05/2026Field trip to the Folgefonna ice cap. 🧪The PhDs candidates at the Centre for Mountains in Transition at @unibergen.bsky.social had a successful trip to Folgefonna. They set up a weather station that will measure temperature, precipitation, wind, and snow depth. Pictures taken by Håvard Gjesdal: 060
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 04/05/2026Norway has around 1000 official weather stations, but in a country of mountains and fjords, there are still gaps in the map. Marie Pontoppidan, researcher at NORCE and the Bjerknes Centre has used data from private rain gauges to provide more details. bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/regn...bjerknes.uib.noPrivate rain gauges may improve weather forecastsObservations from people's gardens have already helped Marie Pontoppidan. 0111
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 24/04/2026This spring: Bjerknes training program in machine learning. The program consists of a series of training sessions to provide all researchers at the Bjerknes Centre with tools to discover, understand and apply machine learning and neural networks to their own research🧪 More workshops to come! 150
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 21/04/2026The Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes annual meeting started in Bergen today hosted at the University of Bergen. The workshop is gathering more than 100 researchers. The first day of the workshop with a special focus on celebrating 150 years of modern marine research in the Nordic Seas.🌊🧪 031
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 17/04/2026Lars H. Smedsrud from @unibergen.bsky.social and the Bjerknes Centre, has been part of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative. 🧪 In Arctic Today is their piece that examines the growing global demand for critical minerals and the need to listen to local communities: www.arctictoday.com/the-arctic-h...arctictoday.comThe Arctic has the minerals the world wants. Communities should decide the terms - ArcticTodayThe global rush for critical minerals is reaching the Arctic. Whether it benefits the people who live there depends on decisions being made right now. The residents of Narsaq, a small town in southern... 121
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 16/04/2026🤩 We are very proud of the new Centre for Mountain Transition exploring how mountain systems are changing and how we can build resilience for the future. 🧪 Ten new PhD candidates are soon in place - the first field trip just arbound the corner 🏔️ bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/up-a...bjerknes.uib.noUp and running at the Mountain CentreSoon, all ten PhD candidates will be in place at the Centre for Mountains in Transition (CMT). Their first field trip is just around the corner. 051
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 08/04/2026A research trip to Antarctica is planned a long way ahead, often years. Still, there are many things you do not control. Elin Darelius from UiB and Bjerknes experienced this on her seventh trip to the Southern Ocean. What do you do when things don’t go as planned? 🧪🌊 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/krev...bjerknes.uib.noA rough field trip to AntarcticaA research trip to Antarctica is planned a long way ahead, often years. Still, there are many things you do not control. Elin Darelius experienced this on… 050
Reposted by Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR)Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Sciencenorway presents this nice piece by @ellenviste.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no featuring our recent work on the ecology of a changing Arctic, with less sea ice and more light partner.sciencenorway.no/biological-d...partner.sciencenorway.noBeneath the ice, fish have been shielded by the darkness. What happens now that the ice is melting?An advantage for one species may be a disadvantage for another. 1104
Reposted by Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR)Tom J. Langbehn @tomlangbehn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026🐟🦐 Come work with us! We’re offering a PhD position in marine life-history modeling as part of the Arctic Ocean 2050 program. The position is based at the Theoretical Ecology Group at the University of Bergen in Norway. www.jobbnorge.no/nn-no/ledige...jobbnorge.noPh.d.-stipendiat i marin livshistoriemodellering (298243) | Universitetet i BergenStillingstittel: Ph.d.-stipendiat i marin livshistoriemodellering (298243), Arbeidsgivar: Universitetet i Bergen, Søknadsfrist: søndag 12. april 2026 11616
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 25/03/2026At NORCE Research and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, there is a vacancy for a postdoctoral fellow position within paleogenomics of the Arctic Ocean. 🌊 🧪It is a period of 3 years, to strengthen our ERC Synergy project @i2b-erc.bsky.social Apply: karriere.norceresearch.no/en/jobs/7334... 083
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 24/03/2026How does the climate change affect avalanche activity? Scientists at the Bjerknes Centre and the University of Bergen, has uncovered one of the longest, coherent avalanche records in the world, going 10,000 years back. 🧪 What did they find? 👇 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/10-0... 050
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 23/03/2026Congratulations to our new PhD, Julien-Pooya Weihs! Julien successfully defended his thesis, "Investigating understanding, knowledge, and conceptual difficulties using graph network analysis: A study of learners and epistemologies in cloud physics", today. Photo: Kjersti Daae 060
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 23/03/2026This year's sea ice maximum is approaching record low levels – an accelerating trend, according to researchers at @unibergen.bsky.social and Bjerknes. This may indicate that natural variability and the effects of global warming are moving in the same direction. bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/mind... 🧪🌊❄️bjerknes.uib.noLess Sea Ice in the ArcticThis year's sea ice maximum is approaching record low levels – an accelerating trend, according to researchers. 0137
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 16/03/2026❗NEW POSITION! Postdoctoral research fellow at the Geophysical Institute and the Bjerknes Centre, within physical oceanography. The position is for a fixed-term period of 3 years and is associated with the Arctic Ocean 2050 program. 🧪🌊 @unibergen.bsky.social www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noPostdoctoral Research Fellow in physical oceanography (297421) | University of BergenJob title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in physical oceanography (297421), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, April 17, 2026 11921
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 04/03/2026Less ice – more light. What will life be like in a bright, new Arctic? Earlier spring blooms mean less food in summer, when fish need it most. Polar cod in the Barents Sea are particularly vulnerable. 🧪 🌊 🦑 @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/en-l... 0106
Reposted by Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR)Stiftelsen Nansen Senter for Miljø og Fjernmåling (NERSC) @nansensenteret.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Massive volcanic eruptions can cool the atmosphere, but they can also affect ocean currents and trigger abrupt climate shifts. Curious? Read more: nersc.no/en/features/...nersc.noVolcanic eruptions linked to abrupt climate changes during the last ice age - NERSCA new international study shows that large volcanic eruptions in the tropics could disrupt major ocean currents during the last ice age, triggering abrupt, 063
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 23/02/2026To sense the temper of a storm, you need to be right there – in the clouds. 🧪 @haraldsodemann.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social @scienceandtechuib.bsky.socialbjerknes.uib.noRiding the stormA large-scale flight campaign on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean aims to uncover why some extratropical cyclones develop into storms, while others fizzle… 031
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 23/02/2026🧪🌊 Become a researcher within physical ocenography in the Arctic Ocean & the North Atlantic! In our series with available positions, next one out is this one connected to the national research program @arcticocean2050.bsky.social Supervisor: @mariusarthun.bsky.social Come join us in Bergen! 037
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 19/02/2026The ice on Greenland is acting strangely. Deep inside the Greenland ice sheet are giant swirling plume-like structures. These have puzzled scientists for over a decade, but researchers now believe they have finally cracked the mystery. 🧪 www4.uib.no/en/research/...www4.uib.noThe ice on Greenland is acting strangely. Scientists believe they finally know why | UiBThe findings could reshape how we understand future sea level rise, according to researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB). 083
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 18/02/2026Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Bergen has a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position within climate change ecology. Work with @vvandvik.bsky.social and the @ipcc.bsky.social. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... 1127
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 17/02/2026🧪 Come work with us in Bergen! 🌊 Do you have a good understanding of paleoceanography & a masters degree in Geosciences, Marine Biology or similar - this might be your chance to become a researcher 💥 @i2b-erc.bsky.social @polhavet2050.bsky.social Read more and apply here: lnkd.in/e8KBAyPi 046
Reposted by Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR)Jakob Dörr @jakobdoerr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026🌊Where and how is dense water in the Arctic formed? In our new paper, we decompose the Arctic overturning circulation (ArMOC), the northernmost part of the AMOC. Check it out 🔽 @bjerknes.uib.no @mariusarthun.bsky.social @kristoferdoos.bsky.social @nansensenteret.bsky.social @noc.ac.ukos.copernicus.orgThe Arctic overturning circulation: transformations, pathways and timescalesAbstract. The Arctic is the northernmost terminus of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and is an important source of the densest waters feeding its lower limb. However, relatively little... 1249
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 12/02/2026Professor Eystein Jansen is certainly worth celebrating! As Professor Eystein Jansen now turns 73 and becomes Professor Emeritus, the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, the Institute of Earth Science, and the University of Bergen hosted a grand 🧪 celebration in his honor 171