News archive for Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Two persons sampling with a plankton net from a boat on a rainy autumn day

Sampling at Myravatn (27.10.2014)

Some additional samples from Lake Myravatn were needed, and Ingrid Wathne and her colleagues went once again to the lake, this time in beautiful (but rainy) autumn setting.

Jan Košler - an appreciation (24.10.2014)

Editorial in "GEOSTANDARDS and GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH" marking the passing away of professor Jan Košler

ICE2ICE Kick-Off Meeting in Copenhagen (17.10.2014)

ICE2ICE oppstartsmøte i København. Akkompagnert av musikk og en kort promoteringsvideo fikk ERC Synergi-prosjektet «Ice2ice» en fantastisk start 15. september –møtet innledet et arbeidsseminar i København 15.-17. september.

ICE2ICE Kick-Off Meeting in Copenhagen (07.10.2014)

ICE2ICE Kick-Off Meeting in Copenhagen Accompanied by music and a short promotional movie, the ERC Synergy project ‘ice2ice’ got off to a splendid start September 15 – heading off the Kick-off workshop in Copenhagen September 15–17.

Won the norwegian championship in programming (07.10.2014)

Team from UiB won norwegian championship in programming.

Pic of Group outside Fjordslottet at Osterøy

Swedish-Norwegian Re-Unification (07.10.2014)

The first joint PhD conference between ResClim and the Climate Research School at the Bolin Centre in Stockholm was held 28–30 September in and around Bergen.

Field update from a changing Arctic: Can the past tell us about the future? (07.10.2014)

Field update from a changing Arctic: Can the past tell us about the future? To try answering these questions, a UiB-led expedition set off on a lake-coring expedition to the still frozen fringes of Northwest Spitsbergen.

John Birks - Foreign Member of KVA (03.10.2014)

John Birks has been elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien ("KVA")) in the Geosciences section.