News archive for Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Erzurum earthquake – a disaster to happen? (18.12.2011)

The Turkish city of Erzurum is located near the triple junction between the Arabian, Eurasian and Anatolian plates.

New PhD - Ronghua Wang (16.12.2011)

Friday 25. November 2011, Ronghua Wang defended her PhD-thesis at Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen

Amundsen Day at NASA/GISS and the Explorers Club in New York City (09.12.2011)

The 14th of December is the 100th year anniversary of Amundsen`s success reaching the South Pole in 1911.

A chronicle in Dagens Næringsliv (06.12.2011)

Fisheries-induced evolution is in the focus in Dagens Næringsliv.

Getting to drilling sites in Russian Arctic was not always...

Ancient rocks reveal carbon-cycling information (02.12.2011)

Two billion year old rocks are providing information about a period of extreme carbon cycle disruption and the Great Oxidation Event – both critically important to our understanding of Earth’s geological and biological history.

Links marine diversity to Earth's geological evolution (02.12.2011)

Science article suggests evolution of Earth’s biology has been intrinsically linked with the evolution of its geology

Biotechnology and microbial diversity of Ethiopian soda lakes (01.12.2011)

In October this year Lise Øvreås arranged a symposium together with Associate professor Amare Gessese at Addis Ababa University.