How can we find out what happens in water that lies underwater?
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10.12.25
Disputas: Johannes Hardeng: «Floods and avalanches in a changing climate: Reconstructing frequency and seasonality from lacustrine records in southern Norway»
KUNNGJØRING DISPUTAS UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet Ph.d.-grad MSc. Johannes Hardeng disputerer for ph.d.-graden: Tid: Onsdag 10. desember 2025, kl. 10.15 Sted: Auditorium 5, Realfagbygget Se her for pressemelding Se her for avhandling Kalenderoppføring Avhandlingens tittel «Floods and avalanches in a changing climate: Reconstructing frequency and seasonality from lacustrine records in southern Norway» Opponent Amanuensis Rachel Lupien Institut for Geoscience Aarhus Universitet Danmark Opponent Seniorforsker Juan Pablo Corella Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Spania Øvrig medlem i komiteen Professor Henriette Linge Institutt for geovitenskap, UiB Leder av disputasen Professor Ulysses Silas Ninnemann Institutt for geovitenskap, UiB Veiledningskomité Professor Jostein Bakke, Institutt for geovitenskap, UiB (hovedveileder) Forsker Willem G.M. van der Bilt, Institutt for geovitenskap, UiB (medveileder) Adgang for interesserte tilhørere. Velkommen til lokalet i god tid før disputasen begynner!
10.12.25
Stormtracks group meeting
Hi everyone, We’ll have our last Stormtracks group meeting of the semester this Wednesday (10.12) from 13:00 to 14:00 in U105. This week Ozan will give a talk on Results from Impetus4Change and EuroCordex simulations of regional climate with WRF. We’ll also have our holiday social with sweets! The meeting will be hybrid and you can join remotely via Zoom: https://uib.zoom.us/j/62886269543?pwd=ajWbi97zr0hbniaoQdZkUtD2EUSSri.1 Meeting ID: 628 8626 9543 | Password: qSKTfKU3 The meeting schedule for this semester is in the following google doc and we’ll have new schedule for next semester soon. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjicxkFp_8Y17LVftgksb1SnqSUSUXogg0pOFZfbK0g/edit?usp=sharing See you all there! :) Cheers, ~Hari and Yangfan
15.12.25
Disputas: Karl Guy Romeo Purcell: "Reconstructions of southern South Africa hydroclimate during the last glacial cycle, and potential linkages to human behavioural developme
Karl Guy Romeo Purcell disputerer 15.12.2025 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen "Reconstructions of southern South Africa hydroclimate during the last glacial cycle, and potential linkages to human behavioural development". Avdekker tidlige menneskers eldgamle miljøer | Nye doktorgrader | UiB
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09.12.25
The cod has followed the thermometer
In recent decades the cod stock in the Barents Sea has gone up and down with the ocean temperature. Future development depends on more than the water.
09.12.25
Looking at freshwater in a new way
Freshwater is quietly reshaping the oceans — and with it, the climate. A new study has looked at how rain, river runoff, and melting sea ice spread through the world’s oceans, revealing differences between the Arctic and Antarctic.
25.11.25
All the water we cannot see
Only a fraction of the ocean lies at the surface. How can we find out what happens in water that lies underwater?