Polar climate
Arctic and Antarctic climate change
Research focus
The observational basis and prognostic capabilities — ranging from weather forecasts via climate predictions to climate projections — are continuously improved by dedicated fieldwork providing new data and direct process understanding.
Present research priorities include:
- Antarctic ice shelves.
- field work in the ice-covered Arctic.
- the “seamless” extension of the instrumental record with high-resolution paleo reconstructions.
- disentangling oceanic and atmospheric influences on sea ice conditions (and vice versa).
- the routing of freshwater, and polar weather and climate prediction, including predictability over land.
- the general challenge of understanding the role of the polar regions in global climate.
Strategic project
AOI - Atmosphere-Ocean-Ice Interactions in Polar and sub-polar regions, leader Einar Olason.
Outlook
“The fastest changes in climate now occur in the Arctic”, says Kerim H. Nisancioglu, leader of our Polar Climate research.
“More than ever, we need to be there to observe and to understand the processes behind these changes”.
Polar Climate research group
Research leader
Kerim H. Nisancioglu
Co-leader
Anne E. Bjune
Members
Helene Asbjørnsen
Lars Asplin
Mostafa Bakhoday
Jostein Bakke
Till Baumann
Jon Bergh
Laurent Bertino
Andreas Born
Guillaume Boutin
Ailin Dale Brakstad
Jo Brendryen
Anaïs Bretones
Paul Budgell
Phoebe Chan
Sukun Cheng
Kjersti Daae
Svein Olaf Dahl
Elin Darelius
Richard Davy
Alena Dekhtyareva
Stijn De Schepper
Johannes Dugstad
Christiane Duscha
Jakob Dörr
Evangelia Efstahtiou
Tor Eldevik
Igor Ezau
Anne-Katrine Faber
Ilker Fer
Danielle Grant
Matilda Hallerstig
Kristine Flacke Haualand
Robinson Hordoir
Eystein Jansen
Mari Fjalstad Jensen
Zoe Koenig
Eivind Kolås
Anton Korosov
Stephan Kral
Marvin Kähnert
Helene R. Langehaug
Stein Erik Lauritzen
Vidar Lien
Kjetil Lygre
Martin Miles
Victoria Miles
Kjell Arne Mork
Morven Muilwijk
Jan Even Øie Nilsen
Einar Olason
Achref Othmani
Leilane Passos
Algot Petersson
Roshin P. Raj
Heather Regan
Joachim Reuder
Jonathan Rheinlænder
Anne Britt Sandø
Andrew Seidl
Stefanie Semper
Lars H. Smedsrud
Clemens Spensberger
Nadine Steiger
Kristine Steinsland
Anna-Marie Strehl
Violeth Swai
Henrik Søiland
Annick Terpstra
Alexios Theofilopoulos
Alexandra Touzeau
Willem van der Bilt
Frode Vikebø
Kjetil Våge
Timothy Williams
Maaike Zwier
Svein Østerhus
Bjørn Ådlandsvik
Marius Årthun