Henning Åkesson
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Welcome to my website!
I am a researcher at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo. My main interests are ice dynamics, ice-flow modelling, ice-ocean and ice-climate interactions, and paleoclimate. I also care about ethics, knowledge-based policy, renewable energy, and sustainable development.



Selected recent research articles

Nanni, U., Bouchayer, C., Åkesson, H. et al. Observed positive feedback between surface ablation and crevasse formation drives glacier acceleration and potential surge. Nat Commun 16, 11227 (2025). [Web] [PDF] 

Åkesson, H., Sjursen, K. H., Vikhamar Schuler, T., Dunse, T., Andreassen, L. M., Kusk Gillespie, M., Robson, B. A., Schellenberger, T., and Clement Yde, J.: (2025) Recent history and future demise of Jostedalsbreen, the largest ice cap in mainland Europe, The Cryosphere, 19, 5871–5902. [Web] [PDF]

Sjursen, K. H., Dunse, T., Schuler, T. V., Andreassen, L. M., & Åkesson, H. (2025). Spatiotemporal mass-balance variability of Jostedalsbreen Ice Cap, Norway, revealed by a temperature-index model using Bayesian inference. Annals of Glaciology, 66 [Web] [PDF]

Troch, M., Åkesson, H., Cuzzone, J.K., Bertrand, S. Precipitation drives western Patagonian glacier variability and may curb future ice mass loss. Scientific Reports 14, 26744 (2024). [Web] [PDF]

Åkesson, H., Morlighem, M., Nilsson, J., Stranne, C., Jakobsson, M. (2022) Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup. Nat Commun 13, 2519 [Web] [PDF]

Frank, T., Åkesson, H., de Fleurian, B., Morlighem, M., Nisancioglu, K. H (2022). Geometric controls of tidewater glacier dynamics, The Cryosphere, 16, 581–601 [Web] [PDF]

Åkesson, H., Morlighem, M., O’Regan, M., & Jakobsson, M. (2021). Future projections of Petermann Glacier under ocean warming depend strongly on friction law. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126, e2020JF005921 [Web] [PDF]



Featured new research
Åkesson et al. 2025 The Cryosphere
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Nanni, Bouchayer, Åkesson et al. (2025) Nature Communications
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Troch, Åkesson, Cruzzone, Bertrand (2024) Scientifc Reports
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Åkesson et al. 2022 Nature Communications
Åkesson et al. 2021 Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface
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