In 2017, researchers retrieved an eleven-metre-long sediment core from Lake Vangsvatnet in Voss. The core reveals 8,000 years of flood history in the community, west in Norway.

Abstract The shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs) developed by the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) are formulated as broad, archetypal pathways the world might follow into the future. They provide information about possible human and ecological trajectories on global scale yet lack region-specific details that are important for scenario development to support policy and management at national and regional levels. Here, we consider four of the five SSPs (SSP1-nature first, SSP3 – regional rivalry, SSP4 – inequality and SSP5-world markets) and explore their implications for the Barents Sea region at the horizon of 2100. We focus on maritime sectors of particular relevance to the region: fisheries, shipping, defence, renewable energy, environmental protection, tourism, and oil and gas. We construct storylines describing the regional development of each of these sectors along the four archetypal SSPs. We then present the completed regional pathways to stakeholders representing each of the sectors, to collect feedback and make revisions where necessary. These regionalised SSPs provide a potential test-ground for future scenarios through planned ecosystem modelling. This regionalised analysis reveals that the geopolitical situation is a critical uncertainty with potentially large implications on the other marine sectors in the future. In addition, global targets such as reaching 30x30 (protecting 30% of marine areas by 2030) have potential large-scale impact on area-demanding sectors, such as fisheries, and in particular bottom trawling. The pathways presented here are suggested as a starting point for further discussions on possible future trajectories in the Barents Sea. Speaker information Cecilie Hansen is an ecosystem modeler and research professor at the Institute of Marine Research (HI). She has worked with different modelling frameworks – from simple phytoplankton models to complex ‘whole world’ models – with a focus on overall impacts from anthropogenic activities, including climate change, in the Nordic and Barents Seas .

Dear all, As part of our Bjerknes Proposal Writing Class, we invite the whole BCCR community to a special seminar: "How to succeed with your project proposal - successful applicants share their experience". It is taking place on 13th October 2026, 10:30 – 12:00, the programme and the meeting link are below. We hope that many of you will join! Cheers Cat and Nadine ********** PROGRAMME *********** Invited speakers: Neda Gilannejad, Senior Researcher, Aquaculture and Marine Biodiversity Group, NORCE Successful Proposals: Researcher Project for Early Career Scientists, Research Council of Norway (2026): CopeFISH: Copepod-based Feeds for Improved Salmon Health and Aquaculture Sustainability, and Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (2025): Zinc-SAFE: Optimizing Zinc Supplementation in Salmon Feed for Improved Bioavailability, Fish Health, and Reduced Environmental Impacts Sebastian Wolf, Researcher, Department of Earth Science, UiB Successful proposals: Trond Mohn Research Starting Grant (2026) - ICICLE Our invited speakers will answer the following questions, as well as additional questions from the audience: 1. Why do you think that your proposal was successful? What made the trick, compared to other excellent proposals? 2. Did you submit unsuccessful proposals during your career? 3. How can we be successful? ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/379539299579761?p=6EZdYPqsgKytwKYUUt Meeting ID: 379 539 299 579 761 Passcode: er2SB2n9