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03.09.2024 09:00 - 03.09.2024 14:30
NERSC Copernicus lecture room

Workshop on marine heatwaves in the northern seas

Dear all, 

A kind reminder of the upcoming workshop on marine heatwaves in the northern seas. 

You are very welcome to join for the whole or parts of the program. The program is given below.

Please let me know if you are joining :)

All the best,

Helene Langehaug

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September 3, 2024, at the Nansen Center (Copernicus lecture room):

Session 1 (09-12): Presentations on ongoing research studies

0900-0910: Helene: Welcome

0910-0930: Geir Ottersen: Marine Heat Waves in IPCC SROCC and Northern sea areas reports – a brief overview (online talk)

0930-1000: Roshin Raj: Marine Heat Waves in the Barents Sea: Updates (online talk)

1000-1030: Silvana González: Characterization of marine heatwaves in Norwegian waters

1030-1045: Coffee/Tea break

1045-1115: Tsuyoshi Wakamatsu: Status of the Arctic Ocean BGC reanalysis for the Arctic marine heatwave biogeochemical impact study

1115-1145: Marianne Williams-Kerslake: Characteristics of marine heatwaves in the Svalbard region

1145-1200: Helene R. Langehaug: Marine heatwaves in the Barents Sea – can we predict them?

Lunch: 12-1230

Session 2 (1230-1430): Discussion

1230-1245: Introduction to discussion

1245-1315: Discussion on impacts of marine heatwaves

1315-1330: Coffee/Tea break

1330-1400: Discussion on which information could potentially be useful for stakeholders

1400-1430: Helene: wrap-up and feedback

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04.09.2024 14:00 - 04.09.2024 15:00
TBD

Stormtracks group meeting

Kontakt: Stefan (stefans@uib.no) eller Camille (camille.li@uib.no)

05.09.2024 14:15 - 05.09.2024 15:45
Lille auditorium, Datablokken, Høyteknologisenteret

PhD-defense Maaike Zwier: “Winds of change. A multi-proxy approach to constrain Holocene climate and wind dynamics in the sub-Antarctic”

Disputas / PhD-defense Maaike Zwier (“Winds of change A. multi-proxy approach to constrain Holocene climate and wind dynamics in the sub-Antarctic”)

 

06.09.2024 12:15 - 06.09.2024 13:00
Bjerknes Centre - Classroom 4020 (4th floor, Jahnebakken 5).

Prøveforelesning/Trial lecture- “The BCCR role in climate hazards research and addressing societal needs: priorities, opportunities, and challenges“

I forbindelse med utlyst stilling som førsteamanuensis og forskningsleder i marin paleoklima og jordsystemstabilitet inviteres dere til prøveforelesning med:  

 

Stijn de Schepper fredag 6. september 2024, kl 12:15-13:00. Sted: BjerknessenteretUndervisningsrom 4020  (4. etasje, Jahnebakken 5)

Tema for prøveforelesningen er  The BCCR role in climate hazards research and addressing societal needs: priorities, opportunities, and challenges

Stillingen vil ha arbeidssted ved Bjerknessenteret som forskningsleder i marin paleoklima og jordsystemstabilitet. Tilsetting er ved Institutt for geovitenskap, med tilhørighet til forskingsgruppen «Kvartærgeologi & Paleoklima».   

Velkommen!

 

English:

 In connection with the advertised position as Associate Professor and Research Leader in marine paleoclimatology and Earth system stability we invite you to the trial lecture for:

Stijn de Schepper, Friday September 6, 2024, from 12:15 AM to 01:00 PM. Location: Bjerknes Centre - Classroom 4020 (4th floor, Jahnebakken 5). 

The theme for the trial lecture is “The BCCR role in climate hazards research and addressing societal needs: priorities, opportunities, and challenges.”

The position will be based at the Bjerknes Centre as a research leader in marine paleoclimate and Earth system stability, with an appointment at the Department of Earth Science and affiliation with the research group “Quaternary Geology & Paleoclimate.” 

 

Welcome!

06.09.2024 14:15 - 06.09.2024 15:30
TBD

Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit seminar: mechanisms for predictability

Kontakt: bcpu-all@uib.no

09.09.2024 14:15 - 09.09.2024 15:00
Bjerknes lecture room (4th floor, room 4020)

BCCR Cross theme seminar: Sea-level change

On Monday 9/9 at 14:15 we will have the first BCCR cross-themes seminar of the semester. The topic for this seminar is sea-level change, and we have three speakers:

  1. Global Group: Kristin Richter will present the “Sea level rise and extremes in Norway” report from the Norsk Klimaservicesenter
  2. Polar Group: “Recent Great Salinity Anomaly and the sea level variability in the Barents Sea” by Roshin P. Raj
  3. Hazards Group:  "Contribution of the open ocean to sea-level variations over the Norwegian continental shelf" by  Fabio Mangini 

 

The seminar will take place in the Bjerknes lecture room (4th floor, room 4020), and there will be cookies and coffee! For those not able to attend in person, it will be possible to join on zoom.

 

11.09.2024 14:00 - 11.09.2024 15:00
TBD

Stormtracks group meeting

Kontakt: Stefan (stefans@uib.no) eller Camille (camille.li@uib.no)

11.09.2024 15:00 - 11.09.2024 16:00
Online

International Quaternary webinar

September 11th: Willem van der Bilt, University of Bergen, Norway

Topic: Last Glacial Lake sediments from ice-free Arctic oasis reveal warm Heinrich 2 stadial summers

Recommended paper: van der Bilt & Lane, 2019. Science Advances

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12.09.2024 10:00 - 12.09.2024 12:00
U-4020

Global theme meeting

Kontakt: Stefan (stefans@uib.no) eller Margit (msim@norceresearch.no)

17.09.2024 11:15 - 17.09.2024 12:00
Online

Climate Futures Faglig Seminar / Scientific Seminar

Tir / Tue 17. september (språk / language: English)

Introduksjon av nye medlemmer: Silvana Gonzalez (IMR)

Etienne Dunn-Sigouin (NORCE) - “Can weather forecasts predict Norwegian Home Insurance claims?”

 

Contact person: Iselin Medhaug

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18.09.2024 14:00 - 18.09.2024 15:00
TBD

Stormtracks group meeting

Kontakt: Stefan (stefans@uib.no) eller Camille (camille.li@uib.no)

18.09.2024 15:00 - 18.09.2024 16:00
Online

International Quaternary webinar

September 18th: Tobias Schneider, University of Bern, Switzerland

Topic: Tracing Holocene Temperatures and Human Activities in Greenlandic Lakes: Novel Insights from the Combination of Hyperspectral Imaging and Lipid Biomarkers

Recommended paper: Schneider et al., 2024 Quaternary Science Reviews

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18.09.2024 20:00 - 29.09.2024 16:00
Bergen

Forskningsdagene 2024

Find more information on the website

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19.09.2024 14:00 - 19.09.2024 15:00
U-4020 and online

Machine Learning Journal Club

Kontakt: Stefan (stefans@uib.no), Julien (Julien.Brajard@nersc.no) eller João (joao.bettencourt@uib.no)

23.09.2024 14:00 - 23.09.2024 15:30
Zoom

Synoptic Arctic Survey webinar: Dynamic processes in the Arctic Ocean

Webinar #4 2024: Dynamic processes in the Arctic Ocean

Monday 23rd September, 12:00 – 13:30 UTC (which is 14:00 – 15:30 CEST)

 

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 how ocean dynamics influences different processes of the Arctic Ocean, as the circulation of water masses redistributes nutrients that provide the sustenance for the lower trophic levels of food webs in the marine ecosystem. It will be moderated by Øyvind Paasche, the chair of the SAS scientific steering committee, who will also give a brief introduction to the SAS initiative. There will be three solicited talks with room for questions and discussions:

 

Peigen Lin - Associate professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Recent state transition of the Beaufort Gyre

Recent state transition of the Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Gyre | Nature Geoscience 

 

Andreas Rogge - Post doc. at Alfred Wegner Institute, Germany

Dense shelf water propagation and subduction drives lateral injection of particulate organic carbon into the deep Nansen Basin

Carbon dioxide sink in the Arctic Ocean from cross-shelf transport of dense Barents Sea water | Nature Geoscience 

 

Johan Wikner - Professor at Umeå University, Sweden

Contribution from prokaryotes to the Central Arctic Ocean carbon cycling

-preliminary data from the SAS Oden cruise in 2021

 

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=17652163 

 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the SAS coordinator at Maria.Bezem@uib.no 

 

25.09.2024 14:00 - 25.09.2024 15:00
U4020

Stormtracks group meeting

Kontakt: Stefan (stefans@uib.no) eller Camille (camille.li@uib.no)

25.09.2024 15:00 - 25.09.2024 16:00
Online

International Quaternary webinar

September 25th: Tancrède Leger, Sheffield University, UK

Topic: Calibrating paleo ice-sheet model simulations against geological evidence on ice sheet geometry: recent progress and remaining challenges

Recommended paper: Leger et al., 2024 Climate of the Past

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26.09.2024 10:15 - 26.09.2024 11:00
Bjerknes lecture room (4th floor, room 4020)

BCCR seminar: Anders Stigebrandt

Dear all, 

 

This Thursday (26th September) at 10:15, there will be a BCCR seminar by Anders Stigebrandt on “Sea-based measures to improve the oxygen conditions in stagnant sea basins – experience from previous oxygenation of the Swedish By Fjord and thoughts about the application of possible future measures”.

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

From a general equation for the minimum concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) in periodically stagnant basins, five different sea-based measures to improve the minimum oxygen concentration are discussed. The application of sea-based measures might be particularly interesting in basins that have poor oxygen conditions despite land-based measures are fully implemented. Sea-based measures might also be considered to compensate for increased oxygen consumption due to e.g. fish farming in open cages or to improve the habitat in basins with naturally poor oxygen conditions.

The basin water of the By Fjord at Uddevalla, Sweden was oxygenated 2010 – 2012 during a pilot experiment (BOX). The goal was to learn how to oxygenate the anoxic deepwater in the Baltic Sea to get rid of the eutrophication that is driven by phosphorus leakage from anoxic bottoms. Recently citizens in Uddevalla took the initiative to oxygenate the fjord permanently to create a permanent good habitat for cod and other animals. Initially they use the same measure as the BOX project, pumping less salt and well oxygenated surface water into the saltier basin water. However, in future other measures involving the use of green oxygen, produced as a byproduct from green hydrogen production by hydrolysis of water, may be considered.