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Two PhD defenses this week at the Geophysical institute
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Helene Asbjørnsen (left) defended her PhD thesis successfully yesterday on 10 December. The title was “Mechanisms and pathways of ocean heat anomalies in the Arctic-Atlantic region". Congratulations, Helene!
Stefanie Semper is next in line, her defense is taking place today at 13:15. The thesis has the title “Circulation along the northern slope of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge". Wishing you the best of luck, Stefanie!
Ellen Grong
Photo: Helene Asbjørnsen and Stefanie Semper.
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Trond Mohn Foundation Starting Grant for Willem
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Sveinung Hole presenting the award and flowers to Willem van der Bilt. Photo: Helge Skodvin, TMF
Santa Claus is coming to town with presents - in the shape of big grants to our climate researchers! Willem van der Bilt can now start building his own research group with a Starting Grant from Trond Mohn Foundation. Many congratulations!
Read the story here on the UiB pages (only in Norwegian)
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Nele gets prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant
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Nele Meckler collecting samples of drip water in a jungle cave in Gunung Mulu National Park at Borneo. Photo: Robbie Shone
Nele Meckler looks for climate answers in tiny droplets hidden in dripstones in tropical caves. The European Research Council has decided to support her work by awarding her the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant! We are happy for you, Nele!
Read the story here on the Bjerknes webpage
Ellen Grong
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Tamara Trofimova is a new member of a steering committee of the Early-Career Network<http://pastglobalchanges.org/ecn/intro> (PAGES ECN) within the project PAGES (Past Global Changes).
Congratulations, both of you!
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Dear all,
Today the Polar theme will be meeting at Fløyen for gløgg. You are all welcome to join. Bring a cup and a Christmas snack if you wish. I will cook up some of the infamous “professorens gløgg” starting at 16:00 on Fløysletten (behind the top of Fløybanen).
Polargløgg, Fløyen, Friday, 11th of December 16:00
In addition to celebrating the recent PhDs and socializing, there will be groups out walking and talking about strategies for polar theme research in the coming decade. One such group starts from Fløybanen (in town) at 15:30, another at 16:30.
Kerim
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Body language course 08.12.2020
The PhD Forum and Gudrun Sylte had organized a course on “Body Language During Presentations” and finally, on Tuesday last week, we could meet and focus on our attitude and the way we stand, smile and move our arms when giving a presentation.
Two groups of PhD students were guided through a fun 3-hour course by Ingvill Rosenlund, who might be known to some as a Forsker Grand Prix coach. Ingvill challenged us in ways, we had almost forgotten throughout the last year. This became already apparent when the participants walked into an empty meeting room and were asked to take off their shoes. Shortly after, we found ourselves shouting “zip”-“zap”-“boing” sounds at each other and performed mirrored morning routines. According to Ingvill, we outperformed many high-ranking business men in these tasks.
After the introduction part, the participants could discuss the importance of body language during presentations and we realized quite quickly that this aspect deserves attention when preparing for a presentation. We learned from each other’s experiences and strategies and got to use them when we were eventually asked to give a stand-up presentation in front of the others. Ingvill gave us helpful individual feedback in the end.
All in all, it was very refreshing and motivating to actually make eye contact with people and pretend to speak in front of a real audience.
So when the next opportunity comes around to exchange headset and camera for a stage, we are ready.
Thank you Gudrun and the Bjerknes Centre for making this possible!
Sonja Wahl
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Flavia Boscolo-Galazzo is a new postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Earth Science. Her field is Micropaleontology and Paleoclimatology and she will be working in Nele Mecklers group. Flavia is from Italy and has a PhD in Earth Sciences. Welcome to BCCR, Flavia!
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The Bjerknes Christmas Calendar!
This December we are releasing one researcher video every day! You can follow them on our Facebook page or subscribe to our Youtube channel. If you are on Twitter, we are also sharing them under the hashtag #BjerknesKalender. The videos are mostly in Norwegian, some in English, and each tell a story from the many different fields in climate research at our Centre. Thanks to the researchers who have written and presented their work!
See the videos collected here
Andreas H. Opsvik
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The portrait
 Name:
Laura Dietrich
Position:
PhD candidate
How long have you been at BCCR?
Since January 2020, so for almost exactly a year.
Education:
I did both my bachelor and my master at the University of Hamburg in Germany.
Background:
I grew up in Eggenfelden a small town in southern Germany and moved to Hamburg in 2013. During my master’s program I spent a semester in Svalbard where I got the passion for Arctic research and after finishing my studies in 2019, I moved to Bergen to do my PhD.
What is it you do exactly at work?
I am part of the SNOWISO project (Hans Christian Steen-Larsen), and our goal is to improve our understanding of how the isotopic signal in snow changes after deposition. This understanding is needed for the accurate interpretation of the isotopic signal in ice core records to get proxy data of the temperature for example.
Why climate research?
When I chose my subject of studies, I liked the high relevance of climate research in these times of rapid global warming and the opportunity to apply the science to a field that impacts all of us. Apart from this, I like now about climate research that it is so complex and that everything is related. It amazes me over and over again to see how everything is driven by details.
What extracurricular activities do you have?
I like hiking and during normal times I go bouldering regularly.
Do you have a favourite song, band or artist?
I am not listening to any specific type of music, but I like it to listen to unknown bands and songwriters. Also, I was recently made aware of the British musician Jacob Collier now I can’t stop listening to his music.
Your favourite food?
A well-made Italian pizza and my mother’s fruit salad.
The best and worst about Bergen?
There are many things that I appreciate about Bergen but to me the best is that you can start a hike literally at your front door. It is so easy and quick to escape the city and to enjoy a nature walk. The worst is that it’s so hard to find good cheese.
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BCCR/GFI Seminars
Next upcoming seminar
Friday 18 December at 12:00 | Zoom-meeting | Eleni Anagnostou (GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel) on "Climate Sensitivity on Geological Timescales Controlled by Nonlinear Feedbacks and Ocean Circulation".
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New publications
Caldarescu, D.E., Sadatzki, H., Andersson, C.,Schäfer, P. Fortunato, H., Meckler,A.N.(2020):
Clumped isotope thermometry in bivalve shells: a tool for reconstructing seasonal upwelling,
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, ISSN 0016-7037,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.11.019.
Ǻrthun, M., Wills, R. C. J., Johnson, H. L., Chafik, L., & Langehaug, H. R. (2020). Mechanisms of decadal North Atlantic climate variability and implications for the recent cold anomaly, Journal of Climate, , 1-52. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0464.1
Årthun, M., Onarheim, I. H., Dörr, J., & Eldevik, T. (2020). The seasonal and regional transition to an ice‐free Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090825
Send us information about new publications: publications@bjerknes.uib.no
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Contribute to the Bjerknes Times!
Bjerknes Times is our internal bi-weekly newsletter. Send an email for all registering of lectures, publications, meetings, and other tips to post@bjerknes.uib.no
Join the Bjerknes Outreach Group!
Would you like to be involved in outreach activities? Join the Bjerknes outreach group, and you’ll get the opportunity to discuss your ideas with other enthusiastic outreachers. Whether you have plans for big or small projects, large or small audiences, traditional or innovative formats – or so far no specific plans at all – you’re very welcome.
Please, send an e-mail to gudrun.sylte@uib.no or ellen.viste@uib.no if you would like to have more information about the group.
BCCR on Flickr for photo sharing
We have many good photographers here at the Bjerknes Centre.We have a Flickr account for sharing good photos and possibly also illustrations. This can be useful when you need an illustrative photo. Check out our photostream
Send an e-mail to gudrun.sylte@uib.no or ellen.viste@uib.no if you would like to contribute.
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Roller-coaster year 
This will be the last Bjerknes Times this year. For many the coming weeks mean more time with family, but one should not forget that others will be more alone due to travel restrictions. Try to meet each other and have some fun together. I salute Kerim Nisancioglu’s Julegløgg initiative this afternoon, and hope to see many of you at Fløyen in some hours.
