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Watch 'Experimental investigation of wind farm flow effects' here! (08.02.2022)
Jan Bartl, Associate Professor at IMM-HVL presents experimental investigation of wind farm flow effects on behalf of Camilla Hamre Aasnæs, master student Ocean Technology, UiB-HVL
Watch 'Developing infrastructure for greener shipping - Plug’s approach to shore power' here! (01.02.2022)
Maria Bos Managing Director at Plug will give us insight into developing infrastructure for greener shipping and she will share Plug's approach to shore power.
Watch 'An ambidextrous organization – innovation in Eviny' here! (25.01.2022)
Kristin Flornes, Senior Adviser at Eviny will give us insight into how Eviny works with innovation and new business. She will present together with three students from University of Bergen, Tiril Thielemann Try, Christian Åsvang and Tobias Farsund Sydberger
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The Gulf Stream has increased steadily over the last century (24.01.2022)
The heat transport into the Nordic Seas has increased steadily in volume and temperature over the last century, according to recent study.
Watch 'Some thoughts on interconnectors' here! (19.01.2022)
Endre Bjørndal and Mette Helene Bjørndal, Professors at the Department of Business and Management Science, NHH will present some thoughts on interconnectors
Watch 'Climate attitudes: Fresh results from the Norwegian Citizen Panel' here! (14.01.2022)
Thea Gregersen, PhD Candidate, Centre for climate and energy transformation (CET) will present new results about climate attitudes among the norwegian population form the Norwegian Citizen Panel collected Autumn 2021
Innovative PhD programme becomes official UN Ocean Decade Action (30.12.2021)
On World Ocean Day in June 2021, a unique Norwegian-Pacific PhD Scholarship Programme was picked as one of the first 60 UN Ocean Decade Actions worldwide and one of three Norwegian actions.
Profile of Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere from the open ocean to the West and to the mountains in the East.
2021: a key year for biodiversity (28.12.2021)
2021 saw the 50th anniversary of UNESCO’s visionary Man and Biosphere programme, which brought attention to the importance of biodiversity long before the Sustainable Development Goals put it on policy makers’ agenda. We spoke with UNESCO Chair Inger Elisabeth Måren at the University of Bergen about the programme’s importance.
Watch 'Mapping the value chains of electric vehicles: social and environmental accounting' here! (08.12.2021)
Devyn Remme, PhD Candidate at Department of Geography at UiB will present the very interesting and very relevant topic of electric vehicle (EV) battery value chains, including their environmental and social impact
Watch 'Decommissioning of offshore wind farms: where are we and what challenges lie ahead' here! (23.11.2021)
Gunnar Eskeland professor at NHH will give us more insight into decommissioning of offshore wind farms and which challenges lie ahead
Stacy Richards-Kennedy (on the right) from the University of the West Indies with Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu representing the University of Bergen at the official signing of the new Memorandum of Understanding between the two universities.
Strengthening the ocean-climate nexus (19.11.2021)
Saturday 13 November 2021, the University of Bergen and the University of the West Indies signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the ties between the two long-term partners.
Clemens Spensberger
Predicting weather events months before they happen (17.11.2021)
Clemens Spensberger's research aims to drastically improve prediction of weather incidents, by describing and establishing climate links between different geographical regions.
Watch 'Storing carbon dioxide and hydrogen underground' here! (16.11.2021)
Martin Fernø, Professor, Department of Physics and Technology at UiB will give us insight into storing carbon dioxide and hydrogen underground - ongoing research activities at UiB and its relevance to the Northern Lights project
Watch 'The next generation of marine fuel cell systems' here! (09.11.2021)
Thor Humerfelt, Corvus Energy will give us insight into one of the big green shift development programmes
Watch 'Green shipping networks and decarbonization of the shipping industry' here! (26.10.2021)
Agnete Hessevik, PhD Candidate at Department of Administration and Organization Theory at UiB, will present the very interesting topic of green shipping networks, and how they in some ways may contribute to the decarbonization of shipping.
The third Ocean Sustainability Bergen Conference on 21 October 2021 was a hybrid event with some guests live from the University Aula and others participating virtually.
Science for the people of the ocean (25.10.2021)
The discussions at the third Ocean Sustainability Bergen Conference brought together scientists, students, industry, and policymakers taking in everything from the protecting the blue forest to seabed mining and how to create a sustainable balance between preservation and development of the ocean.
Energy transition at the UiB (20.10.2021)
Energy director Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa explains.
Watch 'Changes over time in renewable energy project and impact assessment' here! (19.10.2021)
Eirik Finserås, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, UiB will give us insight into changes over time in renewable energy project and impact assessment.

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