News about Geophysics

Congratulations to Anne-Katrine Faber

Congratulations to Anne-Katrine Faber who succesfully defended her PhD thesis at Centre for Ice and Climate on June 2nd., 2016 and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philisophy.

Site on Mars named after Mars researcher Jens Martin Knudsen

The Danish Mars researcher Jens Martin Knudsen has had an area on Mars named after him. The site has been named Knudsen Ridge and has a very beautiful location by Endeavour Crater near the equator.

Rasmus A. Pedersen

Modelling interglacial climate – investigating the mechanisms of a warming climate Academic advisor: Bo M. Vinther

Rasmus Anker Pedersen

Modelling interglacial climate - Investigating the mechanisms of a warming climate Academic advisors: Bo M. Vinther and Peter L. Langen

Insulating layer of air above the Greenland ice sheet reduces precipitation

The Earth’s climate has been warming, but even though the Greenland ice sheet is melting rapidly in the coastal regions, there are large parts of the ice sheet where there has hardly been any melting on the surface.

Climate variations analysed 5 million years back in time

When we talk about climate change today, we have to recognise the natural variations to be able to distinguish them from the human-induced changes. Researchers from the NBI have analysed the natural climate variations…

Hannah Kleppin

Unforced climate transitions as a scenario for Dansgaard-Oeschger events Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Markus Jochum

Very high silicon content surprises Mars researchers

New results from the Mars rover Curosity show that some rocks in Gale Crater have a high content of the element silicon. Since the accumulation of silica typically require a combination of both heat and water, this plac…

The past shows how abrupt climate shifts affect Earth

New research shows how past abrupt climatic changes in the North Atlantic propagated globally. The study, led by researchers from The Niels Bohr Institute, shows how interaction between heat transport in the ocean and…

The Greenland ice sheet contains nutrients from precipitation

New research shows that the ice sheet on Greenland contains the nutrient phosphorus, which was carried by the atmosphere across the country, where it fell with precipitation. This new knowledge is important for...

Mads Bruun Poulsen

The Sensitivity of the Southern Ocean Circulation to Local Wind Stress Forcing in a Coarse Resolution Coupled GCM Supervisor: Markus Jochum

Volcanic eruptions are important for world climate

Large volcanic eruptions release huge clouds of ash and acid into the atmosphere. These clouds spread across the globe and block out the Sun, resulting in a colder climate for decades afterwards. Climate researchers hav…

Risk of major sea level rise in Northern Europe

Global warming leads to the ice sheets on land melting and flowing into the sea, which consequently rises. New calculations by researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute show that the sea level in Northern Europe may ris…

New Greenland ice core drilled through the Renland ice cap

An international research team led by the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have drilled an ice core through the ice cap on the Renland peninsula in the Scoresbysund fjord in Eastern Greenland in…

Research station moved nearly 500 km across the Greenland ice sheet

The entire research station NEEM has been moved 465 km across the Greenland ice sheet on skis to the new camp EGRIP, where there will be a future international drilling camp and a gateway to research programmes in East

Congratulations to Alexandra Messerli

Congratulations to Alexandra Messerli who succesfully defended her PhD thesis at Centre for Ice and Climate on May 06, 2015 and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Jonathan Winfield Rheinlænder

Interhemispheric climate variability in a pre-industrial control simulation of CCSM4 Supervisor: Markus Jochum

Beginning of the field season 2015

From end April 2015 you can follow two exciting field campaigns in Greenland - EGRIP and RECAP

Beginning of the field season 2015

The field office at Kangerlussuaq opens by end of April 2015. This season you can follow two exciting field campaigns in Greenland - EGRIP and RECAP

Opstart af feltsæson 2015

Feltkontoret i Kangerlussuaq åbner i slutningen af april 2015. Og i år kan du on-line følge to spændende projekter i Grønland - EGRIP og RECAP.

Mars has belts of glaciers consisting of frozen water

Mars has distinct polar ice caps, but Mars also has belts of glaciers at its central latitudes in both the southern and northern hemispheres. A thick layer of dust covers the glaciers, so they appear as surface of the…

A.P. Møller Foundation donates 25 million kroner to ice core research

Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, head of the Centre for Ice and Climate at NBIhas received a grant of 25 million kroner from the A.P. Møller Foundation for a major new research project in Greenland.

Malte Nordmann Winther

Continous measurements of Nitrous Oxide isotopomers produced by nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria Supervisors: Anders Svensson & Paul Vallelonga

Congratulations to Antje Fitzner

Congratulations to Antje Fitzner from Centre for Ice and Climate who succesfully defended her PhD thesis on December 1st. 2014 and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.