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– We have missed an opportunity to meet across the Atlantic on a daily basis for scientific discussions. In this webinar series we are using the best resources at both institutions, says Professor Jostein Bakke at Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen.
The firs lecture will be given at Wednesday the 22th of January at 15:00 in Pal. Strat salen at Department of Earth Science. This is an experiment for UoB and their partner institution at the University of Massachusetts (UMASS). The two institutions have many common research interests and both institutions have strong groups within in palaeoclimatic research.
The webinar every Wednesday at 15:00 for the coming semester is an experiment with a larger potential. If it turns out well, it may be expanded in subsequent semesters to include speakers from other institutions.
In fall semester it will be part of the course portfolio at Department of Earth Sciences, named GEOV 332 and it will give the participating students 10 credits and will include the lectures, a written essay and oral exam.
However, Jostein Bakke assumes a lecture series of this format should be interesting for the undergraduate students, graduate students and staff members to follow without having any credits.
It is possible to follow the webinar on smartphone or tablet, so you do not need to be in the seminar room in Bergen or Massachusetts to join in. The webinar are using the platform fuzebox, with the possibility to connect with one hundred participants in one meeting. If you need access, please contact Jostein Bakke.
I addition the lectures will be presented on a web page free to be watched at any time.
The webinar starts up at 15:00 sharp, as there will be US students with their own class schedules to follow. Lectures will last for 45 minutes followed by questions from both sides of the Atlantic for 15 minutes.
Julie Brigham-Grette at UMASS is the first to give a lecture with the talk ”Arctic Climate History of the past 3,6 Myrs from Lake El’gygytgyn, NE Russia: Relevations and Next Directions”. Brigham-Grette has lately published a paper in Science on the results from Lake El’gygytgyn.
Schedule of Speakers:
Jan 22 Julie Brigham-Grette, UMass:
Arctic Climate History of the past 3.6 Myrs from Lake El'gygytgyn, NE Russia: Revelations and Next Directions
Jan 29 Ulysses Ninnemann, University of Bergen:
Large reductions in North Atlantic Deep Water during warmer than present conditions—lessons from the last interglacial
Feb 5 Alan Condron, UMass:
Arctic sea ice export as a trigger for abrupt climate change
Feb 12 Hans Petter Sejrup, University of Bergen:
Impact and stability of marine based ice streams; evidence from the Norwegian Channel Ice Stream (NCIS), eastern North Sea
Feb 19 Rob Deconto: UMass:
Antarctica’s contribution to sea-level rise during the Last Interglacial and in the future
Feb 26 Jan Mangerud, University of Bergen:
From LGM to the Early Holocene; Ice-margin retreat and fluctuations in Western Norway
March 5 Ray Bradley, UMass:The signal of Heinrich events in the Tropics and Sub-Tropics
March 12 Jostein Bakke, University of Bergen:
Reconstruction of alpine glaciers at the rim of the poles
March 26 Jeff Salacup, UMass:
A new high resolution recorder of coastal environmental evolution: Estuarine alkenones from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
April 2 John Inge Svendsen, University of Bergen:
Glacial and climate history in the Russian Arctic during the last interglacial- glacial cycle
April 9 Stephen Burns, UMass:
Speleothem records of changes in the South American Summer Monsoon in the Late Quaternary
April 16 – Norway: Easter vacation April 23: UMass: (Monday schedule)
April 30 Kerim Nisancioglu, University of Bergen:
Abrupt climate changes during the last glacial cycle