The Bjerknes Center and its partners; the University of Bergen, the Nansen Center, NORCE and the Institute of Marine Research, are collaborating on a new podcast that started earlier this fall. A total of seven episodes have been recorded so far at UiB in Media City Bergen. Currently, the podcasts have been in Norwegian, but soon English-language episodes will be produced. In these, Stephen Outten from the Nansen Center will be a moderator.

Agulhas Current meanders are some of the largest events that take place in the Agulhas Current system. They have a large impact on the shelf circulation and are important for the life cycle of several marine species. In an article published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans two ocean models, as well as satellite observations, are used to examine how meander events change the way in which the Agulhas Current interacts with the continental shelf of southeast Africa. 

The Nansen Environmental Research Centre- India (NERCI) in Kochin are excited to announce that the Centre has moved to a new location in Panangad, Kochi, at the campus of  Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS). Vice Chancellor Dr. A. Ramachndran stated his opening remark: - NERCI and their staff have been instrumental in contribution to the design of the curriculum at KUFOS and contributed to research and educational cooperation through several projects and student supervision.

- For en flott dag, uttrykker Sebastian H. Mernild etter offentliggjøringen av nyheten om at han er blitt nominert til årets danske av avisen Berlingske Tidende i Danmark. Direktøren ved Nansensenteret, som kommer fra Odense, er nominert sammen med ni andre dansker som har gjort seg særskilt bemerket i landets mediebilde i løpet av 2018. 

Her følger intervjuet fra dagens avisutgave av Berlingske: 

Kunnskap er ingenting verdt hvis det bare forblir på datamaskinen min

You have data, you have a simulation model, then you should probably look into data assimilation. 

- 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.