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27.05.25
Meet our New Co-Leader of the Hazards Research Group
Together with research leader Stijn De Schepper, Mari Fjalstad Jensen will help lead the work to understand the causes and dynamics behind extreme ocean and weather events, as well as abrupt changes in the climate system.
21.05.25
Keeping an eye on the fjord
The water at the bottom of many fjords in Western Norway may remain stagnant for years, to be replaced within a few weeks. Masfjorden is one of these fjords.
15.05.25
What's stirring deep down in the fjords?
Norway has more than 1700 named fjords. Tourists come from all over the world to see them, and the fjords are important for fisheries and aquaculture. But what goes on under the surface?
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02.06.25
BCCR Monday seminar: On oxygen in western Canadian fjords
Next BCCR Monday seminar will be given by Jennifer Jackson, who is visiting BCCR from the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. She will present her work "On oxygen in western Canadian fjords". The seminar will take place in the usual seminar room (4th floor of the West wing) at 11:00. Speaker information Dr. Jennifer Jackson is a coastal physical oceanographer at the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). She received her MSc from the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta and her PhD from the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences from the University of British Columbia. She held postdoctoral positions at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), the University of Washington (Seattle, USA), and ASL Environmental Sciences (Victoria, Canada). Jennifer previously worked at the Hakai Institute where she led the Hakai Oceanography Program. Jennifer is known internationally for her work in Arctic and coastal oceanography, particularly fjord research and ocean climate. In October 2024, she took over DFO's Salish Sea oceanography and shore station programs.
12.06.25
Bjerknes Summer Party - save the date!
Unfortunately the party is cancelled.
29.08.25