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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · 1d

Kudos to the university library in Oslo. Forbodne bøker. Ytringsfridom. Freedom of speech. #BannedBooksWeek

Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Same procedure as every autumn term, kicking it of with field course at #Espegrend, our UiB field station. BIO102 Basic Ecology and Field Methods. Keen students!

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Aug 11

Visited Runde again today. The Northern Gannets, with their long breeding season, are still around. Decent number of recruits as far as I could judge through the binoculars. Morus bassanus, havsule.

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · May 27

One year jubilee for this rocky shore experiment. ‪@catiamonteiro.bsky.social‬‬ and @biointeractproj.bsky.social‬ visiting the Bergen site. Treated with a generous low tide. Ascophyllum removal and responses across latitudes. #Seasonality #Espegrend

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · May 22

Come and work with us here in wonderful Bergen. Two PhD positions in marine evolutionary ecology. Theoretical Ecology Group, BIO, UiB www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Research Fellow (two positions) in marine evolutionary ecology (281140) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD Research Fellow (two positions) in marine evolutionary ecology (281140), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, June 15, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · May 6

Biomolecular profiles of Arctic Sea-ice diatoms highlight the role of under-ice light in cellular energy allocation
doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Biomolecular profiles of Arctic sea-ice diatoms highlight the role of under-ice light in cellular energy allocation

Abstract. Arctic sea-ice diatoms fuel polar marine food webs as they emerge from winter darkness into spring. Through their photosynthetic activity they ma

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · May 6

Seasonal environmental transitions and metabolic plasticity in a sea-ice alga from an individual cell perspective perspective
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Seasonal environmental transitions and metabolic plasticity in a sea-ice alga from an individual cell perspective - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Seasonal environmental transitions and metabolic plasticity in a sea-ice alga from an individual cell perspective

www.nature.com

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · May 6

Spatio-temporal dynamics in microalgal communities in Arctic land-fast sea ice
doi.org/10.1016/j.po...

Redirecting

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · May 6

Rebecca Duncan @polarbecologist.bsky.social presented at UNIS (Svalbard) today - on her super fascinating PhD work, competed last year. Sea ice ecosystems, fjords, light, seasonality and ice algae. Some of her papers in posts below:

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Apr 11

In Oslo after Easter? Go see these paintings by Axel Thorenfeldt. #Kystfugler #Seabirds #CoastalEcology - gwpa.no/nb/om-oss/ak...

Axel Thorenfeldt; Kystfugler

Salgsutstilling hos Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner 24. - 30. april

gwpa.no

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Mar 30

View from and towards Arctic Station. Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Island, Greenland. Stranded icebergs and some newly formed and snow covered sea ice. 30 March 2025 #Arctic #ClimateNarratives

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Mar 28

Nuuk, Greenland (Grønland) 26/27 March 2025. #Arctic #ClimateNarratives

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Mar 26

And a bit more on the Arctic Station: arktiskstation.ku.dk/english/

Arctic Station – University of Copenhagen

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Mar 26

The intended BBC link: www.bbc.com/news/article...

JD Vance to accompany wife on Greenland trip

Greenland's leaders have criticised planned visits by US officials after Trump's threats to annex the island.

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Mar 26

While others “check on the island’s security” www.bbc.com/news/article... we are heading over to check on the marine ecosystem - in close collaboration with locals and dear Danish colleagues. Nuuk today. Soon at Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq. #ClimateNarratives Photo shows 2023 conditions

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Mar 17

The study is a follow-up on Nadja´s master project, which led to this article:
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

Blue mussels in western Norway have vanished where in reach of crawling predators

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Mar 14

Predation experiment ongoing - part of Nadja Meister´s exciting PhD project. We checked the cages yesterday. Dogwhelks preying on blue mussels in the intertidal, near our field station #Espegrend. Mytilus edulis and Nucella lapillus

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · Mar 4

We're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Mar 5

Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.

"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"

NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting

Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions

www.science.org

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Feb 25

We have tried to look into the future. @mariusarthun.bsky.social led the efforts. Several from @bjerknes.bsky.social contributed. Frida Cnossen essential in creating the elegant illustrations (e.g. Fig2 below). Barents Sea. Arctic. Sea Ice. Nansen Legacy. doi.org/10.1525/elem...

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Marius Årthun @mariusarthun.bsky.social · Feb 24

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

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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...

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Feb 16

Springtime in south-facing parts of Western Norway. Vipera berus basking in the sun. -7C the night before. #microclimate #phenology ; hoggorm

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Feb 13

Good to see the university bookshop here in Bergen featuring the Arctic. Lot´s of exciting titles

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Trine Bekkby @trinebekkby.bsky.social · Feb 7

Knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum is called “grisetang” (“pig wrack”) in Norwegian 🐷🌱Channelled wrack, Pelvetia canaliculata, is called “sauetang” («sheep wrack») 🐑🌱 This indicates the historic importance of rockweeds as animal feed. The picture: sheep feeding on “pig wrack” 🌱🐷🐑🌱 #PhycologyFriday

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Øystein Varpe @oysteinvarpe.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thanks. Have just entered Bluesky and would happily join

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