- We are indeed impressed and happy to see that the Nansen-Zhu Centre has developed into a strong, internationally recognized climate center, Norwegian state secretary Rebekka Borsch stated. She was the responsible for the official opening of the Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre's (NZC) new office building in Beijing yesterday afternoon. This happened in connection with the celebration of the 15^th anniversary of the Center and Norwegian-Chinese research collaboration this week.

Helsinki, Finland, September 28, 2018 – The International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) convened its 19th annual meeting September 24-28 in Helsinki, Finland hosted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The theme for the meeting was “Ice Information for Navigating the Sub-Polar Seas”. 

Professor Fuqing Zhang: (Penn State)We seek to develop and apply a generalized data assimilation framework using Ensemble-based Simultaneous State and Parameter Estimation (ESSPE) that will facilitate data-model integration and uncertainty quantification for the broad weather, climate and earth science communities.

Jeong-Won Park from the Nansen Center has participated in the Arctic cruise in Chukchi Sea to demonstrate sea ice maps for vessels operating in ice.

Last week (3-7 September) was marked by the annual meeting of the European Meteorological Society in Budapest. Here, a few hundred meteorologists and climatologists convened to enjoy the end of hot summer with sweaty and humid weather, and to learn about the recent advance in the atmospheric sciences. This time, a large share of presentations and posters reflect the outspoken societal request to action-ready meteorological information and climate predictions. 

The INTAROS 2018 cruise with KV Svalbard has been successfully carried out. The operations were planned and carried out in excellent collaboration with KV Svalbard´s crew members and cadets. In total 17 Scientists from the Nansen Center in Bergen, three institutes at the University of Bergen (Geophysical Institute, Department of Physics and Technology, and Institute of Earth Science), Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Science (IOPAN), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).

 Extended deadline for applications untill: 20. August 2018.

Tap av is i Antarktis har økt verdens havnivå med 7,6 mm siden 1992. To femtedeler av denne økningen (3,0 mm) har kommet de siste fem årene alene. - Akselerasjonen er dramatisk og bekymringsvekkende, sier Sebastian H. Mernild ved Nansensenteret.  

Will European winters be increasingly mild and wet in the coming years? Will climatic conditions be beneficial for Norwegian fisheries and hydroelectric power production? Such questions of large societal importance are at the heart of the emerging scientific field of climate prediction.

From the Nansen Center: Yiguo Wang, Helene R. Langehaug, Alberto Carrassi, François Counillon and Madlen Kimmritz.