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Kerim Hestnes
Nisancioglu
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Allegaten 70
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Postboks 7803
5020 Bergen
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Climate dynamics, paleoclimate, and climate modelling.

Interdisciplinary research in Earth Sciences is focused on understanding the dynamics of past climate change on a wide range of timescales, including tectonic, orbital and millennial, by using a hierarchy of climate and ice sheet models combined with marine and terrestrial proxy data. 

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Causes of Climate Change

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/causes-of-climate-change/

Online course offereded through Future Learn first offerede 21st of September 2015

 

Advanced Climate Dynamics Courses

www.uib.no/rs/acdc

A yearly summer school offered to advanced PhD candidates and early career scientists focusing on current topics relating to climate dynamics and interdisciplinary research within paleoclimate.

ACDC2014: "The Dynamics of the Greenland Ice sheet", Arctic Station, Disko Island, West Greenland

ACDC2013: "The Dynamics of the last Deglaciation", Nyksund, Vesterålen, northern Norway.

ACDC2012: "Landscapes and Climate", Snøheim, Dovre, Norway.

ACDC2011: "Dynamics of Past Warm Climates", Friday Harbor, Washington State, USA.

ACDC2010: "Ice-Ocean Interactions", MIT FabLab, Lyngen, northern Norway.

ACDC2009: "Understanding the basic state, variability, forcing and stability of the Ocean overturning circulation in the past, present and future", Espegrend Marine Research Station, Bergen, Norway.

The summer schools are supported by SiU and ResClim.

Journal articles
  • Jennings, Richard P.; Singarayer, Joy; Stone, Emma J.; Krebs-Kanzow, Uta; Khon, Vyacheslav C.; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Pfeiffer, Madelene; Zhang, Xu; Parker, Adrian; Parton, Ash; Groucutt, Huw S.; White, Tom S.; Drak, Nick A.; Petraglia, Michael D. 2015. The greening of Arabia: Multiple opportunities for human occupation of the Arabian Peninsula during the Late Pleistocene inferred from an ensemble of climate model simulations. Quaternary International. 382: 181-199. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.006
  • Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Paasche, Øyvind. 2015. Het klode – gammelt nytt. Dagens næringsliv. 27-27. Published 2015-02-28.
  • Renssen, Hans; Mairesse, Aurélien; Goosse, Hugues; Heiri, Oliver; Roche, Didier M.; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Valdes, Paul J. 2015. Multiple causes of the Younger Dryas cold period. Nature Geoscience. doi: doi:10.1038/ngeo2557
  • Langebroek, Petra; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2014. Simulating last interglacial climate with NorESM: role of insolation and greenhouse gases in the timing of peak warmth. Climate of the Past. 10: 1305-1318. doi: 10.5194/cp-10-1305-2014
  • Nilsen, Jan Even Øie; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Furevik, Tore. 2014. Arven fra polene. Dagens næringsliv. 46-46. Published 2014-11-13.
  • Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Paasche, Øyvind. 2014. Det svake punkt. Dagens næringsliv. 1 pages. Published 2014-05-24.
  • Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Paasche, Øyvind. 2014. Om ris og is. Dagens næringsliv. Published 2014-01-04.
  • Paasche, Øyvind; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2014. Verdens (hittil) raskeste klimaendringer. Aftenposten Innsikt. 8: 88-89. Published 2014-09-01.
  • Dokken, Trond Martin; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Li, Camille; Battisti, David Stephen; Kissel, Catherine. 2013. Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles: Interactions between ocean and sea ice intrinsic to the Nordic seas. Paleoceanography. 28: 491-502. doi: 10.1002/palo.20042
  • Dowsett, Harry J.; Foley, Kevin M.; Stoll, Danielle K.; Chandler, Mark A.; Sohl, Linda E.; Bentsen, Mats; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Bragg, Fran J.; Chan, Wing-Le; Contoux, Camille; Dolan, Aisling M.; Haywood, Alan M.; Jonas, Jeff A.; Jost, Anne; Kamae, Youichi; Lohmann, Gerrit; Lunt, Daniel J.; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Ramstein, Gilles; Riesselman, Christina R.; Robinson, Marci M.; Rosenbloom, Nan A.; Salzmann, Ulrich; Stepanek, Christian; Strother, Stephanie L.; Ueda, Hiroaki; Yan, Qing; Zhang, Zhongshi. 2013. Sea surface temperature of the mid-piacenzian ocean: a data-model comparison. Scientific Reports. 3. 8 pages. doi: 10.1038/srep02013
  • Lunt, Daniel J.; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Bakker, Pepijn; Berger, André; Braconnot, Pascale; Charbit, Sylvie; Fischer, Nils; Herold, Nicholas; Jungclaus, Johann H.; Khon, Vyacheslav C.; Krebs-Kanzow, Uta; Langebroek, Petra; Lohmann, Gerrit; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Park, Wonsun; Pfeiffer, Madelene; Phipps, Steven J.; Prange, Matthias; Rachmayani, Renita; Renssen, Hans; Rosenbloom, Nan; Schneider, Birgit; Stone, Emma J.; Takahashi, Keiko; Wei, Wei; Yin, Qiuzhen; Zhang, Zhongshi. 2013. A multi-model assessment of last interglacial temperatures. Climate of the Past. 9: 699-717. doi: 10.5194/cp-9-699-2013
  • Zhang, Zhongshi; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Chandler, Mark A.; Haywood, Alan M.; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Ramstein, Gilles; Stepanek, Christian; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Chan, Wing-Le; Bragg, Fran J.; Contoux, Camille; Dolan, Aisling M.; Hill, David J.; Jost, Anne; Kamae, Youichi; Lohmann, Gerrit; Lunt, Daniel J.; Rosenbloom, Nan A.; Sohl, Linda E.; Ueda, Hiroaki. 2013. Mid-pliocene Atlantic meridional overturning circulation not unlike modern. Climate of the Past. 9: 1495-1504. doi: 10.5194/cp-9-1495-2013
  • Zhang, Zhongshi; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Ninnemann, Ulysses S. 2013. Increased ventilation of Antarctic deep water during the warm mid-Pliocene. Nature Communications. 4. 6 pages. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2521
  • Bethke, Ingo; Li, Camille; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2012. Can we use ice sheet reconstructions to constrain meltwater for deglacial simulations? Paleoceanography. 27. 17 pages. doi: 10.1029/2011PA002258
  • Born, Andreas; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2012. Melting of Northern Greenland during the last interglaciation. The Cryosphere. 6: 1239-1250. doi: 10.5194/tc-6-1239-2012
  • Zhang, Xiao; Prange, Matthias; Steph, Silke; Butzin, Martin; Krebs, Uta; Lunt, Daniel J; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Park, Wonsun; Schmittner, Andreas; Schneider, Birgit; Schulz, Michael. 2012. Changes in equatorial Pacific thermocline depth in response to Panamanian seaway closure: Insights from a multi-model study. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 317: 76-84. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.028
  • Zhang, Zhongshi; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Bentsen, Mats; Tjiputra, Jerry; Bethke, Ingo; Yan, Qing; Risebrobakken, Bjørg; Andersson, Carin; Jansen, Eystein. 2012. Pre-industrial and mid-Pliocene simulations with NorESM-L. Geoscientific Model Development. 5: 523-533. doi: 10.5194/gmd-5-523-2012
  • Born, Andreas; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2011. Melting of Northern Greenland during the last inerglacial. The Cryosphere Discussions. 5: 3517-3539. doi: 10.5194/tcd-5-3517-2011
  • Born, Andreas; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Risebrobakken, Bjørg. 2011. Late Eemian warming in the Nordic Seas as seen in proxy data and climate models. Paleoceanography. 26. 10 pages. doi: 10.1029/2010PA002027
  • Pausata, Francesco S. Rocco; Battisti, David Stephen; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Bitz, Cecilia M. 2011. Chinese stalagmite δ18O controlled by changes in the Indian monsoon during a simulated Heinrich event. Nature Geoscience. 4: 474-480. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1169
  • Pausata, Francesco S. Rocco; Li, Camille; Wettstein, Justin; Kageyama, M.; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2011. The key role of topography in altering North Atlantic atmospheric circulation during the last glacial period. Climate of the Past. 7. doi: 10.5194/cp-7-1089-2011
  • Zhang, Zhongshi; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Flatøy, Frode; Bentsen, Mats; Bethke, Ingo; Wang, Huijun. 2011. Tropical seaways played a more important role than high latitude seaways in Cenozoic cooling. Climate of the Past. 7: 801-813. doi: 10.5194/cp-7-801-2011
  • Born, Andreas; Kageyama, Masa; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2010. Warm Nordic Seas delayed glacial inception in Scandinavia. Climate of the Past. 6. 817-826. doi: 10.5194/cp-6-817-2010
  • Born, Andreas; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Braconnot, Pascale. 2010. Sea ice induced changes in ocean circulation during the Eemian. Climate Dynamics. 35: 1361-1371. doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0709-2
  • Pausata, Francesco S. Rocco; Li, Camille; Wettstein, Justin; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Battisti, David Stephen. 2009. Changes in atmospheric variability in a glacial climate and the impacts on proxy data: a model intercomparison. Climate of the Past. 5: 489-502.
  • Paasche, Øyvind; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2006. På sporet av en tapt istid. Cicerone. 6. 27-29.
  • Raymo, M.E.; Lisiecki, LE; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2006. Plio-pleistocene ice volume, Antarctic climate, and the global delta O-18 record. Science. 313: 492-495.
  • Dokken, Trond Martin; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2004. Palaeoclimatology - Fresh angle on the polar seesaw. Nature. 430: 842-843. doi: 10.1038/430842a
  • Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Raymo, Maureen E.; Stone, Peter H. 2003. Reorganization of Miocene deep water circulation in response to the shoaling of the Central American Seaway. Paleoceanography. 18. doi: 10.1029/2002PA000767
  • Raymo, M. E.; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2003. The 41 kyr world: Milankovitch’s other unsolved mystery. Paleoceanography. 18. doi: 10.1029/2002PA000791
Book sections
  • Jansen, Eystein; Andersson, Carin; Moros, Matthias; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Nyland, Birgitte Friestad; Telford, Richard. 2008. The early to mid-Holocene thermal optimum in the North Atlantic. Chapter 5, pages 123-137. In:
    • Battarbee, Richard W.; Binney, Heather A. 2008. Natural Climate Variability and Global Warming: a Holocene Perspective. Blackwell Publishing. 276 pages. ISBN: 978-1-4051-5905-0.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

(Follow link to Cristin for a complete list, or check Google Scholar)

Dokken, Trond Martin; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Li, Camille; Battisti, David Stephen; Kissel, Catherine. 
Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles: Interactions between ocean and sea ice intrinsic to the Nordic seas. Paleoceanography 2013 ;Volum 28.(3) s. 491-502

Zhang, Zhongshi; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Ninnemann, Ulysses S. 
Increased ventilation of Antarctic deep water during the warm mid-Pliocene. Nature Communications 2013 ;Volum 4.

Bethke, Ingo; Li, Camille; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 
Can we use ice sheet reconstructions to constrain meltwater for deglacial simulations?. Paleoceanography 2012 ;Volum 27.

Born, Andreas; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 
Melting of Northern Greenland during the last interglaciation. The Cryosphere 2012 ;Volum 6.(6) s. 1239-1250

Born, Andreas; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Risebrobakken, Bjørg. 
Late Eemian warming in the Nordic Seas as seen in proxy data and climate models. Paleoceanography 2011 ;Volum 26

Pausata, Francesco S. Rocco; Battisti, David Stephen; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Bitz, Cecilia M.. 
Chinese stalagmite δ18O controlled by changes in the Indian monsoon during a simulated Heinrich event. Nature Geoscience 2011 ;Volum 4.(7) s. 474-480.

Born, Andreas; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Braconnot, Pascale. 
Sea ice induced changes in ocean circulation during the Eemian. Climate Dynamics 2010 ;Volum 35.(7-8) s. 1361-1371

Raymo, M.E.; Lisiecki, LE; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 
Plio-pleistocene ice volume, Antarctic climate, and the global delta O-18 record. Science 2006 ;Volum 313. s. 492-495

Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Raymo, Maureen E.; Stone, Peter H.. 
Reorganization of Miocene deep water circulation in response to the shoaling of the Central American Seaway. Paleoceanography 2003 ;Volum 18.(1)

Raymo, M. E.; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 
The 41 kyr world: Milankovitch’s other unsolved mystery. Paleoceanography 2003 ;Volum 18.(1)

Climate dynamics, paleoclimate, and climate modelling.

Current projects

ice2ice - ERC Synergy grant on "Arctic Sea Ice and Greenland Ice Sheet Sensitivity" 2014-2019

DYNAWARM - Dynamics of past warm climates

Past4Future - Climate change – Learning from the past climate

SiU - Partnership Program with North America 2012-2015

NICE - Network for Ice sheet and Climate evolution 2007-2010

ARECTREC - Arctic records of climate change - dynamics, feedbacks and processes 2007-2011