Øystein Varpe
@oysteinvarpe.bsky.social
Biologist, ecology & evolution
Professor, University of Bergen
adaptations to seasonality; ecological interactions; ocean-coast-land; polar & high-latitude ecosystems; natural history
Also with NINA & Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Professor, University of Bergen
adaptations to seasonality; ecological interactions; ocean-coast-land; polar & high-latitude ecosystems; natural history
Also with NINA & Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Kudos to the university library in Oslo. Forbodne bøker. Ytringsfridom. Freedom of speech. #BannedBooksWeek
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Kudos to the university library in Oslo. Forbodne bøker. Ytringsfridom. Freedom of speech. #BannedBooksWeek
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!
August 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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!
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.
August 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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.
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
May 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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
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:
May 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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:
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
March 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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
Nuuk, Greenland (Grønland) 26/27 March 2025. #Arctic #ClimateNarratives
March 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Nuuk, Greenland (Grønland) 26/27 March 2025. #Arctic #ClimateNarratives
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
March 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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
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
March 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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
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...
February 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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...
Springtime in south-facing parts of Western Norway. Vipera berus basking in the sun. -7C the night before. #microclimate #phenology ; hoggorm
February 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Springtime in south-facing parts of Western Norway. Vipera berus basking in the sun. -7C the night before. #microclimate #phenology ; hoggorm
Good to see the university bookshop here in Bergen featuring the Arctic. Lot´s of exciting titles
February 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Good to see the university bookshop here in Bergen featuring the Arctic. Lot´s of exciting titles
Splendid keynote by Jonas Hentati-Sundberg. Clever approaches, exciting findings, and deep motivation to understand how seabirds interact with their marine environment
February 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Splendid keynote by Jonas Hentati-Sundberg. Clever approaches, exciting findings, and deep motivation to understand how seabirds interact with their marine environment
Backstage at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, part of Swedish Oikos Meeting 2025. Amazing tour of the skin collections
February 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Backstage at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, part of Swedish Oikos Meeting 2025. Amazing tour of the skin collections