Is Antartica melting?
13.07.17 - Uni Research ClimateWe have the longest existing time series, and operate three long-term observatories delivering new unique observations from the oceanic regime of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
About the Department
Uni Research Climate is a multidisciplinary research department that carries out research into the climate of the past, present and future.The department consists of approximately 60 researchers, mostly holding a PhD, and with an annual turnover of about 60 million NOK. The department projects focus on climate questions on a regional, national or global scale.
Uni Research Climate has an international profile, with main focus on Northern Europe and the Polar-regions, but has an increasing numbers of projects that look at climate challenges in developing countries. Uni Research Climate has a leading role in Norway for the use and further development of the new Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM), with expertise in global climate modelling and climate dynamics. The Climate Service Centre started up in 2012, and is a strategical priority area for Uni Research. Uni Research Climate is a partner in Norsk Klimaservicesenter and is one of four partners in the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR).
Uni Research Climate’s particular strengths are:
- understanding climate
- climate modelling
- scenarios for future climate development
- quantifications of climate changes
Projects
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aDNAPROX – Environmental ancient DNA as proxy for sea ice reconstructions
April 1, 2017 - Sept. 30, 2019 | Uni Research Climate / Uni Research Environment -
ice2ice - What if Arctic sea ice disappears?
Aug. 1, 2014 - Sept. 30, 2019 | Uni Research Climate -
EVA - Earth system modelling of climate Variations in the Anthropocene
Jan. 1, 2014 - Dec. 31, 2017 | Uni Research Climate
Publications
Articles
- Kolstad, Erik Wilhelm Extreme small-scale wind episodes over the Barents Sea: When, where and why?. Climate Dynamics 2015 ; Volume 45. s. 2137-2150
- Lohmann, Katja; Mignot, Juliette; Langehaug, Helene R.; Jungclaus, Johann H.; Matei, Daniela; Otterå, Odd Helge; Gao, Yongqi; Mjell, Tor Lien; Ninnemann, Ulysses S; Kleiven, Helga Flesche Using simulations of the last millennium to understand climate variability seen in palaeo-observations: Similar variation of Iceland-Scotland overflow strength and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Climate of the Past 2015 ; Volume 11 (2). s. 203-216
- Antuña, Juan Carlos; Kalnay, Eugenia; Mesquita, Michel d. S. Norway and Cuba continue collaborating to build capacity to improve weather forecasting. EOS : Transactions 2014 ; Volume 95 (24). s. 205-205
