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Marius Årthun
@mariusarthun.bsky.social
Researcher at the Geophysical Institute, UiB, and research leader at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen. Working on ocean circulation/climate dynamics in the Arctic-Atlantic region.
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Ice-free conditions continue in the Barents Sea region of the #Arctic Ocean. This is one area that has observed some of the largest losses of ice over the last few decades... compare the older years (dark/purple lines) to today!

Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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How will a sudden change in the function of the ocean circulations impact Iceland, Europe, and the world?

We had a great panel at the Arctic Circle Assembly 🌊🧪

It was a scientific discussion on the likelihood, uncertainties, and possible consequences if the large ocean circulation were to shift.
October 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Newly published study led by @leonchafik.bsky.social finds that anomalies in temperature and salinity that originate in the midlatitude North Atlantic can affect the #AMOC in the Nordic Seas up to a decade later.❗️ 🌊

Read the full press release below.
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Ocean anomalies traveling North crucial for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation - Stockholm University
Anomalies in temperature and salinity that originate in the midlatitude North Atlantic can affect the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in the Nordic Seas up to a decade later. The st...
www.su.se
August 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Nice paper led by @leonchafik.bsky.social on the North Atlantic-Nordic Seas overturning circulation.
Warm & salty North Atlantic water transport to the Nordic Sea (NS) across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge (GSR) didn't show a slowdown since 1972. Instead, it exhibited multidecadal variability. The NS overflow & AMOC across the GSR also display a similar signal. 🌊🧪👍 doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02557-x
July 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The Arctic Ocean acts to stabilize the AMOC

New paper in #ScienceAdvances by researchers from @bjerknes.uib.no and @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social showing how ongoing Atlantification and sea ice loss leads to a strengthening of the Arctic overturning circulation.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Atlantification drives recent strengthening of the Arctic overturning circulation
A less ice-covered Arctic shifts dense water formation northward, strengthening the Arctic Ocean overturning circulation.
www.science.org
July 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Very cool article about Kjetil Våge’s ROVER project and how the Nordic Seas could help to decide the fate of the AMOC.

@bjerknes.uib.no
June 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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New Book:
The Barents Sea system
Gateway to the changing Arctic

Happy to contribute to some sections of this exciting book!

fagbokforlaget.no/produkt/9788...
May 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Er Golfstrømmen på vei til å gå amok? Vi tar pulsen på havstrømmene våre neste uke (torsdag) på klimafestivalen Varmere Våtere Villere. Kan de stoppe opp?

@bjerknes.bsky.social

www.varmerevaterevillere.no/programovers...
March 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
New paper: The future Barents Sea-A synthesis of physical, biogeochemical, and ecological changes toward 2050 and 2100

Very nice interdisiplinary Nansen Legacy effort, including @jakobdoerr.bsky.social @islarsh.bsky.social @khuongdinh.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1525/elem...
The future Barents Sea—A synthesis of physical, biogeochemical, and ecological changes toward 2050 and 2100
The Barents Sea is a hotspot for ongoing Arctic climate change, manifested in a rapid warming of the ocean and the atmosphere and a strong decline of the winter sea-ice cover. These changes in the phy...
doi.org
February 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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February 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Deadline day tomorrow! Solicited talk by @rahmstorf.bsky.social about future AMOC weakening.
And for those interested in future ocean circulation changes. Join us at #EGU25 to find out more.

meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
January 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In our project "Overturning circulation in the new Arctic" (ArMOC) we have deployed two Argo floats in the Arctic (north of Svalbard). A short story on the mission of Knoll & Tott here:

bjerknes.uib.no/en/article/n...

With Stefanie Semper, Birgit Rinde and @jakobdoerr.bsky.social
Buoys on Expedition in the Arctic Ocean
Two instrument-laden buoys ("Knoll" and "Tott") were recently released north of Svalbard, soon to disappear beneath the ice.
bjerknes.uib.no
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Could the AMOC collapse and Bergen become 20 degrees colder (imagine the snow we would get!)? This and more in the latest Bjerknes podcast.
Dive into the depths of ocean science with the latest episode from the Bjerknes Centre Podcast. Join the debate on the future of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Will it collapse? Weaken? Or surprise us? Two experts discuss the likelihood of various scenarios. 🌊🧪
New Podcast: Is the AMOC Going to Collapse?
In the latest episode of the Bjerknes Podcast, experts debate the future of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a crucial component of the global climate system. Listen to colleagu...
bjerknes.uib.no
December 3, 2024 at 4:53 PM
The Barents Sea is a hotspot for ongoing Arctic climate change and could be 7C warmer by 2100. Check out our amazing fact sheets from the Nansen Legacy project! arvenetternansen.com/fact-sheets-...
November 22, 2024 at 7:22 PM
A good opportunity for a first post. Come work with us!
November 21, 2024 at 6:15 PM