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Arctic Team
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.
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Seeking life on the early Earth and Mars: Earth’s oldest trace fossil reinvestigated (28.05.2014)
New data published by CGB scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) call into question the biogenicity of microtextures in Archean rocks
biosignatures astrobiology
Successful Biosignatures Conference with 100 Astrobiologists gathering in Bergen (27.05.2014)
The Centre for Geobiology together with the Nordic Network of Astrobiology hosted an international conference “Biosignatures across Space and Time” between May 20 and 22nd. Over 100 conference delegates from more than 19 countries attended the 3 day meeting, with 50 oral presentations and 36 poster presentations on different aspects of biosignatures in extreme environments, in the early rock... Read more
Biosignatures across Space and Time (17.03.2014)
An international conference “Biosignatures across Space and Time” is being hosted by the Centre for Geobiology and the Nordic Network of Astrobiology. The meeting will take place from 20 to 22 May 2014 in the Egget Auditorium, the Studentsenteret at the University of Bergen.
Geological assistance to Tanzania (29.01.2014)
University of Oslo is assisting students and scientists in Tanzania to increase the level of knowledge within Geology.
How does the Earth’s oceanic crust form? (10.12.2013)
A team of international researchers publishes in Nature after a 2 month expedition last year to drill into ocean crust 4800m below the surface
ERC-grant to Arctic sea ice and Greenland ice sheet research (10.12.2013)
What will happen to the Greenland Ice Sheet if the Arctic sea ice covers disappears?
Bergen Research Foundation scholarship awarded to Bjarte Hannisdal (03.12.2013)
Researcher Bjarte Hannisdal at the Centre for Geobiology recently received a prestigious Bergen Research Foundation Recruitment Grant for his project “Earth System Interactions and Information Transfer”
French vessel Pourquois pas? Cruises the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (02.12.2013)
CGB scientists Cedric Hamelin and Kristian Haaga are aboard the French IFREMER’s research vessel the Pourquoi pas?, investigating the detachment fault system at 13 degrees North on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Preparing for a bio-economy (08.11.2013)
Around the world, and particularly in Europe, governments are beginning to discuss how best to undertake a transformation from energy-driven to bio-driven economies.
New PhD degree - Marcus Landschulze (30.10.2013)
Marcus Landschulze, Department of Earth Science, defended his PhD thesis Tuesday 30.10.2013.
CGB awarded 46 million NOK for ROV (30.10.2013)
30.10.2013
New PhD degree - Trond Kvarven (23.10.2013)
Trond Kvarven, Department of Earth Science, defended his PhD thesis Wednesday 23.10.2013.
GLANAM workshop 14.-18. October 2013 (23.10.2013)
In mid-October the first annual workshop in the newly started GLANAM-project was held at Holmavatn, Jæren. The workshop had 35 participants from the co-operating institutions.
Having a field day: our group of pupils enjoy themselves in front of the...
Let`s talk about climate: engaging tomorrow`s stewards today (16.10.2013)
Researchers and school kids with a mission: bridging the gap between climate science and society
A Visit from the Minister of the Environment (06.08.2013)
August 1st, 2013 the Norwegian Minister of the Environment, Bård Vegard Solhjell, paid a visit to UiB to hear more about the Norwegian volcanoes that lie beneath the sea surface.
The annual ECO2 meeting May 2013, Bergen (05.06.2013)
30 May, 2013
New PhD degree - Heidi Kjennbakken (24.05.2013)
Heidi Kjennbakken, Department of Earth Science, defended her PhD thesis Wednesday 29.05.2013.

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