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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our marine station #Espegrend in full swing. Field course for BIO102. Our bachelor students enter marine biology. In sabbatical mode myself this year. Just had to pay them a visit...

Lunchtime at Espegrend. RV Hans Brattström docked at the pier.

Student group headed out with RV Hans Brattström

Unlucky Sebastes, but getting its body length documented

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 21/08/2026

Fitness effects of local seasonal adaptation depend on the timing of reproduction in a range-expanding butterfly: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #ProcB #EcoEvo Image: Charles J. Sharp, Wikimedia Commons

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Marine microbes - and whether grazing or infection would dominate in warmer, more nutrient starved waters. @bjerknes.uib.no project at UiB Marine Biological Station #Espegrend. Cool team photo! bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/scie...

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Science never takes a summer break

Summer may be a quieter time for many, but research at the Bjerknes Centre has certainly not stood still. From fieldwork and research cruises to…

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

25 years, 4 colonies across the Arctic: satellite snowmelt data & nest monitoring show that earlier snowmelt advances hatching in little auks — but fitness consequences are mixed. Will earlier breeding help in future? 📝 paper: buff.ly/G49YbQW 🎙️ podcast: buff.ly/LPMOT9w 🧊 blog: buff.ly/lMPDKkD

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Dr Martyna Syposz @martysyposz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thrilled to share this! None of it would have been possible without the persistence and passion of so many researchers going back to the Arctic. This is exactly why we keep going — even when the results feel far away 🐦‍⬛❄️ More thanks in the comments 🙏

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

UArctic 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:

Schematic representation of the impact of sea ice changes on the prey-detection performance of a visually searching fish predator. Sea ice conditions are here represented by a gradient from multiyear ice with substantial snow cover, to the thinner and more homogenous annual ice with less snow, to the ice edge and open waters. Less sea ice means more light entering the ocean, and more light means better visual conditions for fish.

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Leaving the Faroe Islands after an amazing week of UArctic Congress and magic impressions from land, sea, and society. Ocean connectivity was the main conference topic.

Nólsoy. The largest colony of European storm petrels Hydrobates pelagicus is to the left of the mountain.

Aquaculture is a large industry. Koltur and Vágar in the background.

Rocky shores near Tórshavn, with limpets, barnacles and dogwhelks

Øystein in the National Gallery in Tórshavn, Faroe islands. These islands have inspired many

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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Kittiwakes settling on nest platforms in Tromsø

Normal techno with kittiwake wearing sunglasses 🕶️

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Bridge for pedestrians in the making. Looking forward to using it. The UiB BIO-department in the background. #Bergen

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Springtime in Western Norway. Primula vulgaris flowering. #Phenology #Seasonality #Heterostyly

Primula vulgaris flowering. Called kusymre in Norwegian.

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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...

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Ph.d.-stipendiat i marin livshistoriemodellering (298243) | Universitetet i Bergen

Stillingstittel: Ph.d.-stipendiat i marin livshistoriemodellering (298243), Arbeidsgivar: Universitetet i Bergen, Søknadsfrist: søndag 12. april 2026

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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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Ellen Viste @ellenviste.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Mindre is – mer lys. Hvordan blir livet i et nytt og lysere Arktis? Tidligere algeoppblomstring betyr mindre mat om sommeren, når fisken trenger det mest. Polartorsken i Barentshavet er spesielt utsatt. @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @unibergen.bsky.social bjerknes.uib.no/aktuelt/en-l...

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Nordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Society publishers are learned societies publishing research for their scholarly communities. At the NSO, publishing is mission-driven: we reinvest in our members, support their research through our journals and uphold research integrity. 🌿🔬 #SocietyPublishing #OpenScience

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

PhD position, Seabird Ecology, NINA, Tromsø. Part of the Arctic Ocean 2050 research program. Happy to be one of the co-advisers. Excited about that as well as the new program. I let a kittiwake with a polar cod illustrate it all. nina.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/84-phd-...

Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) with a polar cod (Boreogadus saida) in its beak. From a research cruise north of Svalbard. Photo: Øystein Varpe

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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

New opening for a 3-year PhD project in 'Seabird Ecology in a Changing Arctic' at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Tromsø) and the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). Apply before 25 Mar 2026. #seabirdscience @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social nina.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/84-phd-...

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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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Marius Årthun @mariusarthun.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Come join us! PhD position at @unibergen.bsky.social and @bjerknes.uib.no on freshwater transport from the Arctic Ocean and its impacts on the Nordic Seas and subpolar overturning circulation. The position is part of the national Arctic Ocean 2050 program. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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PhD Research Fellow in physical oceanography (295159) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD Research Fellow in physical oceanography (295159), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, March 16, 2026

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

www.nrk.no/vestland/det... Fargerik økologi og biologi på Nordvestlandet. Har sett slike blodraude dammar sjølv, bare litt lenger sør, på øya Frøya i Bremanger. Rock pool Haematococcus algae

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Dette er årsaka til at gåtefullt tjern i Stad skiftar farge

Det går frå sitrongult, grønt til blodraudt. No har forskarar funne svaret på kvifor. – Ein litt morosam kuriositet.

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Kudos to the university library in Oslo. Forbodne bøker. Ytringsfridom. Freedom of speech. #BannedBooksWeek

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Same procedure as every autumn term, kicking it of with field course at #Espegrend, our UiB field station. BIO102 Basic Ecology and Field Methods. Keen students!

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Visited Runde again today. The Northern Gannets, with their long breeding season, are still around. Decent number of recruits as far as I could judge through the binoculars. Morus bassanus, havsule.

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

One year jubilee for this rocky shore experiment. ‪@catiamonteiro.bsky.social‬‬ and @biointeractproj.bsky.social‬ visiting the Bergen site. Treated with a generous low tide. Ascophyllum removal and responses across latitudes. #Seasonality #Espegrend

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Rebecca Duncan @polarbecologist.bsky.social presented at UNIS (Svalbard) today - on her super fascinating PhD work, competed last year. Sea ice ecosystems, fjords, light, seasonality and ice algae. Some of her papers in posts below:

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

View from and towards Arctic Station. Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Island, Greenland. Stranded icebergs and some newly formed and snow covered sea ice. 30 March 2025 #Arctic #ClimateNarratives

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

While others “check on the island’s security” www.bbc.com/news/article... we are heading over to check on the marine ecosystem - in close collaboration with locals and dear Danish colleagues. Nuuk today. Soon at Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq. #ClimateNarratives Photo shows 2023 conditions

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Predation experiment ongoing - part of Nadja Meister´s exciting PhD project. We checked the cages yesterday. Dogwhelks preying on blue mussels in the intertidal, near our field station #Espegrend. Mytilus edulis and Nucella lapillus

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

We're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 05/03/2025

Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week. "...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"

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NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting

Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

We have tried to look into the future. @mariusarthun.bsky.social led the efforts. Several from @bjerknes.bsky.social contributed. Frida Cnossen essential in creating the elegant illustrations (e.g. Fig2 below). Barents Sea. Arctic. Sea Ice. Nansen Legacy. doi.org/10.1525/elem...

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Springtime in south-facing parts of Western Norway. Vipera berus basking in the sun. -7C the night before. #microclimate #phenology ; hoggorm

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Good to see the university bookshop here in Bergen featuring the Arctic. Lot´s of exciting titles

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Trine Bekkby @trinebekkby.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum is called “grisetang” (“pig wrack”) in Norwegian 🐷🌱Channelled wrack, Pelvetia canaliculata, is called “sauetang” («sheep wrack») 🐑🌱 This indicates the historic importance of rockweeds as animal feed. The picture: sheep feeding on “pig wrack” 🌱🐷🐑🌱 #PhycologyFriday

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Splendid keynote by Jonas Hentati-Sundberg. Clever approaches, exciting findings, and deep motivation to understand how seabirds interact with their marine environment

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Backstage at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, part of Swedish Oikos Meeting 2025. Amazing tour of the skin collections

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