Tori Pedersen
Kommunikasjonsrådgjevar/ Communications officer
GFI West wing
Jahnebakken 5
E-mail: tori.pedersen@uib.no
Phone: +47 91 10 14 40
From chaos to climate
19.11.2024, 08:53
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.
Wild is the wind - Arctic lake records 10 000 years of storminess and reveals a big surprise
11.11.2024, 09:50
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.
Gone with the wind
14.10.2024, 11:22
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.
Meet our new SAC member: Erika Coppola
07.10.2024, 09:57
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."
Kerala project: "Giving back to the community that shaped me"
10.09.2024, 11:23
He moved from the beautiful landscapes of Kerala to the research labs in Bergen. Now, Roshin Raj wants to give back to his roots by contributing with key insights in the Kerala project.
What can pollen tell us about the wind?
29.08.2024, 20:26
The climate and the westerly winds in the sub-Antarctic are variable, but their behavior over long timescales is uncertain. In her dissertation, Maaike Zwier reveals how the Westerlies have shifted in both strength and position over the last 12,000 years.
Exploring climate and health links
26.08.2024, 21:32
To assemble people who are interested in finding the links between climate and health, and to develop high-quality research and educational projects. That was the goal of the second meeting held by the Pandemic Centre and the Bjerknes Centre.
New discoveries on Kerguelen
16.07.2024, 11:59
After a field trip to Kerguelen around Christmas time in 2019, several research studies have emerged. Talin Tuestad and Jarle Børve Sleire from the Department of Earth Science at UiB and the Bjerknes Centre have been working with moraines and sediment cores from the island.
CHESS ends on a high note
14.06.2024, 12:05
It has been almost nine years with courses, summer schools and exchange of knowledge and experiences. Tuesday, the research school CHESS has its final Annual Meeting.
Presentation: Stefan Sobolowski
03.06.2024, 11:27
In February Stefan Sobolowski started as leader for the Global Climate research group.