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Bjarte Hannisdal

Associate Professor, iEarth Education Chair, Leader of iEarth Focus Area 1

Quantitative paleobiology and geobiology

Earth system history

Causality in dynamical systems

Higher education development

I am involved in the iEarth Centre for Excellence in Education, a national consortium of earth science departments. I am the iEarth Education Chair at the Department of Earth Science and Leader of iEarth Focus Area 1, which aims to develop a new framework for transforming the higher education curriculum. The educational change process is also the subject of the PhD project of Dario Blumenschein.

I have developed and currently teach the following courses:

GEOV114 - Introduction to geobiology

GEOV302 - Data analysis in earth science

I am also involved in the following courses:

GEOV344 - Geobiology and evolution of life on Earth

BIO318 - Current geobiological topics

Møller TE, Le Moine Bauer S, Hannisdal B, Zhao R, Baumberger T, Roerdink DL, Dupuis A, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Jørgensen SL (2022). Mapping microbial abundance and prevalence to changing oxygen concentration in deep-sea sediments using machine learning and differential abundance. Frontiers in microbiology 13: 804575. [doi]

Diego D, Hannisdal B, Dahle H (2021). On how the power supply shapes microbial survival. Mathematical Biosciences 338: 108615. [doi]

Brendryen J, Haflidason H, Yokoyama Y, Haaga KA, and Hannisdal B (2020). Eurasian ice sheet collapse was a major source of Meltwater Pulse 1A 14,600 years ago. Nature Geoscience 13: 363–368. [doi] [News & Views]

Meinicke N, Ho SL, Hannisdal B, Nürnberg D, Tripati A, Schiebel R, and Meckler AN (2020). A robust calibration of the clumped isotopes to temperature relationship for foraminifers, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 270, 160-183. [doi]

Haaga KA, Diego D, Brendryen J, Hannisdal B (2020). A simple test for causality in complex systems. [arXiv Preprint].  

Haaga KA, Diego D, and Hannisdal B (2019). Surrogate data generation using the Perron-Frobenius operator. [OSF Preprint].

Zhao R, Hannisdal B, Mogollon JM, and Jørgensen SL (2019). Nitrifier abundance and diversity peak at deep redox transitions. Scientific Reports 9: 8633. [doi]

Diego D, Haaga KA, and Hannisdal B (2019). Transfer entropy computation using the Perron-Frobenius operator. Physical Review E 99 (4), 042212. [doi]

Piasecki A, Bernasconi SM, Grauel AL, Hannisdal B, Ho SL, Leutert TJ, et al. (2019). Application of Clumped Isotope Thermometry to Benthic Foraminifera. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20, 2082-2090. [doi]

Haaga KA, Brendryen J, Diego D, and Hannisdal B (2018). Forcing of Late Pleistocene ice volume by spatially variable summer energy. Scientific Reports 8, 11520. [doi] [pdf]

Hannisdal B and Liow LH (2018). Causality from palaeontological time series. Palaeontology 61, 495-509. [doi] [pdf]

Dunhill AM, Hannisdal B, Brocklehurst N, and Benton MJ (2018). On formation-based sampling proxies and why they should not be used to correct the fossil record. Palaeontology 61, 119-132. [doi] [pdf]

Pechlivanidou S, Cowie PA, Hannisdal B, Whittaker AC, Gawthorpe RL, Pennos C, and Riiser OS (2018) Source-to-sink analysis in an active extensional setting: Holocene erosion and deposition in the Sperchios rift, central Greece. Basin Research 30, 522-543. [doi] [pdf]

Hannisdal B, Haaga KA, Reitan T, Diego D, and Liow LH (2017). Common species link global ecosystems to climate change: dynamical evidence in the planktonic fossil record. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284 (1858). [doi] [pdf] [supplement] [code]

Dunhill AM, Hannisdal B, and Benton MJ (2014) Disentangling rock record bias and common-cause from redundancy in the British fossil record. Nature Communications 5: 4818. [doi] [link]

Gittel A, Bárta J, Kohoutová I, Mikutta R, Owens S, Gilbert J, Schnecker J, Wild B, Hannisdal B, Maerz J, Lashchinskiy N, Čapek P, Šantrůčková H, Gentsch N, Shibistova O, Guggenberger G, Richter A, Torsvik VL, Schleper C, and Urich T (2014). Distinct microbial communities associated with buried soils in the Siberian tundra. The ISME Journal 8: 841–853. [doi]

Hannisdal B, Henderiks J, and Liow LH (2012). Long-term evolutionary and ecological responses of calcifying phytoplankton to changes in atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology 18, 3504–3516. [doi] [pdf] [supplement]

Jorgensen SL, Hannisdal B, Lanzén A, Baumberger T, Flesland K, Fonseca R, Øvreås L, Steen IH, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, and Schleper C (2012). Correlating microbial community profiles with geochemical data in highly stratified sediments from the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. PNAS 109 (42), E2846-E2855. [doi] [pdf] [commentary]

Hannisdal B and Peters SE (2011). Phanerozoic Earth system evolution and marine biodiversity. Science 334, 1121-1124. [doi] [pdf] [SOM] [perspective]

Hannisdal B (2011). Non-parametric inference of causal interactions from geological records. American Journal of Science 311, 315-334. [doi]

Hannisdal B (2011). Detecting common-cause relationships with directional information transfer. In A. McGowan and A.B. Smith (eds.), Comparing the Geological and Fossil Records: Implications for Biodiversity Studies. Geological Society London, Special Publications 358, 19-29. [doi] [pdf]

Dahle H, Hannisdal B, Steinsbu BO, Ommedal H, Einen J, Jensen S, Larsen Ø, Øvreås L, and Norland S (2011). Evolution of temperature optimum in Thermotogaceae and the prediction of trait values of uncultured organisms. Extremophiles 15, 509-516.[pdf]

Hannisdal B and Peters SE (2010). On the relationship between macrostratigraphy and geological processes: quantitative information capture and sampling robustness. Journal of Geology 118, 111-130. [pdf]

Hannisdal B (2007). Inferring phenotypic evolution in the fossil record by Bayesian inversion. Paleobiology 33, 98-115. [doi]

Hannisdal B (2006). Phenotypic evolution in the fossil record: numerical experiments. Journal of Geology 114, 133-153. [doi]

Hannisdal B (2004). Clams and brachiopods: chips that pass out of sight. Palaios 19, 507-513. [doi]

Kowalewski M, Carroll M, Casazza L, Gupta N, Hannisdal B, Hendy A, Krause Jr. RA, LaBarbera M, Lazo DG, Messina C, Puchalski S, Rothfus TA, Sälgeback J, Stempien J, Terry RC, Tomasovych A (2003). Quantitative fidelity of brachiopod-mollusk assemblages from modern subtidal environments of San Juan Islands, USA. Journal of Taphonomy 1, 43-65. [pdf]

Hannisdal B (2001). Cladistic analysis of entelophyllid rugose corals from the Silurian of northern Europe: some methodological aspects. In: Ezaki, Y (ed.), Proc. 8th Int. Symp. Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 1, 50-61.

 

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2022). Mapping Microbial Abundance and Prevalence to Changing Oxygen Concentration in Deep-Sea Sediments Using Machine Learning and Differential Abundance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 1-14.
  • Show author(s) (2021). On how the power supply shapes microbial survival. Mathematical Biosciences.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Eurasian Ice Sheet collapse was a major source of Meltwater Pulse 1A 14,600 years ago. Nature Geoscience. 363-368.
  • Show author(s) (2020). A robust calibration of the clumped isotopes to temperature relationship for foraminifers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 160-183.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Transfer entropy computation using the Perron-Frobenius operator. Physical Review E (PRE).
  • Show author(s) (2019). Nitrifier abundance and diversity peak at deep redox transition zones. Scientific Reports. 1-12.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Application of Clumped Isotope Thermometry to Benthic Foraminifera. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 2082-2090.
  • Show author(s) (2018). On formation-based sampling proxies and why they should not be used to correct the fossil record. Palaeontology. 119-132.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Forcing of late Pleistocene ice volume by spatially variable summer energy. Scientific Reports. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Source-to-sink analysis in an active extensional setting: Holocene erosion and deposition in the Sperchios rift, central Greece. Basin Research. 522-543.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Common species link global ecosystems to climate change: Dynamical evidence in the planktonic fossil record. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 1-9.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Distinct microbial communities associated with buried soils in the Siberian tundra. The ISME Journal. 841-853.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Disentangling rock record bias and common-cause from redundancy in the British fossil record. Nature Communications.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Correlating microbial community profiles with geochemical data in highly stratified sediments from the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. E2846-E2855.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Phanerozoic Earth System Evolution and Marine Biodiversity. Science. 1121-1124.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Non-parametric inference of causal interactions from geological records. American Journal of Science. 315-334.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Evolution of temperature optimum in Thermotogaceae and the prediction of trait values of uncultured organisms. Extremophiles. 509-516.
  • Show author(s) (2010). On the relationship between macrostratigraphy and geological processes: quantitative information capture and sampling robustness. The Journal of geology. 111-130.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Inferring phenotypic evolution in the fossil record by Bayesian inversion. Paleobiology. 98-115.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Phenotypic evolution in the fossil record: numerical experiments. The Journal of geology. 133-153.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Clams and Brachiopods: chips that pass out of sight. Palaios. 507-513.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Quantitative fidelity of brachiopod-mollusk assemblages from modern subtidal environments of San Juan Islands, USA. Journal of Taphonomy. 44-65.
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2016). Species commonness in deep time.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Ocean-Ice Sheet Interactions in the Norwegian Sea and Teleconnections to Low Latitude Hydrology and Atmospheric Circulation.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Detecting causality in geological records: problems and prospects.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Macroevolution in the microfossil record: commonness or richness?
  • Show author(s) (2014). How important (and easy) is counting taxa through time?
  • Show author(s) (2014). Distinct microbial communities associated with buried soils in the Siberian tundra.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Disentangling rock record bias, common-cause and redundancy in the fossil record.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Detecting Earth system interactions in geological records.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Controls on deltaic sedimentation in an active rift setting: a source-to-sink approach from the Sperchios delta, central Greece.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Cenozoic macroevolution in the deep-sea microfossil record: can we let go of species richness?
Popular scientific lecture
  • Show author(s) (2015). The Co-Evolution of Earth and Life.
  • Show author(s) (2015). The Co-Evolution of Earth and Life.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Darwin's Last Idea - from walrus feeding to astrobiology.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Quantitative stratigraphy: relating stratigraphic architecture to geological processes.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Coupling between global climate change and marine planton macroecology over the Cenozoic.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Om Darwin, hvalross-geologi og karbonsyklusen.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2019). Temporal evolution of Norwegian Sea marine 14C reservoir ages 12.5 to 19 kyr ago: implications for deglacial 14C chronologies.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Deglacial ice sheet dynamics of the marine based Fennoscandian ice sheet on the Vesterålen margin.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Collapse of Eurasian ice sheets 14,600 years ago was a major source of global Meltwater Pulse 1a.
  • Show author(s) (2018). På vei mot mer studentorientert undervisning og læring i geostatistikk.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Data Analysis in Geosciences: Fostering Computational Learning.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Non-parametric causal assessment in deep-time geological records.
  • Show author(s) (2015). THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE: RICHNESS VERSUS COMMONNESS.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Linking prokaryotes and geochemical parameters in Deep sea marine sediments.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Correlating abundances of archaeal lineages and geochemical parameters in deep-sea marine sediments.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Phanerozoic Earth System Evolution: Paleozoic vs. post-Paleozoic Interactions.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Microbial communities associated with buried carbon in cryoturbated soils of the Siberian Arctic, and their response to a warming climate.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Earth Systems Interactions in Deep Time.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Correlating microbial community structure with geochemical data in sediments from the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Information transfer analysis of laser-induced elemental fractionation in ICP-MS.
  • Show author(s) (2012). How Low Can You Go? Causality Detection in Incomplete Records.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Geobiology.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Detecting Earth systems interactions in deep time.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Detecting Earth systems interactions in deep time.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Correlating geochemical data with microbial community structure in highly stratified sediments from the Arctic mid-ocean ridge.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Phanerozoic Earth system evolution and marine biodiversity.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Phytoplankton size: climatic adaptation and long-term evolution.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Partitioning and preservation of sediment over multiple time-scales.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Inferring causal relationships between geological and fossil records.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Coupling between marine calcifying phytoplankton and atmospheric pCO2 over the Cenozoic.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Cenozoic reduction in cell size and abundance of marine calcifying phytoplankton driven by a decline in atmospheric pCO2.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Calcifying phytoplankton biomass and CO2: a striking balance.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Calcifying phytoplankton biomass and CO2: A striking balance.
  • Show author(s) (2009). The role of life in Earth surface dynamics.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Inferring climatic and biotic forcing of diversity and the global rise of species.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Climatic forcings on algal cell size through the Cenozoic.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Cenozoic climatic forcing of algal cell size.
  • Show author(s) (2008). The role of life in Earth surface dynamics.
  • Show author(s) (2008). The impact of bioturbation on seascape evolution.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Exploring the impact of bioturbation on seascape evolution.
  • Show author(s) (2008). BGB-01: General Contributions to biogeosciences.
  • Show author(s) (2007). The effect of depositional sequence asymmetry on origination and extinction rates: insights from modeling.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Inferring evolutionary patterns in the fossil record by Bayesian inversion.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2014). Is The Fossil Record Too Incomplete?
  • Show author(s) (2014). How good is the fossil record? New study casts doubt on their usefulness.
  • Show author(s) (2014). How good is the fossil record?
  • Show author(s) (2014). How good is the fossil record?
  • Show author(s) (2014). How Good is the Fossil Record and Does it Give a Balanced History of Life?
  • Show author(s) (2013). Verdenshavenes tilstand.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Stein, regn og paraply.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Milliondryss over unge forskere.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Lokale nyhende.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Gir 20 millioner til unge forskere.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Gir 20 millioner til unge forskere.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Geologidag i Steinparken.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Bergen forskningsstiftelse stipend til Bjarte Hannisdal.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2011). Detecting common-cause relationships with directional information transfer. 11 pages.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2019). Temporal evolution of Norwegian Sea radiocarbon content during the last deglaciation, towards a regional 14C calibration curve.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Computational practices in student learning of Earth systems.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Potential environmental impacts of CO2 leakage from sub-seafloor CO2 Storage sites.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Drive-Response Analysis of Global Ice Volume, CO2, and Insolation using Information Transfer.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Potential environmental impacts of CO2 leakage from sub-seafloor CO2 storage sites.
  • Show author(s) (2013). PhytoSCALE project: calibrating phytoplankton cell size as a proxy for climatic adaptation.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Disentangling Quaternary Climate System Interactions Using Information-Theoretic Time Series Analysis.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Timescale uncertainty in stratigraphy and cyclostratigraphic consequences.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Detecting Causal Interactions in Deep Time.
  • Show author(s) (2011). High resolution community profiling of stratified sediments associated with Loki’s castle vent field at the Knipovitch spreading ridge.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Factors controlling stratigraphy and the use of uniformitarianism when interpreting the stratigraphic record.
  • Show author(s) (2008). The Scales of Coccolithophores: Adaptation to Climate Change.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Exploring the impact of bioturbation on seascape evolution using SedFlux-2.0.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Detecting subtle morphological changes in Miocene Pseudononion (foram.) with multimodel inference.
Academic literature review
  • Show author(s) (2018). Causality from palaeontological time series. Palaeontology. 495-509.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Long-term evolutionary and ecological responses of calcifying phytoplankton to changes in atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology. 3504-3516.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

See the Earth System Evolution project pages.

See also iEarth Focus Area 1: Shaping the Future

2006: Ph.D., Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, USA                     

Thesis title: Inferring phenotypic evolution in the fossil record by Bayesian inversion.


2000: Cand. scient., Geology, University of Bergen                                        

Thesis title: Cladistic analysis of entelophyllid rugose corals from the Silurian of Northern Europe.

Research groups