Ecology
A study involving the OCCR reveals the tempo of invasive species' impacts
Gray emissions
OCCR's Charlotte Blattner and Thomas Frölicher talk about "gray emissions" and the 2nd Bern Climate Law Conference.
Terrestrial Ecology
Watch video
The OCCR produced a short film about the HOME Experiment. It explains the background of the Hasli Outdoor Mesocosm Experiment.
Night of Research
The OCCR was present at Night of Research with topics including climate change and oceans. An eye-catching exhibit were the depths of an imaginary ocean.
Climate change
Researchers from the OCCR and the ETH Zurich have investigated how climate change influences supercell thunderstorms in Europe.
IPCC Report
OCCR member Thomas Frölicher has been appointed as the Coordinating Lead Author for the upcoming IPCC Assessment Report.
Climate warming
An international research group involving the OCCR has discovered that soil microorganisms shift their seasonal rhythm more than plants in response to climate warming.
Paulus Prize
OCCR member Stefan Brönnimann was awarded the Paulus Prize by the German Meteorological Society.
Award
OCCR member Lukas Fesenfeld was awarded the Theodor Kocher Prize by the University of Bern.
Ocean Conference
OCCR member Thomas Frölicher participated in the UN Ocean Conference 2025 in Nice. His assessment of the health of the world's oceans in an interview.
Swiss Global Change Day
The prize for the best poster in all categories went to OCCR young researchers at the Swiss Global Change Day 2025 contest.
Research
The OCCR has a new research group. It is called Global Biogeochemical Modelling and it is mainly concerned with the reconstruction of ocean circulation.
European research
Various OCCR researchers are involved in a major European project that combines climate modelling with paleo data.
Explanatory video
OCCR researcher Jens Terhaar is the author of a new study on ocean circulation in the North Atlantic.
Antarctica
An international team of researchers with significant participation from the Oeschger Centre has drilled a 2,800 metre long and over 1.2 million year old ice core.
New professorship
With support from la Mobilière, the University of Bern has established an endowed professorship to study climate impact and public health in urban and residential areas.
