Stormtracks group meeting
Kontakt: Stefan (stefans@uib.no) eller Camille (camille.li@uib.no)
International Quaternary webinar
November 6th: Alberto Reyes, University of Alberta, Canada
Topic: TBA
Recommended paper: TBA
Les merBCCR Monday seminar: “Predictability of African rainfall: Why we need nowcasting for the people”.
Next Monday (11th November) at 14:15, there will be a BCCR seminar by Douglas Parker on “Predictability of African rainfall: Why we need nowcasting for the people”.
The seminar will take place in the Bjerknes lecture room (4th floor, room 4020). For those not able to attend in person, it will be possible to join on zoom.
Abstract can be found via the link
Les merClimate Futures Faglig Seminar / Scientific Seminar
Tir / Tue 12. November (språk / language: English)
Introduksjon av nye medlemmer:
Mariko Koseki (UiB) - “Forecast archive - Making forecasts available”
Ingo Bethke (UiB) - “Verification of the Climate Futures forecasts”
Contact person: Iselin Medhaug
Les merInternational Quaternary webinar
November 13th: Evelien van Dijk, University of Oslo, Norway
Topic: Winter is coming: the climatic impact of large volcanic events in the Holocene
Recommended paper: van Dijk et al.,2024 Communications, Earth & Environment
Les merPhD Forum: External funding event
Hello everyone,
This month’s scientific event will be on External Funding for PhDs, hosted by Friederike Hoffmann.
If you’re interested in finding out how to apply for funding for travel, mobility, or future post-doc positions then this is the event for you. The event will also feature talks from Helene Stemland and Thomas Thuesen, two previous PhD who managed to secure themselves funding. They will share their experiences and give you further insights into what you can expect during the funding application process.
When: Thursday 14th November, 13:00 – 15:00
Where: Kvartsitten, Realfagbygget
You can sign up for the event here. If there’s a particular type of funding you want to find out about, you can let us know in the sign-up form.
Best wishes,
The PhD Forum Board (Ana, Daniel, Ina, Linda, Marianne, Pushpak and Torunn)
Seminar: Activism, Engagement & Integrity
Dear all,
We are pleased to invite you to a BCCR seminar on activism and the role of researchers, next Thursday at 13:00.
The seminar will begin with the film Sivil ulydighet (Civil Disobedience), which runs for 40 minutes. This will be followed by a discussion featuring three Bjerknesians who are actively engaged in climate issues in various ways.
You can find a teaser for the film here
Our discussion will explore the boundaries between activism and engagement, the role of researchers, trust, and scientific integrity. We are not seeking definitive answers but hope to spark an interesting conversation. Audience questions are welcome.
The panel:
- Ina Nagler, PhD student at Geo and member of Scientist Rebellion
- Mari Myksvoll, researcher at IMR and member of the political party Sentrum
- Lise Øvreås, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and Professor at Bio
The discussion will be moderated by Gudrun Sylte.
Time & place:
Thursday 14. November kl 1300 – 1500
To order coffee & biscuits, and have a feeling of the interest for this event, please sign up here!
Best regards,
Gudrun Sylte
SAS webinar #5: The Arctic Ocean's carbon cycle
The Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) is a researcher-driven initiative that aims to enhance ongoing ocean monitoring with ship-based measurements, to establish the present states of the Arctic Ocean ecosystem, carbon cycle and associated hydrography. SAS has coordinated a multi-ship survey using an international fleet of icebreakers and research vessels, where more than 25 cruises from 11 different nations collected a set of parameters across the Arctic Ocean in 2020-2022. This comprehensive dataset will allow for unprecedented assessments and provide a unique baseline to track future climate change and its impacts. For more information, please visit our website: https://synopticarcticsurvey.w.uib.no/
This webinar showcases recent updates on carbon exchange between the different pools in the carbon cycle of the Arctic Ocean. Marine carbon originates from river run-off (terrestrial) or air-sea fluxes (atmospheric) and is exported to the deep through large-scale currents where it feeds benthic organisms if there is sufficient light and other nutrients. There will be three solicited talks with room for questions and discussions:
Tracing the origins and fate of freshwater and organic carbon in the lower limb of the AMOC
Caroline Gjelstrup - Postdoc. at DTU Aqua, Denmark
Arctic Ocean CO2 uptake
Sayaka Yasunaka - Professor at Tohoku University, Japan
An Assessment of CO2 Uptake in the Arctic Ocean From 1985 to 2018 - Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Seafloor primary production in the Arctic: Status and trends
Karl Attard - Associate professor at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
The webinar will take place in Zoom. If you would like to join the webinar, please register to receive the meeting link:
https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=18080617
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the SAS coordinator at Maria.Bezem@uib.no
Stormtracks group meeting
Kontakt: Stefan (stefans@uib.no) eller Camille (camille.li@uib.no)
International Quaternary webinar
November 20th: Helen Dulfer, Sheffield University, UK
Topic: Deciphering ice sheet retreat from glacial landforms observed in high-resolution (2 m) digital elevation models: reconstructing the Scandinavian Ice Sheet
Recommended paper: TBA
Les merMachine Learning Journal Club
Kontakt: Stefan (stefans@uib.no), Julien (Julien.Brajard@nersc.no) eller João (joao.bettencourt@uib.no)
Carbon system: Land Ocean Continuum + Coastal Zone biogeochemistry
We will be discussing carbon cycle and biogeochemistry in the land-ocean continuum and coastal zone. There will be presentations and group work. Contact Are Olsen (are.olsen@uib.no) or Nadine Goris (nago@norceresearch) if you would like to participate
Open 25 minute presentations at the ACACIA kickoff meeting
Dear all,
Next week we’re hosting the kickoff meeting for the new ACACIA EU project here at the Bjerknes Centre. To capitalise on this, I’ve asked Frédéric and Linda to give 25-minute presentations which will be open to all BCCR researchers. Hope to see many of you there; snacks and coffee/tea will be served!
Erik Kolstad.
Linda Hirons is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) at the University of Reading, UK. She has a background in Tropical Meteorology with a particular interest in the drivers of weather and climate variability and change over Africa. Her previous work has focused on understanding the sources of sub-seasonal (2-4 week ahead) predictability over Africa. More recently leading to working with communities of forecasters, researchers and decision-makers in Africa towards co-producing reliable and actionable sub-seasonal forecasts for application in Energy, Health, Agriculture and Food Security sectors. She is passionate about seeing advances in scientific understanding lead to improvements in the anticipating and communicating earlier warning of high-impact events to build climate-resilient African communities.
Frédéric Vitart is a Senior Research Scientist at the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). After graduating with a PhD in atmospheric and oceanic sciences from Princeton University, he joined ECMWF in 1998, where he leads the research team on ensemble sub-seasonal forecasts. He has over 20 years of experience in sub-seasonal and seasonal prediction, couple ocean-atmosphere modeling, tropical and mid-latitude meteorology, tropical cyclone prediction. He was co-chair of the joint World-Weather research programme, World Climate research programme sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction project (S2S).
Prøveforelesning - Vår Dundas: “Contrasts between the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice in the climate system”.
I prøveforelesningskomitéen er:
- Kjetil Våge, leder
- Helene Langehaug
- Lars Henrik Smedsrud
Veiledere:
- Kjersti Daae (hovedveileder)
- Elin Darelius (biveileder)
Prøveforelesningen holdes i Foredragssal 200.
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Stormtracks group meeting
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