Podcast: Dig into the science Listen to conversations on science with climate experts at the Bjerknes Centre. Stephen Outten and Ingjald Pilskog are hosts. We alternate between English and Norwegian podcasts. Read more
Kikki Kleiven is the new Bjerknes Centre director She follows Tore Furevik and will lead 200 climate researchers the coming four years. Read more
New report: A changing Atlantic Ocean Tor Eldevik leads EASAC report, “A sea of change: Europe’s future in the Atlantic realm”. Read more
The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands "The human footprint is everywhere, even on remote islands", John Birks writes about a new study of past ecology. All around the world, human arrival on islands rapidly affected the local biodiversity. Read more
Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change is unprecedented over the last 18,000 years The acceleration of biodiversity change began millennia ago and was often larger than the shift from the last ice age to modern temperatures, a UiB study published in Science shows. Read more
Learning on deck from Curacao to Havana From autumn 2021, Kerim Nisancioglu's climate and sustainability course enters a whole new campus: aboard the tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, in the Caribbean. But before she sets sail, Meike Becker will install observation instruments to collect data from the sea surface all around the world. Read more
