I am a researcher with a focus on chemical oceanography at the Geophysical Institute/University of Bergen in Norway. I focus understanding what governs the uptake of carbon by the worlds oceans, especially the North Atlantic and the Nordic Seas. I am especially interested in the interactions between the upper ocean carbon cycle and the biological cabon pump.

 

 

Academic article

• Ylva Ericson; Agneta Fransson; Melissa Chierici et al. (2023). Rapid fCO2 rise in the northern Barents Sea and Nansen Basin. (external link)
• Corinne Le Quéré; Robbie Andrew; Pierre Friedlingstein et al. (2018). Global Carbon Budget 2017. (external link)
• Pierre Friedlingstein; Matthew W. Jones; Michael O'Sullivan et al. (2019). Global carbon budget 2019. (external link)
• Fiz F. Pérez; Meike Becker; Nadine Goris et al. (2024). An Assessment of CO2 Storage and Sea-Air Fluxes for the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Between 1985 and 2018. (external link)
• Meike Becker; Are Olsen; Peter Landschützer et al. (2021). The northern European shelf as an increasing net sink for CO2. (external link)
• Abdirahman Omar; Helmuth Thomas; Are Olsen et al. (2019). Trends of Ocean Acidification and pCO2 in the Northern North Sea, 2003-2015. (external link)
• Vassilis Kitidis; Jamie D. Shutler; Ian Ashton et al. (2019). Winter weather controls net influx of atmospheric CO2 on the north-west European shelf. (external link)
• Meike Becker; Are Olsen; Gilles Reverdin (2021). In-air one-point calibration of oxygen optodes in underway systems. (external link)
• Vlad A. Macovei; Yoana G. Voynova; Meike Becker et al. (2020). Long-term intercomparison of two pCO2 instruments based on ship-of-opportunity measurements in a dynamic shelf sea environment. (external link)
• Friederike Fröb; Are Olsen; Meike Becker et al. (2019). Wintertime fCO2 variability in the subpolar North Atlantic since 2004. (external link)
• Pierre Friedlingstein; Michael O'Sullivan; Matthew W. Jones et al. (2020). Global Carbon Budget 2020. (external link)
• Matthew J McGrath; Ana Maria Roxana Petrescu; Philippe Peylin et al. (2023). The consolidated European synthesis of CO2 emissions and removals for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2020. (external link)
• Are Olsen; Balamuralli Rajasakaren; Emil Jeansson et al. (2024). In the Wake of Deeper Convection: Nonsteady State Anthropogenic Carbon in the Greenland Sea. (external link)
• Meike Becker; Tobias Steinhoff; Arne Körtzinger (2018). A Detailed View on the Seasonality of Stable Carbon Isotopes Across the North Atlantic. (external link)
• Pierre Friedlingstein; Michael O'Sullivan; Matthew W. Jones et al. (2023). Global Carbon Budget 2023. (external link)
• P. Friedlingstein; Matthew W. Jones; Michael O'Sullivan et al. (2022). Global Carbon Budget 2021. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Meike Becker; Are Olsen; Peter Landschützer et al. (2021). The northern European shelf as increasing net sink for CO2. (external link)
• Ylva Ericson; Agneta Fransson; Melissa Chierici et al. (2023). Rapid fCO2 rise in the northern Barents Sea and Nansen Basin. (external link)
• Meike Becker (2021). Anthropogenic CO2 emissions and climate change: the state of art and future scenarios. (external link)
• Meike Becker (2022). Estimating air sea CO2 flux on the European shelf . (external link)
• Meike Becker; Are Olsen; Friederike Fröb et al. (2017). Nuka Arctica: North Atlantic Observatory. (external link)
• Jerry Tjiputra; Marion Gehlen; Nadine Goris et al. (2023). An assessment of CO2 storage and sea-air fluxes of the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea between 1985 and 2018. (external link)
• Marie Eide; Are Olsen; Friederike Fröb et al. (2017). The Anthropocene in the marine carbon isotope record, δ13C in the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Meike Becker; Are Olsen; Abdirahman Omar et al. (2017). Surface ocean pCO2 measurements within ICOS Norway and the example of M/V Nuka Arctica. (external link)

Research report

• Elizabeth Marie Jones; Ingunn Skjelvan; Helene Frigstad et al. (2022). Monitoring ocean acidification in Norwegian seas in 2021 - selected results. (external link)
• Geir Huse; Thierry Baussant; Meike Becker et al. (2023). The One Ocean Expedition: Science and Sailing for the Ocean We Want. (external link)

Lecture

• Meike Becker (2022). Havets rolle i det globale karbonbudsjett. (external link)
• Ingunn Skjelvan; Meike Becker; Abdirahman Omar et al. (2018). ICOS data used for Ocean acidification research. (external link)
• Meike Becker; Ingunn Skjelvan (2018). CO2 metrology - present situation for the marine community. (external link)
• Ingunn Skjelvan; Helene Frigstad; Andrew Luke King et al. (2023). Havforsuringsprogrammet. (external link)

Conference poster

• Meike Becker; Are Olsen; Arian Bastani et al. (2017). Surface ocean pCO2 maps along the Norwegian coast-A regional optimization of global pCO2 maps. (external link)
• Siv Kari Lauvset; Stephen Matthew Platt; Holger Lange et al. (2024). ICOS-NORWAY – A TOOL TO VERIFY NORWEGIAN GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS. (external link)
• Friederike Fröb; Are Olsen; Meike Becker et al. (2017). Impact of North Atlantic freshening on sea surface fCO2. (external link)

Radio or TV participation

• Stephen Outten; Ingjald Pilskog; Meike Becker et al. (2023). Meike Becker og Ingunn Skjevlan - Deepwater acidification. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Tobias Steinhoff; Thanos Gkritzalis; Siv Kari Lauvset et al. (2019). Constraining the oceanic uptake and fluxes of greenhouse gases by building an ocean network of certified stations: The ocean component of the Integrated Carbon Observation System, ICOS-Oceans. (external link)

Media feature article

• Meike Becker; Siv Kari Lauvset (2021). Hvordan skal vi følge med på CO2 utslippene?. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

• ICOS - Integrated Carbon Observation Systems: Meike Becker is PI for the ships of opportunity (SOOP) Tukuma Arctica (from 2020) and Nuka Arctica (until 2020). This work includes setting up and improving the instrumentation, maintenance, data reduction and quality control.  
• Co-chair of the Ocean MSA (Montitoring Station assembly) of ICOS
• Verify: Becker is Co-investigator and responsible for mapping coastal air-sea fluxes of CO2 in Europe
• One Ocean Expedition: PI for the surface ocean pCO2 measurements onboard. 
• The Nansen Legacy: Becker is Co-investigator and works on determining the air-sea flux of CO2 in the Barents Sea
• Havforsuringsprogrammet (Ocean acidification program) of the Norweagian Environmental Agency