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08.04.25
The Uncharted Territory of the Anthropocene Climate
How much carbon must be removed to prevent too much global warming? Is it possible to alter the Earth’s energy balance by managing incoming solar radiation? These are some of the questions addressed in the NAVIGATE project.
04.04.25
New research leader: "Looking into other research fields is sometimes challenging, but very rewarding"
"I am enthusiastic about fostering collaborations between different disciplines, and the diverse Bjerknes community is ideal for that", says Stijn De Schepper.
27.03.25
Lowest Sea Ice Level in the Arctic in Five Years
Around March 22, the Arctic sea ice reached its annual maximum for 2025. There has been a very low development of sea ice throughout the winter, with a sharp reduction in January. By the end of the season, the ice approached the 2023 peak but just fell short of it. As a result, the ice cover in 2025 was lower than the past five years.
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09.04.25
Stormtracks group meeting
Josh - What's up with European rainfall in two CMIP6-style large ensembles?
11.04.25
PhD defense: Andrew Walter Seidl
Title of the thesis: "Profiling the stable isotope signature of water vapour from kinetic fractionation in Arctic conditions" Ny forskning kaster lys over fuktighetsutvekslingen i Arktis | Nye doktorgrader | UiB Opponents: Adriana Raudzens Bailey, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Jesper Sjolte, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Leader of the committee Professor Joachim Reuder
15.04.25
Prøveforelesning Inès Ollivier
Inès Ollivier holder prøveforelesning tirsdag 15. April kl. 10:00 over oppgitt emne: “Drivers and causes of Dansgaard-Oeschger Events during the last glacial period”. I prøveforelesningskomitéen er: Joachim Reuder, leder Costijn Zwart Ingo Bethke Veiledere: Hans Christian Steen-Larsen (hovedveileder) Barbara Stenni (biveileder) Prøveforelesningen holdes på U105. Studenter er også velkomne!