Events

Charlotte Rahlves disputerer 3.12.2025 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen "Improving Greenland ice sheet projections across timescales".

Les mer om avhandlingen her:  Grønlandsisens fremtid | Nye doktorgrader | UiB

Hi everyone,

We’ll have our Stormtracks group meeting this Wednesday (03.12), from 12:30 to 13:30 at meeting room 212 (the second floor of east wing). This week Sinan will give a talk on Simulations of two Black Sea extreme events in the future climate using pseudo-global warming.

The meeting will be hybrid and you can join remotely via Zoom: https://uib.zoom.us/j/62886269543?pwd=ajWbi97zr0hbniaoQdZkUtD2EUSSri.1
Meeting ID: 628 8626 9543 | Password: qSKTfKU3

 The meeting schedule for this semester is in the following google doc. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjicxkFp_8Y17LVftgksb1SnqSUSUXogg0pOFZfbK0g/edit?usp=sharing 

See you all there! :)

Cheers,
~Hari and Yangfan

This year, the Bjerknes choir's Christmas concert will take place on Wednesday, December 3rd at 1:30 PM in the foyer of the GFI main building. We hope to see you all there for some Christmas cheer!

Dear all,

Next Monday, December 8th, will be our next X-theme seminar. The topic will be “Fieldwork”, presented by Ella Walsh, Håkon Sandven, Willem van der Bilt and Joseph Gaudard.

From Global, Ella Walsh will present on "Looking back through the Middle Stone Age: fieldwork in Klasies River Cave, South Africa" .

From Polar, Håkon Sandven will present “Optical field measurements in the Arctic".

From Hazards, Willem van der Bilt will present “Hunting for evidence of past tsunamis in the world's biggest fjord”.

From Carbon, Joseph Gaudard will present “The journey of Data: from mountain tops to data papers”.

We hope to see you there!

Best regards,

Fiona, Johannes, Julia and Robin

 Zoom details https://uib.zoom.us/j/62554083320

Password: bScc54hk!

Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit Seminar

Date: Tuesday 9 December 2025

Time: 13:00-14:00

Place:

In person: Bjerknes lecture room 4020 (Jahnebakken 5, top floor)

Online: Zoom

Program:

13:00-13:20 RA1/RA3: Erik Kolstad (NORCE & BCCR): Causal oceanic feedbacks onto the winter NAO 

13:20-13:40 RA2/RA3: Yiguo Wang (NERSC & BCCR): Modulation of decadal prediction skill

13:40-14:00 RA4: Edson Silva (NERSC & BCCR): A new service on prediction of salmon lice with ML

14:00- Mingling and Open Agenda (for those who wish to share or discuss)

*RA stands for Research Area

This informal discussion space is open to all Bjerknes members and guests.

Please feel free to join us and we welcome contributions from all.

Best regards,

Mariko

On behalf of the Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit leader group

KUNNGJØRING PRØVEFORELESNING

Institutt for geovitenskap

Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi
Universitetet i Bergen

Ph.d.-kandidat Johannes Hardeng holder prøveforelesning over følgende oppgitte emne for ph.d.-graden:

Paleo archives and extreme events: Challenges of preserving rare weather events in geological archives

Tid og sted:

Tirsdag 9. desember 2025, kl. 13.15 
Auditorium 5, Realfagbygget

Komité:

Professor Henriette Linge, Institutt for geovitenskap (leder for komiteen)

Professor Andreas Born, Institutt for geovitenskap

Førsteamanuensis Kristian Vasskog, Institutt for geografi

Adgang for interesserte tilhørere.

VELKOMMEN!

KUNNGJØRING DISPUTAS

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN
Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet
Ph.d.-grad

MSc. Johannes Hardeng disputerer for ph.d.-graden:

Tid: Onsdag 10. desember 2025, kl. 10.15 
Sted: Auditorium 5, Realfagbygget

Se her for pressemelding

Se her for avhandling

Kalenderoppføring

Avhandlingens tittel
«Floods and avalanches in a changing climate: Reconstructing frequency and seasonality from lacustrine records in southern Norway»

Opponent
Amanuensis Rachel Lupien
Institut for Geoscience
Aarhus Universitet
Danmark

Opponent
Seniorforsker Juan Pablo Corella
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Spania

Øvrig medlem i komiteen

Professor Henriette Linge
Institutt for geovitenskap, UiB

Leder av disputasen
Professor Ulysses Silas Ninnemann
Institutt for geovitenskap, UiB

Veiledningskomité
Professor Jostein Bakke, Institutt for geovitenskap, UiB (hovedveileder)
Forsker Willem G.M. van der Bilt, Institutt for geovitenskap, UiB (medveileder) 

Adgang for interesserte tilhørere.

Velkommen til lokalet i god tid før disputasen begynner!

The Bjerknes Getaway 2026 wil take place at Scandic Voss.  More info will come in due time.