Ocean science seminar - Autonomous landers and their applications for deep-sea research

The Fjord and Coastal Ecology research group is pleased to invite all interested in marine ecology, deep-sea communities, and ocean monitoring to join us for a seminar held by Kevin Hardy (Global Ocean Design), Ashley Nicoll (Stony Brook University) and Natalya Gallo (University of Bergen).

Blue foods for health and sustainability: Talk and Tasting session at Lysverket restaurant

Ticket price: 350,- NOK – link for ticket purchase here.

Limited seats: 30

Talk and Tasting session at Lysverket restaurant; the restaurant is housed in KODE art museum Lysverket, overlooking the lake Lille Lungegårdsvann and the surrounding park. Lysverket founder and Michelin star chef Christopher Haatuft presents a three part tasting menu with local “blue foods” in dialouge with Dr. Michelle Tigchelaars talk. 

Dr. Michelle Tigchelaar is a research scientist with the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University. As an interdisciplinary climate scientist she focuses on the impacts of climate change on food systems, spanning the aquatic and terrestrial and the ecological and human. At the Center for Ocean Solutions, she coordinates the Blue Food Assessment, an integrative assessment of the role of aquatic foods (food from marine and freshwater systems) in transformations towards healthy, sustainable, just and resilient food systems.

Michelle Tigchelaar's research involves developing tools for assessing blue-green climate risk to nutrition and identifying climate impacts and adaptations for food worker health. She is passionate about leveraging scientific findings for positive impact through policy engagement and strategic communication.

Christopher Haatuft, Bergen native and founder of the Michelin star Lysverket restaurant. Haatuft is passionate about local ingredients that can be harvested in the fjords along the west coast of Norway. He has also coined the term: “neo-fjordic”. 

Welcome to a science talk with a taste of the fjords.

Exclusive preview of the exhibition “Ocean Stories” opening the 14th of April 2023 included in ticket.

The event is hosted by the project Climate Narratives and is part of One Ocean Week.

Kunst fra Stillehavet, Fiji og Grønland

Lørdag og søndag: kl. 11.00–17.00
Mandag: stengt 
Tirsdag, onsdag, fredag: kl. 11.00–16.00 
Torsdag: kl. 11.00–20.00 

Kunstutstilling på Kode i regi av prosjektet Climate Narratives.

Ocean stories

In conjunction with One Ocean Week in Bergen, the University of Bergen and Kode invites you to an exhibition featuring art from the Pacific Ocean, Fiji and Greenland.

Greenland and Fiji are very distant parts of the world, but the people who live there are connected through their proximity to nature, their rich narrative culture, the dependence on natural resources, and the pressure from increasing tourism.

At the same time, both places are strongly affected by climate change: ice is melting, and the sea is rising. In Greenland, new land is laid bare while the sea creeps into the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean.One side of the exhibition will be dedicated to artists from Fiji, the other side will be dedicated to artists from Greenland.

The interaction between these two very different geographical locations will be elaborated in artworks, lectures and tours. Researchers and artists from the University of Bergen: the Art Academy (KMD), the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences who work with climate and sea level.

How do the communities along the coast of Greenland and on the low-lying Pacific islands face these changes?

In the exhibition “Ocean Stories”, artists from Greenland and Fiji tell the stories. The interaction between these two very different geographical locations is explored through artwork, lectures and conversations.

What are the challenges and what are the opportunities in the face of climate change, now and in the future?

The exhibition is part of the project “Climate Narratives” which is led by the University of Bergen, where research in the fields of art, social science and natural science engages in dialogue with site-specific indigenous knowledge, across cultures and generations.

The art exhibition will set the framework for the planned future exhibitions in Greenland and Fiji.

Artists:Irami Buli, Atueta Rabuka, John Vitolio, Nancy Sharma, Ulamila Buiravonu Bulamaibau, Anare Somumu, Susie Elliot, Johanna Beasley, Ben Fong, Nemani Nabalarua, Tomasi Domomate, Paula Ligairua, Josaia McNamara, Jeke Lagi, Skade Henriksen, Eamon O’Kane, Kristian Fly, Karl Petersen, Naja Rosing-Asvid, Julie Edel Hardenberg, Simon Kristoffersen, Aka Hoegh, Lisa Kreutzmann

Scientists and anthropologists involved

Kerim H. Nisancioglu, Edvard Hviding, Mathew Stiller Reeve, Natalya Gomez, Kristin Richter, Ragnhild Freng Dale, Siri Veland, Camilla S. Andresen, Lars H. Smedsrud, Fiamma Straneo, Andreas Born, Øystein Varpe, Torkel Gissel Nielsen.

Curators

Larry Thomas is director of the Oceania Centre at University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva Fiji. He is a renowned playwright, filmmaker, and curator.

Andreas Hoffmann is a curator, writer, researcher, lecturer, currently director for Ilulissani Katersugaasiviit/ / Ilulissat Art Museum, Kalaallit Nunaat / Greenland and artistic director and chief curator of Arctic Culture Lab.

Eamon O’Kane is an artist and professor of visual art at KMD, UiB he is Co- Principal Investigator on the NFR, Climate Narratives project.

Åpning av kunstutstilling på Kode i regi av Climate Narratives og OneOceanWeek

Ocean stories

In conjunction with One Ocean Week in Bergen, the University of Bergen and Kode invites you to an exhibition featuring art from the Pacific Ocean, Fiji and Greenland.

Greenland and Fiji are very distant parts of the world, but the people who live there are connected through their proximity to nature, their rich narrative culture, the dependence on natural resources, and the pressure from increasing tourism.

At the same time, both places are strongly affected by climate change: ice is melting, and the sea is rising. In Greenland, new land is laid bare while the sea creeps into the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean.One side of the exhibition will be dedicated to artists from Fiji, the other side will be dedicated to artists from Greenland.

The interaction between these two very different geographical locations will be elaborated in artworks, lectures and tours. Researchers and artists from the University of Bergen: the Art Academy (KMD), the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences who work with climate and sea level.

How do the communities along the coast of Greenland and on the low-lying Pacific islands face these changes?

In the exhibition “Ocean Stories”, artists from Greenland and Fiji tell the stories. The interaction between these two very different geographical locations is explored through artwork, lectures and conversations.

What are the challenges and what are the opportunities in the face of climate change, now and in the future?

The exhibition is part of the project “Climate Narratives” which is led by the University of Bergen, where research in the fields of art, social science and natural science engages in dialogue with site-specific indigenous knowledge, across cultures and generations.

The art exhibition will set the framework for the planned future exhibitions in Greenland and Fiji.

Artists:Irami Buli, Atueta Rabuka, John Vitolio, Nancy Sharma, Ulamila Buiravonu Bulamaibau, Anare Somumu, Susie Elliot, Johanna Beasley, Ben Fong, Nemani Nabalarua, Tomasi Domomate, Paula Ligairua, Josaia McNamara, Jeke Lagi, Skade Henriksen, Eamon O’Kane, Kristian Fly, Karl Petersen, Naja Rosing-Asvid, Julie Edel Hardenberg, Simon Kristoffersen, Aka Hoegh, Lisa Kreutzmann

Scientists and anthropologists involved

Kerim H. Nisancioglu, Edvard Hviding, Mathew Stiller Reeve, Natalya Gomez, Kristin Richter, Ragnhild Freng Dale, Siri Veland, Camilla S. Andresen, Lars H. Smedsrud, Fiamma Straneo, Andreas Born, Øystein Varpe, Torkel Gissel Nielsen.

Curators

Larry Thomas is director of the Oceania Centre at University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva Fiji. He is a renowned playwright, filmmaker, and curator.

Andreas Hoffmann is a curator, writer, researcher, lecturer, currently director for Ilulissani Katersugaasiviit/ / Ilulissat Art Museum, Kalaallit Nunaat / Greenland and artistic director and chief curator of Arctic Culture Lab.

Eamon O’Kane is an artist and professor of visual art at KMD, UiB he is Co- Principal Investigator on the NFR, Climate Narratives project.

Climate change in the Pacific Islands and the Caribbean: young voices

Skoledag på Statsraad Lehmkuhl

Akvariet i Bergen, Bjerknessenteret for klimaforskning og Universitetet i Bergen inviterer ungdomsskolene i Bergen til et felles arrangement ombord på Statsraad Lehmkuhl under One Ocean Week.

Det blir lansering av One Ocean Future i regi av Akvariet i Bergen, samt aktivitetsbaserte forskningsstasjoner med fokus på klima, hav og bærekraft i regi av forskere fra Bjerknessenteret.

Tema og aktiviteter for dagen:

• Tar vi godt nok vare på havet? – En rekke toppinnledere kommer, og det blir debatt for de unge
• Disse ungdommene gjør noe med utfordringene – hør historiene og møt dem.
• Forskningsstasjoner hvor elever får prøve seg som havforskere under kyndig veiledning av studenter og forskere fra Bjerknessenteret.

Vi har lagt opp til to sesjoner med opptil 150 skoleelever i hver, den første fra 09:00-11:30 og den andre fra 11:30-14:00. Begge inkludert enkel lunsj ombord.

Den første timen blir felles på stordekket med innlegg og diskusjon etterfulgt av en time med forskningsaktiviteter på og under dekk sammen med forskere og studenter som deltok på One Ocean Expedition. I tillegg til deltakere fra Norge har vi unge forskere fra Jamaica og USA med ombord.

Informasjon om påmelding.

Bjerknes polar workshop : "Greenland Ice Sheet Stability - lessons from the past"

Bjerknes polar workshop - save the dates! 

Tropics group discussion

Save the date, program to be published later.

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