News about Geophysics

Janani Venkatesh

An improved Gas-CFA system for methane measurements and preliminary results from the Dye-3 ice core

Anna Maria Klüssendorf

Studies Of Dansgaard-Oeschger Climate Events From Greenland Ice Cores

Laurits S. Andreasen

Time scales of the Bipolar seesaw: The role of oceanic cross-hemisphere signals, Southern Ocean eddies and wind changes

Climate change resulting in bigger and more destructive hurricanes in the USA

During the last 100 years hurricanes have become more frequent and more destructive, new research from the University of Copenhagen shows.

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen awarded the Mohn Prize for her important role in climate change research

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen together with former Minister of Education and Research Tommy Ahlers in Greenland. The Scientific Committee wrote in their recommendation: “By ranking Dorthe Dahl-Jensen first, the committee…

Estelle L. Ngoumtsa

A new reconstruction of climatic impurities in the Sub-Antarctic region - Continuous Flow Analysis of the SubICE firn cores: Mertz, Siple, Bouvet, Peter-First, Young

Dust in ice cores leads to new knowledge on the advancement of the ice before the ice age

Researchers from the section Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth (PICE) have succeeded in making a method to enlighten an otherwise dark period in climate history.

3 researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute receive grants from Villum Fonden

VILLUM FONDEN awards DKK 98.5 million in grants to 52 bold research projects within the technical and natural sciences. For the third year running, VILLUM FONDEN has selected innovative research projects to receive…

Steffen Ole Randrup Kristensen

Extending the Veros climate simulator with biochemistry - Model design and AMOC collapse

Congratulations to Ida Margrethe Ringgaard

Congratulations to Ida Margrethe Ringgaard at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her PhD thesis Friday 28 June 2019, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Ida Margrethe Ringgaard

Sensitivity of Arctic sea ice change on climate in the coupled climate model EC-Earth

Conceptual model can explain how thunderstorm clouds bunch together

A new theoretical study from associate professor, Jan Härter, at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, presents a new mechanism for the self-aggregation of storm clouds, a phenomenon, by which storm clouds…

Floriane Océane Sudre

Sensitivity to Friction Changes: the Case of an Idealized Gullmarn Fjord

Marta A. Mrozowska

On the connection between upwelling, opal deposit rates and atmospheric CO2 concentration

Congratulations to Karl Nyman

Congratulations to Karl Nyman at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his PhD thesis Thursday 6 June 2019, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Karl Nyman

Bifurcations of relaxation oscillations in models of the middle Pleistocene transition of glacial cycles

New center at the University of Copenhagen to predict climate tipping points

Current climate models are unable to predict sudden and violent changes to climate, known as tipping points.

Michelle Shu-Ting Lee

Climate proxies based on the NEEM ice core for the Holocene period 4000-7000 years B2K: An integrated CFA and IEC method for the NEEM brittle zone

Mirjam Martina Läderach

Continuous flow analysis on EastGRIP ice core: Optimization of optical dye method and results from acidity measurements on the EastGRIP ice core

Dorthe Dahl Jensen appointed Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Manitoba

Dorthe Dahl Jensen, Professor at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has been appointed Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Her…

Congratulations to Filippo Botta

Congratulations to Filippo Botta at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his PhD thesis Monday 29 April 2019, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Olga Lia Dimopoulou

Observations of Turbulent Dynamics in the Baltic Sea

Congratulations to Søren Borg Nielsen

Congratulations to Søren Borg Nielsen at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his PhD thesis Tuesday 19 March 2019, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Carlos Francisco Castro Soto Reyes

The crustal and sedimentary structure of the Amundsen Basin, Arctic Ocean, derived from seismic reflection and refraction data