CHESS is training the climate scientists of tomorrow, iEarth is changing teaching culture in Norwegian geosciences. Naturally, PhD students from both centers have a lot to talk about, and that they are coming at it from different angles makes it…
The CHESS course “Integral projection models (IPM): From population ecology to climate change studies” was held from Monday 30th of August to Friday 3rd of September 2021 in a semi-virtual and in-person format. There was a total of 4 main…
To my disappointment, we had to meet remotely again this year; I miss Bergen and the fine people at the Institute. Eleven students joined the workshop, submitting papers in a wide range of scientific disciplines. We read and discussed each…
The two-week course “Ocean/Atmosphere Time Series Analysis: Theory and Practice” was held via Zoom from 26 May to 7 June, 2021. Eighteen graduate students from five countries took part, with twelve students from Norway, three from the USA , and…
The weekend of 17-18. April five students from Bergen went to Mjølfjell for a weekend on working during winter in the arctic. Prior to the field work the students together with the other participants from Tromsø and Oslo, which could…
The CHESS workshop “From idea to project: Writing successful project proposals” was held on 13-14 April 2021, for the first time in online format. A total of 13 participants joined the workshop, coming from the universities of Bergen, Oslo…
The course was held remotely (on Zoom) in week 7 (15-19 February) and week 11 (15-19 March). This year we had 11 PhD students, from Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø and Svalbard. We discussed basic statistics, chaos theory and fundamental turbulence…
CHESS courses cover a wide range of topics related to climate change but courses linking climate with politics, society or responsibility have been scarce. The seminar “Climate change in a societal perspective” results from the need to close this gap.…
The training course on the theory, analytics and interpretation of stable water isotopes and carbon isotopes in the coupled Earth System at University of Bergen during 25-28 January 2021 provided an in-depth introduction to understanding the principles and applications of…
Last week from 16.11.20-19.11.20 we held our virtual CHESS course on “State of the Art Weather and Climate modeling”. This course was initiated and organized by three PhD students from the University of Bergen and facilitated through CHESS. The course…