A fresh look at the Gulf Stream’s Arctic limb
18.12.2013, 00:00
A recent Bjerknes study shows that the Gulf Stream’s Arctic limb is constrained by its heat transfer from the south.
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More than 50 mill NOK for Arctic sea ice and Greenland ice sheet research
10.12.2013, 00:00
What will happen to the Greenland Ice Sheet if the Arctic sea ice covers disappears? The European Research Council (ERC) has granted paleoclimate researchers at the University of Bergen and Uni Research more than 50 mill NOK for five years of research.
Captain Climate
22.11.2013, 00:00
"I can hardly believe my luck: to interview the greatest climate researcher of our times!" Hella Wittmeier writes in "Captain Climate – Talking to WALLY BROECKER Part I" for ClimateSnack.
New CO2 emission record in human history
18.11.2013, 00:00
A new report shows that global emissions of carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels will reach 9,8 gigaton carbon (GtC) in 2013, which is 61% above the emissions in 1990.
The window is closing for the two-degrees target
11.11.2013, 00:00
Time is short to reach the two-degree target. This will demand an ambitious transformation to a low emission world and preferably the world’s leaders will be able to negotiate a global climate treaty from 2015.
In search of five new researchers
11.11.2013, 00:00
Uni Research starts up four new research projects next year.
Norway is punching right on top of climate change research
23.10.2013, 00:00
Norway is punching right on top of climate change research, in spite of its small population claims Andrew Watson, University of Exeter, when visiting the Bjerknes climate research community in Bergen.
Footprint of humanity changes the planet
02.10.2013, 00:00
The footprints of mankind are imprinting ever more on the climate, according to the Fifth Assessment Report from the IPCC.
Arctic climate variability is normal
18.09.2013, 00:00
A new study demonstrates that natural variability in the Arctic is large, and is not conflicting the global warming trend.
Bringing the North Pacific to life 14,000 years ago
27.08.2013, 00:00
A “perfect storm” of nutrients and light brought the North Pacific to life 14,000 years ago during the last deglaciation.
The North Atlantic Ocean drives the weather
20.08.2013, 00:00
Jacob Bjerknes, the father of modern weather forecasting, suggested that there would be a connection between European weather and temperatures in the North Atlantic. Fifty years later, Bjerknes Centre in Bergen helps to prove that Bjerknes was right in his prediction.
Minute shells reveal climate change
12.06.2013, 00:00
How hot was it really three million years ago? Samples at Uni Climate’s new laboratory may help to provide the answer.
International scientists coming to Bergen
15.05.2013, 00:00
Nine guest scientists will visit Bergen in 2013 under the auspices of the Bjerknes Visiting Fellow Programme.
- Adapting to climate change is crucial
13.05.2013, 00:00
Society must prepare for climate change. Researchers at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research are ready to play their part.
The Bjerknes Centre has received the Christie prize
26.04.2013, 00:00
- This is a great acknowledgement of what we have accomplished, both in research and outreach, said Eystein Jansen.
Ready for Climate Snacks
18.03.2013, 00:00
Mathew Reeve has created an alternative way to climate blogging. The blog is based around an improvement-by-doing ideology.
Agreements with Hawaii
04.03.2013, 00:00
The Bjerknes Centre will collaborate with scientists in Hawaii.
Circulation changes in a warmer ocean
22.02.2013, 00:00
In a new study, scientists suggest that the pattern of ocean circulation was radically altered in the past when climates were warmer.
Summer school for climate researchers
11.02.2013, 00:00
Each year young scientists spend some weeks at summer school to learn even more about climate research. This year’s ACDC will be held in Vesterålen.
Getting new impulses abroad
08.02.2013, 00:00
Camille Li has left the Bjerknes Centre and Bergen for a few months, choosing New York to learn even more about climate research.