Understanding climate
for the benefit of society

Thea Svensson

Kommunikasjon, Bjerknessenteret

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The Bjerknes Annual Meeting 2024 took place on October 1. The event was a comprehensive review of current research, providing a platform for knowledge exchange and future collaboration among the Bjerknes community.

Bergen is no stranger to precipitations, after all its nickname is “the rainy city”.  With the new convection-permitting model the future of extreme precipitation in Bergen is revealed in even greater detail. 

The Workshop on Climate Prediction and Services over the Atlantic-Arctic Sector took place in Bergen on May 27-30. Streams from the workshop are now available.

The Arctic has experienced significant changes due to climate change. A clear sign of this change is the retreat of sea ice, with implications for global weather patterns, ecosystems, and human activity.

Another year is behind us and 2024 is raring to go. 2023 has been a year of new records, from heatwaves, both marine and on land, as well as record breaking CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. But it has also been a year of progress, among other things the East Greenland Ice-Core Project reached bedrock in Greenland for the first time. So, before we take on the challenges and possibilities of a new year, let’s take a moment to look back on the year of 2023.