The Arctic is one of the cloudiest regions on the Earth. White carpet of clouds typically covers the Arctic during three quarters of year. In summertime, clouds reflect sunlight helping to keep the Arctic cool. In winter time, they capture and backscatter heat making the Arctic warmer than it could be under a clear sky. [img_assist|nid=93550|title=|desc=Figure 1. Historical variations since 1930 of the observed convective cloud fraction at the Wrangel Island station (redrawn from Chernokulsky and Esau, 2019).

The Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) and the Nansen Center have made an amendment to their memorandum of understanding strengthening the bilateral research and educational cooperation in the Arctic Ocean.

Olav Ramslien fra Knarvik Ungdomsskule hadde før påske arbeidsuke hos Nansensenteret og UiB (BIO/GEO). Olav er veldig glad i realfag og hadde i arbeidsuken lyst til å få et innblikk i hva forskning kan innebære. - Det har vært ekstremt kjekt å jobbe på Nansensenteret, og jeg har fått mange utfordringer å bryne meg på, sier Olav Ramslien etter å ha erfart arbeidsplasser i forskningsmiljøet i Bergen. 

Key observational indicators of climate change in the Arctic, most spanning a 47 year period (1971–2017) demonstrate fundamental changes among nine key elements of the Arctic system. A new study finds that, coherent with increasing air temperature, there is an intensification of the hydrological cycle, evident from increases in humidity, precipitation, river discharge, glacier equilibrium line altitude and land ice wastage. Director at the Nansen Center, Sebastian H.

The Arctic marine climate system is changing rapidly, which is seen in the warming of the ocean and atmosphere, decline of sea ice cover, increase in river discharge, acidification of the ocean, and changes in marine ecosystems. Socio-economic activities in the coastal and marine Arctic are simultaneously changing. PEEX ("Pan-Eurasian Experiment”) is a research infrastructure program focused on climate and environmental changes in the Northern Eurasian arctic and boreal regions.

Walter Munk passed away 8th of February at the age of 101. The Legendary Scripps oceanographer defined a field of science, transformed understanding of nature, helped nurture a university into existence, and became a living synonym for oceanography.

Walter Munk: (October 19, 1917 – February 8, 2019)

Richard Davy: Researcher at the Nansen CenterThe new paper from Richard Davy “The climatology of the atmospheric boundary layer in contemporary global climate models” out now in Journal of Climate is the first to quantify the climatology of the atmospheric boundary layer in the full ensemble of climate models in CMIP5 – the climate model inter-comparison project which is widely used for the IPCC reports.

"Med bud om morgendagens klima" ble filmet under et av toktene i 1992 og produsert ferdig i 1993. I dag er det interessant å se hvilke perspektiver man hadde på klima for 25 år siden. En problemstilling som bare har blitt enda mer aktuell. Filmen er produsert og regissert av Carlo for Nansensenteret.