Department of Earth Science

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Department of Earth Science (GEO)'s overall goal is to develop new knowledge of the Earth's structure, formation history and the driving forces for its dynamic behavior.

The research activities at the department of Earth Science (GEO) are concentrated in thematic groups; Geophysics, Geodynamics and Basin Studies, Geochemistry & Geobiology, and Quaternary Geology and Paleoclimate .

Education: The Department of Earth Science offers education in several fields within the earth sciences, offering programs from 2 to 8 years duration.

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VISTA CSD Annual meeting 29-30 March 2022

On the 29th and 30th of March 2022, VISTA CSD team members at UiB assembled in Solstrand to discuss research plans and progress of research activities under CSD. Volker Oye from NORSAR joined us as a collaborating partner. As a guest speaker, Assoc. Prof. Bjarte Hannisdal from the Department of...

New article in Nature

New article in Nature Communications

Researchers from the Department of Earth Science of the University of Bergen explain in a paper published in Nature Communications how exhumed mantle domes form at magma-poor continental margins and at ultra-slow mid-oceanic spreading systems controlled by frictional shear zones.

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New article in Nature Communications Earth and Environment

Raman spectroscopy of zircon allows distinction between truly inherited zircon and those that may be introduced through sample processing.

New publication in Nature Geoscience

New publication in Nature Geoscience

When did Earth change from a water world into a planet with continents rising above sea level? Together with researchers from The Netherlands and Germany, associate professor Desiree Roerdink from the Department of Earth Science and Centre for Deep Sea Research has found that land appeared very...

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Emit now, mitigate later? Simulating the response of the Earth system to zero and negative emissions - by Jörg Schwinger

BJERKNES LECTURE ROOM (4TH FLOOR, ROOM 4020) - Digitalt på Zoom

16.05.2022 14:15–15:00

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Realfagbygget, 4C12a

Theme 3 discussion (Seminar)

11:15–12:00

Realfagbygget, 4C12a

Theme 4: Trong Thuc Nguyen's PhD project (Seminar)

12:15–13:00

Bibliotek for matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fag, Realfagsbygget

Bergens ferskeste og strålende legemidler (Guest lecture)

14:15–15:00

Auditorium 2, U-etg (RFB)

Info Day for early career researchers (Seminar)

10:00–12:00

Trond Mohn Foundation recruitment (TMS-scholarship)

Willem van der Bilt is granted TMS-scholarship (2020-2025). Read more here.
Steffen Leth Jørgensen is granted BFS-scholarship (2016-2021). Read more here.
Andreas Born is granted BFS-scholarship (2016-2021). Read more here.
Nele Meckler is granted BFS-scholarship (2015-2020). Read more here.
Bjarte Hannisdal is granted BFS-scholarship (2013-2018). Read more here.
Nicola McLoughlin is granted BFS-scholarship (2010-2015). Read more here.

European Research Council (ERC)

Nele Meckler is awarded ERC Starting Grant from EU (2020-2025). Read more here.
Nele Meckler is awarded ERC Starting Grant from EU (2015-2020). Read more here.
Eystein Jansen and Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu is awarded ERC Synergi Grant (2014-2019). Read more here.