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Andreas Beinlich på berg i feltet
New publication in Nature Geoscience, by Andreas Beinlich. - Title: "Instantaneous rock transformations in the deep crust driven by reactive fluid flow" (18.03.2020)
Disputas bilde av Jonathan W. Rheinlænder med opponenter og leder av disputasen i Geofag
Jonathan Winfield Rheinlænder defended his thesis on Friday 7. Januaru 2020 (20.01.2020)
MSc. Jonathan Winfieldd Rheinlænder ved Institutt for geovitenskap og Bjerknessenteret for klimaforskning disputerte fredag 17. januar med avhandlingen: "The role of ocean circulation and sea ice in abrupt climate change"
iEarth chosen as Centre of Excellence in Education (12.12.2019)
iEarth becomes one of the Norwegian Centres of Excellence in Education. The University of Bergen now hosts two of the prestigious centres that focus on innovative and forward-looking education.
Our field vessel (Arctica II), docked near the study site
Ice-free conditions on Spitsbergen during the Last Glacial Maximum (22.11.2019)
During the coldest years of the last ice-age the ice cap reached the British Isles and Polen. New research has revealed that an ice-free green spot existed further north - on a penisula close to Spitsbergen.
Doktoranden, veiledere og komité
Silje Smith-Johnsen disputerte fredag 15. november, 2019 (21.11.2019)
MSc. Silje Smith-Johnsen ved Institutt for geovitenskap og Bjerknessenteret for klimaforskning disputerte i dag med avhandlingen «Dynamics of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream: the role of geothermal heat and subglacial hydrology».
Eoghan Reeves i isen
Studying vents below the Arctic ice (13.11.2019)
An international and multidisciplinary team of 36 scientists and engineers, with the assistance of the officers and crew of the vessel, conducted a multidisciplinary investigation of deep (4000 m) hydrothermal vents under permanent ice cover in the Arctic.
Disko-bukta
Researchers discover cause of rapid sea level change 100.000 years ago (07.11.2019)
The world’s sea level was at one time ten meters higher than today. Researchers have now discovered where the water came from. 
Stein-Erik Lauritzen recipient of KWI Karst Award (29.10.2019)
Lauritzen is recognized for seminal and ongoing contributions to the field of speleothem science
Yosemite
ACDC Summer school in Yosemite National Park (28.10.2019)
For two intense weeks,students and lecturers from around the world gathered in the small town of Yosemite National Park to discuss climate science as part of the ACDC summer school
Flom, ødelagt vei
Geological hazards - exciting subjects at upcoming conference (25.10.2019)
The national conference GEOFAREDAGEN ("GEO HAZARDS DAY") gathers the current and future geoscientists; Students, educators and people working on risks associated with natural and geological processes.
Deep down in the Arctic - OBS Expedition 2019 (03.10.2019)
Geophysical research expedition in Arctic environments!
Portrettbilde av Nora Loose
Nora Loose disputerer for ph.d.-graden med tittelen: ”Adjoint Modeling and Observing System Design in the Subpolar North Atlantic" (27.08.2019)
Naturportrett av Nora Loose
”Adjoint Modeling and Observing System Design in the Subpolar North Atlantic” (23.08.2019)
Nora Loose disputerer fredag, 30.08.2019 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen: ”Adjoint Modeling and Observing System Design in the Subpolar North Atlantic”
Crew on Mosby
OBS report 1 2019 (14.08.2019)
UiB-GEO was boarding at ACC MOSBY on tuesday 13th of August from Tromsø to recover and redeploy three Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBS).
Profil bilde av Felix Julian Halpaap
”Generation of intermediate-depth earthquakes and the fate of subduction fluids” (07.06.2019)
Felix Julian Halpaap disputerer fredag, 7. juni .2019 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen: ”Generation of intermediate-depth earthquakes and the fate of subduction fluids”
valgbilde
Election of members to groups B and D of the Institute Board at the Department of Earth Science - spring 2019 (13.05.2019)
The candidates will be elected for the term 01.08.2019 – 31.07.2020 and voting starts 20th May at 09:00AM and ends 24th May at 12:00PM.
Earthquake, sketch
A deeper understanding of earthquakes (01.04.2019)
Little is known about what causes deep earthquakes, which occur down to depths of 670 kilometres below the Earth's surface. A newly published scientific article sheds more light on the earthquakes that have puzzled scientists for decades.
ACDC summer school - 10 year anniversary
ACDC summer school - 10 year anniversary (29.03.2019)
The Advanced Climate Dynamic Courses is celebrating their 10th year anniversary this March by having an alumni conference held in Rondane, Norway.

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