Guillaume Boutin
@drguibou.bsky.social
Physical Oceanographer focusing on sea ice-ocean interactions. French in Norway. My heart balances between outdoor evasion and a warm sofa.
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Guillaume Boutin
@drguibou.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Hello Bluesky! Physical oceanographer living in 🇳🇴 here, I mostly share things about work (that involves 🌊❄️ and numerical models 💻❤️), and sometimes pictures of amazing Western Norway 🤩
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Currently a large outbreak of cold, Arctic air is making its way south over the Norwegian Sea. The amazing mesh structure (called open-cell convection) in the satellite image (coloured image) is really hard for weather forecast models (grey image) to get 'right' @bjerknes.uib.no #ISOSCAN_project
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Currently a large outbreak of cold, Arctic air is making its way south over the Norwegian Sea. The amazing mesh structure (called open-cell convection) in the satellite image (coloured image) is really hard for weather forecast models (grey image) to get 'right' @bjerknes.uib.no #ISOSCAN_project
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🧪 🥳 Its not every day that a group of research advisers publish in a scientific journal!
Early career researchers need proposal writing skills. Therefore a new way of teaching proposal writing was developed. It is now accessible to the research community.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Early career researchers need proposal writing skills. Therefore a new way of teaching proposal writing was developed. It is now accessible to the research community.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Proposal Writing Training and Idea Development for Early‐Career Researchers Based on Constructive Alignment, Co‐Creation and Active Learning Strategies
We developed a novel concept for training in proposal writing, constructively aligning learning outcomes with students' needs, co-creating course content with teachers and students, and using active ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🧪 🥳 Its not every day that a group of research advisers publish in a scientific journal!
Early career researchers need proposal writing skills. Therefore a new way of teaching proposal writing was developed. It is now accessible to the research community.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Early career researchers need proposal writing skills. Therefore a new way of teaching proposal writing was developed. It is now accessible to the research community.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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It’s been a while since I shared these, so here we go!
If you are new to BlueSky, here are a few 🌊 ocean starter packs 🌊 to help you find who to follow:
Physical oceanography
go.bsky.app/Eb6xX19
Polar oceans
go.bsky.app/851nQgx
Organisations
go.bsky.app/U1Ei6XY
If you are new to BlueSky, here are a few 🌊 ocean starter packs 🌊 to help you find who to follow:
Physical oceanography
go.bsky.app/Eb6xX19
Polar oceans
go.bsky.app/851nQgx
Organisations
go.bsky.app/U1Ei6XY
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It’s been a while since I shared these, so here we go!
If you are new to BlueSky, here are a few 🌊 ocean starter packs 🌊 to help you find who to follow:
Physical oceanography
go.bsky.app/Eb6xX19
Polar oceans
go.bsky.app/851nQgx
Organisations
go.bsky.app/U1Ei6XY
If you are new to BlueSky, here are a few 🌊 ocean starter packs 🌊 to help you find who to follow:
Physical oceanography
go.bsky.app/Eb6xX19
Polar oceans
go.bsky.app/851nQgx
Organisations
go.bsky.app/U1Ei6XY
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Last year on this day, we had what is so far the best aurora show I ever saw in Bergen... and by far! It was also the first night I could play with my new fisheye lens. I had a lot of fun! I am really looking f... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPoS7dUAjM6/
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Last year on this day, we had what is so far the best aurora show I ever saw in Bergen... and by far! It was also the first night I could play with my new fisheye lens. I had a lot of fun! I am really looking f... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPoS7dUAjM6/
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By applying a tracking method to both climate models and satellite data, @davyclimate.bsky.social found that sea ice age is a more sensitive indicator of change than ice thickness or volume.
🧪🌊 Read the publication here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🧪🌊 Read the publication here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
By applying a tracking method to both climate models and satellite data, @davyclimate.bsky.social found that sea ice age is a more sensitive indicator of change than ice thickness or volume.
🧪🌊 Read the publication here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🧪🌊 Read the publication here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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We have a new paper out today taking a fresh look at sea ice age, showing how this variable offers new insights into Arctic climate change:
A Fair Assessment of Sea Ice Age Reduces Bias and Gives New Insight to Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
A Fair Assessment of Sea Ice Age Reduces Bias and Gives New Insight to Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
A Fair Assessment of Sea Ice Age Reduces Bias and Gives New Insight to Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics
We applied the same algorithm for diagnosing sea ice age in observations to a climate model for the first time The derived sea ice age reproduces the model dynamics but has much lower bias compar...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We have a new paper out today taking a fresh look at sea ice age, showing how this variable offers new insights into Arctic climate change:
A Fair Assessment of Sea Ice Age Reduces Bias and Gives New Insight to Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
A Fair Assessment of Sea Ice Age Reduces Bias and Gives New Insight to Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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In the Arctic, sea ice has a leading impact on ocean surface dynamics, mainly in the regions that are seasonally ice-covered. Supply et al., examine the seasonal cycle of the ocean surface conditions in the seasonal ice zone 🌊
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
August 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In the Arctic, sea ice has a leading impact on ocean surface dynamics, mainly in the regions that are seasonally ice-covered. Supply et al., examine the seasonal cycle of the ocean surface conditions in the seasonal ice zone 🌊
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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🌊There is an available position as a postdoc at NORCE in ocean biochemical modelling fixed for a period of 2 years in Bergen.
The position will be affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre and is a part of OceanICU project.
🧪Read more and apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
The position will be affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre and is a part of OceanICU project.
🧪Read more and apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
August 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🌊There is an available position as a postdoc at NORCE in ocean biochemical modelling fixed for a period of 2 years in Bergen.
The position will be affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre and is a part of OceanICU project.
🧪Read more and apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
The position will be affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre and is a part of OceanICU project.
🧪Read more and apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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If you're interested in sea ice and how we can track its development, you may want to sign up for our 1-day seminar where we'll be talking about the breadth of ECVs for sea ice, new developments in tracking sea ice age, and the pitfalls and opportunities of climate model - observation comparisons.
📣 Join our Webinar "Beyond Sea Ice Area" on September 19th.
Sea Ice Age is the focus🔎
Main topics:
1. Review ECV sea ice products
2. Refine sea ice age product
3. Explore polar data issues
For more information and registration, 👉https://forms.gle/Ure5JxiGUZsYyjuf9
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#ESA
Sea Ice Age is the focus🔎
Main topics:
1. Review ECV sea ice products
2. Refine sea ice age product
3. Explore polar data issues
For more information and registration, 👉https://forms.gle/Ure5JxiGUZsYyjuf9
Please repost and share
#ESA
July 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you're interested in sea ice and how we can track its development, you may want to sign up for our 1-day seminar where we'll be talking about the breadth of ECVs for sea ice, new developments in tracking sea ice age, and the pitfalls and opportunities of climate model - observation comparisons.
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🌡️ Not all hot nights are equal. We track “tropical nights” when temps never dip below 20 °C—but what if it’s already 20 °C at bedtime? I crunched ERA5 data for 5 European capitals. Let’s talk tropical 10 pm. 👇
July 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🌡️ Not all hot nights are equal. We track “tropical nights” when temps never dip below 20 °C—but what if it’s already 20 °C at bedtime? I crunched ERA5 data for 5 European capitals. Let’s talk tropical 10 pm. 👇
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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/...
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
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/...
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/...
This Scandinavian weather obviously ☀️🇧🇻 (Come work with us!)
July 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This Scandinavian weather obviously ☀️🇧🇻 (Come work with us!)
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Are you a data assimilation expert who enjoys Scandinavian weather?
We're hiring a researcher to help develop our TOPAZ system for marine forecasting in the Arctic 🌊
🔗 Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We're hiring a researcher to help develop our TOPAZ system for marine forecasting in the Arctic 🌊
🔗 Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Researcher Position in Data Assimilation (281670) | Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Job title: Researcher Position in Data Assimilation (281670), Employer: Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Deadline: Monday, August 18, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
July 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Are you a data assimilation expert who enjoys Scandinavian weather?
We're hiring a researcher to help develop our TOPAZ system for marine forecasting in the Arctic 🌊
🔗 Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We're hiring a researcher to help develop our TOPAZ system for marine forecasting in the Arctic 🌊
🔗 Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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This ship braved the Greenland Sea in winter, venturing into ice-covered waters to capture crucial data about the Earth's future
https://go.nature.com/4ebFOGj
https://go.nature.com/4ebFOGj
Is a monster web of ocean currents headed for collapse? The race is on to find out
Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to capture crucial data about the planet’s future.
go.nature.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This ship braved the Greenland Sea in winter, venturing into ice-covered waters to capture crucial data about the Earth's future
https://go.nature.com/4ebFOGj
https://go.nature.com/4ebFOGj
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Means have changed, the aim is the same. Developing tools for navigation through sea ice requires creativity and technical skills, as shown by Anton Korosov and Artem Moiseev from @nansensenteret.bsky.social. 🌊 🧪
Searching for navigable seas and better ice predictions
When Roald Amundsen planned his ship expedition to the North Pole, he saw no other option than sending his crew into the air to search for open leads.…
bjerknes.uib.no
June 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Means have changed, the aim is the same. Developing tools for navigation through sea ice requires creativity and technical skills, as shown by Anton Korosov and Artem Moiseev from @nansensenteret.bsky.social. 🌊 🧪
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En forløper for satellitter? Kollegene mine ved @nansensenteret.bsky.social og @bjerknes.uib.no har andre verktøy, men deler Amundsens mål: å gjøre det lettere å navigere i tettpakket is.
På jakt etter farbar led og bedre isvarsler
Da Roald Amundsen planla sin nordpolferd med «Fram», så han ingen annen råd enn å sende mannskapet til værs for å lete etter farbare råker. Satellitter…
bjerknes.uib.no
June 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
En forløper for satellitter? Kollegene mine ved @nansensenteret.bsky.social og @bjerknes.uib.no har andre verktøy, men deler Amundsens mål: å gjøre det lettere å navigere i tettpakket is.
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Please join us for a Summer'25 Lecture in #Climate #Data Science w/TOBIAS FINN @ecoledesponts.bsky.social!
📅 THIS THURSDAY || 6/5/25
🕛 12p EST
📍 @columbiaseas.bsky.social Innovation Hub/Zoom
💻 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/1363524320...
#LEAPEducation #community #physics #climatemodel #AI #ML
📅 THIS THURSDAY || 6/5/25
🕛 12p EST
📍 @columbiaseas.bsky.social Innovation Hub/Zoom
💻 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/1363524320...
#LEAPEducation #community #physics #climatemodel #AI #ML
June 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Please join us for a Summer'25 Lecture in #Climate #Data Science w/TOBIAS FINN @ecoledesponts.bsky.social!
📅 THIS THURSDAY || 6/5/25
🕛 12p EST
📍 @columbiaseas.bsky.social Innovation Hub/Zoom
💻 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/1363524320...
#LEAPEducation #community #physics #climatemodel #AI #ML
📅 THIS THURSDAY || 6/5/25
🕛 12p EST
📍 @columbiaseas.bsky.social Innovation Hub/Zoom
💻 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/1363524320...
#LEAPEducation #community #physics #climatemodel #AI #ML
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How would a lifeless ocean effect future carbon uptake and storage? Turns out: biology matters for shaping the course of climate change! Great paper led by Jerry Tjiputra and summarized in this Carbon Brief guest post 🌊
NEW – Guest post: How marine life provides climate benefits worth billions of dollars | Dr Damien Couespel, Dr Fabio Berzaghi, Dr Jerry Tjiputra, Dr Richard Sanders ( @oceanrics.bsky.social ), Dr Dagmara Rusiecka
Read here: buff.ly/DPs72RU
Read here: buff.ly/DPs72RU
May 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How would a lifeless ocean effect future carbon uptake and storage? Turns out: biology matters for shaping the course of climate change! Great paper led by Jerry Tjiputra and summarized in this Carbon Brief guest post 🌊
Reposted by Guillaume Boutin
🌊 Interested in a phd position in physical oceanography? Try beautiful Bergen! tinyurl.com/Phd-oceanogr...
May 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🌊 Interested in a phd position in physical oceanography? Try beautiful Bergen! tinyurl.com/Phd-oceanogr...
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📢 New CFP: Special Collection in EDS!
Calling for work exploring the convergence between #data-driven methodologies (#AI, #machinelearning) and physical modeling for Earth system science, building upon an upcoming workshop #EGU25 (@egu.eu).
ℹ️ How to submit: bit.ly/3Eq4WLV
📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
Calling for work exploring the convergence between #data-driven methodologies (#AI, #machinelearning) and physical modeling for Earth system science, building upon an upcoming workshop #EGU25 (@egu.eu).
ℹ️ How to submit: bit.ly/3Eq4WLV
📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
EDS Special Collection on Connecting Data-Driven and Physical Approaches
EDS Special Collection on Connecting Data-Driven and Physical Approaches
bit.ly
April 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
📢 New CFP: Special Collection in EDS!
Calling for work exploring the convergence between #data-driven methodologies (#AI, #machinelearning) and physical modeling for Earth system science, building upon an upcoming workshop #EGU25 (@egu.eu).
ℹ️ How to submit: bit.ly/3Eq4WLV
📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
Calling for work exploring the convergence between #data-driven methodologies (#AI, #machinelearning) and physical modeling for Earth system science, building upon an upcoming workshop #EGU25 (@egu.eu).
ℹ️ How to submit: bit.ly/3Eq4WLV
📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
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One of the most famous waterfall in Bergen area is Steinsdalfossen. This nice 50 meter drop waterfall offers the nice experience of passing behind it. During the snow melting season, it is actually impressive t... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJB5UyCsNDn/
April 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
One of the most famous waterfall in Bergen area is Steinsdalfossen. This nice 50 meter drop waterfall offers the nice experience of passing behind it. During the snow melting season, it is actually impressive t... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJB5UyCsNDn/
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Interested in the freshwater distribution and variability in the Southern Ocean 🌊 ?
Come by my #EGU25 presentation where I will show new insights from oxygen stable isotopes!
🗓️: Monday April 28
🕰️: 14:32 - 14:42
⛓️💥: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Come by my #EGU25 presentation where I will show new insights from oxygen stable isotopes!
🗓️: Monday April 28
🕰️: 14:32 - 14:42
⛓️💥: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
April 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Interested in the freshwater distribution and variability in the Southern Ocean 🌊 ?
Come by my #EGU25 presentation where I will show new insights from oxygen stable isotopes!
🗓️: Monday April 28
🕰️: 14:32 - 14:42
⛓️💥: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Come by my #EGU25 presentation where I will show new insights from oxygen stable isotopes!
🗓️: Monday April 28
🕰️: 14:32 - 14:42
⛓️💥: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Happy to share our last study published in JAMES! In the manuscript led by R. Santana from NIWA, we tested our in-house sea ice model neXtSIM in the "other" hemisphere, to see how it would perform with Antarctic sea ice! And the answer is... 1/3
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
❄️🌊
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
❄️🌊
Modeling Antarctic Sea Ice Variability Using a Brittle Rheology
We introduce neXtSIM-Ant, the first Antarctic configuration with a sea ice model using a brittle rheology Sea ice properties in neXtSIM-Ant are consistent with observations of extent, thickness a...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Happy to share our last study published in JAMES! In the manuscript led by R. Santana from NIWA, we tested our in-house sea ice model neXtSIM in the "other" hemisphere, to see how it would perform with Antarctic sea ice! And the answer is... 1/3
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
❄️🌊
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
❄️🌊
Les visiteurs du soir.
April 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Les visiteurs du soir.
After years of saying "it wouldbe fun", we did it! We cycled from home to Solstrand (34km) for our annual internal seminar at @nansensenteret.bsky.social !
A lovely morning ride in the rising sun despite the freezing toes.
A lovely morning ride in the rising sun despite the freezing toes.
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
After years of saying "it wouldbe fun", we did it! We cycled from home to Solstrand (34km) for our annual internal seminar at @nansensenteret.bsky.social !
A lovely morning ride in the rising sun despite the freezing toes.
A lovely morning ride in the rising sun despite the freezing toes.