In just a few years, AI has revolutionized weather prediction, performing much faster than conventional models. One of our newest members at the Bjerknes Centre wants to contribute to the development.

Two instrument-laden buoys ("Knoll" and "Tott") were recently released north of Svalbard, soon to disappear beneath the ice. 

Tom Langbehn receives a grant from the Trond Mohn foundation to investigate particularly nutrient-rich zones in the ocean.

The five-year project will transform our understanding of how environmental factors shaped the evolution of behavioural complexity in early Homo sapiens. 

In the latest episode of the Bjerknes Podcast, experts debate the future of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a crucial component of the global climate system. Listen to colleagues discussing the AMOC in a measured and thoughtful manner. 

When warmer summers eat at the permafrost, pecking beaks hardly make the situation better. 

A holiday trip to Bergen may have contributed to Joshua Dorrington becoming a researcher at the Bjerknes Centre. His field of study fits well in Western Norway.  

The ocean takes up more than three times as much CO₂ from the atmosphere as in 1860. The main culprit is the higher concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere. Emissions have not stopped rising, new report states.

Withered algae sink through the water, covering the sea floor under a layer of decay. It is fall in the ocean, and some fish swim south. 

Researcher Willem van der Bilt was surprised that the results of a project on storminess in a less icy Arctic showed the opposite of what was expected. 

Klimathon 2024 took place last week in Haugesund, bringing together researchers, professionals, and enthusiasts from various sectors across Norway, as well as experts from Europe and the USA.

“The Greenland Sea is my field, but I only knew it through papers and textbooks, and now here I am in it!” said Anna-Marie Strehl, eyes aglow with excitement.

The oceans have relieved the atmosphere from ¼ of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. In the Arctic, thawing permafrost may weaken this mechanism, new research indicates.

By delving into the ancient fossil of pollen preserved in the lake sediments of Kerguelen Islands, Maaike Zwier and her co-authors reconstructed the natural variability of the Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds for the last almost 12 000 years. The interest in pollen came back home. 

The Gulf Stream is depicted in one of two new stamps issued for Norwegian mail, in a series highlighting discoveries and inventions.

Last week, Coppola attended her very first annual meeting at the Bjerknes Centre. She appreciated the wide range of climate research. "The further away from my field, the better."

The Bjerknes Annual Meeting 2024 took place on October 1. The event was a comprehensive review of current research, providing a platform for knowledge exchange and future collaboration among the Bjerknes community.

Bergen is no stranger to precipitations, after all its nickname is “the rainy city”.  With the new convection-permitting model the future of extreme precipitation in Bergen is revealed in even greater detail. 

Young ice breaks apart easier than old ice, and breakup of large areas of sea ice has become increasingly more common.

To know whether emission treaties are complied with, all CO2 must be traceable. Incomplete bookkeeping sent scientists on a search in the Greenland Sea.