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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 15/06/2026

A 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

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 09/06/2026

Complex, 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... 🧪

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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

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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/...

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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.

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 20/05/2026

We 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.

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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...

A poster advertising a new phd postdoctoral fellowship position

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 05/05/2026

Field 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:

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 24/04/2026

This 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!

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 21/04/2026

The 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.🌊🧪

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 25/03/2026

At 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...

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 24/03/2026

How 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...

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 23/03/2026

Congratulations 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

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 04/03/2026

Less 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...

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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!

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 18/02/2026

Department 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...

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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

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 12/02/2026

The event offered a warm atmosphere with excellent speakers looking toward the future of science, while also acknowledging Jansen’s astonishing scientific career and his remarkable ability to achieve great things—always while being the nice, humble, and soft‑spoken Eystein we know.

From the new generation paleoceanographers, Associate Professor Kaustubh Thirumalai at the University of Arizona, was a vibrant visiting guest, with a great seminar for all of the Bjerknes community the day ahead.

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 12/02/2026

“Eystein set a requirement for the celebration: he wants us to look forward, not backward. And in the spirit of Eystein, it will be a gathering that emphasizes relationships, intellectual exchange and the path forward, a celebration of a vibrant research community", said Dir. @BCCR Kikki Kleiven

Eystein Jansen and Kikki Kleiven at science celebration at Litteraturhuset in Bergen

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 12/02/2026

Professor 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

UiB Rector Margareth Hagen with warm speech to Eystein Jansen

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 19/12/2025

🌊 With two years of observations from the Disko Bay in Greenland, Linda Latuta et.al are out with a new publication - a milestone in the highly interdisciplinary 🧪Climate Narratives-project. All photos: @islarsh.bsky.social

Photo of iceberg and text: New publication: Drivers of seasonal hydrography in Disko Bay, Greenland

Photo of Linda Latuta with scientific gear at the sea ice

Map of Greenland showing Disko bay in Western Greenland

Linda Latuta on sea ice with citation for the new publication

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 15/12/2025

Shifting climates formed early human behavior. Congratulations to our new PhD, Karl Purcell who defended his thesis, "Reconstructions of southern South Africa hydroclimate during the last glacial cycle, and potential linkages to human behavioural development", at @unibergen.bsky.social today! 🧪

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 10/12/2025

Lake sediments tell of past floods. Congratulations to our new PhD, Johannes Hardeng, who successfully defended his thesis, "Floods and avalanches in a changing climate" at @unibergen.bsky.social today! @josteinba.bsky.social

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 03/12/2025

Including past climate improves projections of the Greenland ice sheet in the future. Congratulations to our new PhD, Charlotte Rahlves from NORCE, who defended her thesis at @unibergen.bsky.social today! 🧪

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 17/11/2025

Ecosystem gas fluxes are crucial to water and energy cycling. Fluxes are measured in closed-loop chambers. But how do you deal with the data? An R package by @jogaudard.bsky.social from @unibergen.bsky.social and Bjerknes simplifies processing and comparison. Check it out! 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/2041...

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 14/11/2025

Venning, M. & Bushaka, B. (2024) Co-ordinating agricultural adaptation: Seasonal forecasts and their influence on rural agricultural rythms in Ethiopia. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 14/11/2025

🧪 Do climate services need to change? According to Mats Venning PhD thesis - yes. Many congratulations to Mats Venning, who successfully defended his PhD thesis “Enacting a Global Vision for Climate Services” today! 📷 with supervisor Scott Bremer (left), co-supervisor Erik Kolstad (right)

Picture of the PhD candidate Mats venning with suervisors Scott Bremer (right) and co-supervisor Erik Kolstad (left).

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 04/11/2025

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

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 31/10/2025

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...

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 29/10/2025

🌊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...

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 17/10/2025

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.

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 07/10/2025

We wish Wanyee the best of luck! Find her PhD. press release here (in Norwegian) bjerknes.uib.no/aktuelt/unde... @wanyeewong.bsky.social

Portrait of Wanyee Wong and info on her PhD. defence, finding place October 10 - place: Auditorium 5, Realfagbygget, University of Bergen, time 10.15-13.00. Title of thesis: "Sea ice in the Nordic Seas during Dansgaard-Oeschger events"

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 07/10/2025

🧪⚒️ 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

Text on picture of sunset over the Arctic Ocean: During the last ice age: Between 40.000 and 35.000 years ago, Earth's climate underwent rapid and dramatic fluctiations. Photo: Ellen Viste

Text over image of sea ice in the Arctic: To investigate the role of sea ice more closely, Wanyee Wong analyzed biomarkers from a sediment core retrieved from the eastern Fram Strait. Photo: Ellen Viste

Text over image of calm ocean surface covered with thin pancake ice: The results show that changes in sea ice did not always follow the same pattern as in the broader Nordic Seas and the North Atlantic. Photo: Ellen Viste

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 02/10/2025

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....

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 24/09/2025

🧪 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...

Photo from space of the Greenland Ice Sheet, by NASA satellite. Text: Vacant position as postdoctoral researcher in ice sheet modelling. Deadline 1st october, employer NORCE and BCCR

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 12/09/2025

At the Bergen Assembly until November, Monica Ursina Jäger’s work “The Unseen” is installed in the Amundsen Bar at Hotel Terminus in Bergen. We highly recommend a visit to explore Jäger’s interpretation of the cruises and research.

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 12/09/2025

In a conversation with Ravi Agarwal, Monica Ursina Jäger, Bjerknes Director Kikki Kleiven, and Bjørg Risebrobakken, the panel—led by Louisa Elderton—brought the audience into the depths of the fjords, the science, the arts, and ecology. 🐙 🎨

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 12/09/2025

🧪 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!

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 27/08/2025

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...

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 13/08/2025

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...

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 08/08/2025

🌊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...

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 14/07/2025

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

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 25/06/2025

🧪 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!

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 23/06/2025

🧪🦑 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👇

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 17/06/2025

🧪 @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...

A poster with a reference to a new scientiifc publication: Global variability in LGM cooling amongst paleoclimate datasets affectsbiome reconstruction in mountains. By Eline Rentier et.al

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 10/06/2025

🧪 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

Poster stating: New publicationby Natalya Gallo et al & the question: Are we treating the deep sea in an "out of sight, out of mind"-manner?

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 05/06/2025

This type of natural ventilation is important. The bottom water in Masfjorden has a long residence time, and the oxygen content gradually decreases. When new water flows in, it brings with it much-needed oxygen, which improves conditions for marine life in the fjord.

Photo from a research vessel taking water samples in Masfjorden in Norway.

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 05/06/2025

“The measurements from May show the conditions while the deep-water replacement is still ongoing. By June, it is more or less complete, and a larger part of the basin is filled with more oxygen-rich water,” says Lars Asplin from the Institute of Marine Research and the Bjerknes Centre.

A graf that shows how the oxygen level in Masfjorden changed from January then when the water was replaced with oxygen rich water in May and the latest numbers from June

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 05/06/2025

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.🧪🌊

A photo of Masfjorden in Norway which shows blue water and mountains in the distance, and the tip of a research vessel in front. At the top of the image is the text - what happened in the fjord?

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 30/05/2025

🧪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...

poster with text: Available position as postdoctoral research fellow. Expertise in Ocean biogeochemistry and scientific scripting and programming needed.

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