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PhD candidates from the ResClim research school at Finse in Norway.
New climate research school at UiB (26.03.2015)
A new research school in the geosciences will assemble scholars from several Norwegian educational institutions. The Research Council of Norway supports the school with funding of close to 20 million Norwegian kroner.
Climate researchers at Sieben Hengste in Switzerland.
Dripstones tell of storm track changes (27.02.2015)
A new study in Nature Communications shows that storm tracks were located further to the south of Europe during the last ice age, 25,000 years ago.
Participants at the OBLO course at GFI
One step closer towards the operation of the OBLO infrastructure (30.01.2015)
Many people at GFI have realized the busy activity of a bunch of people around three big white boxes in front of the institute on January 20 and 21.
The Ilulissat ice fjord in west Greenland, used to accompany article on the announcement of the ERC Consolidator Grant to Professor Noel Keenlyside.
More ERC award glory for UiB climate researchers (27.01.2015)
Professor Noel Keenlyside has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He is the first University of Bergen researcher to be awarded this prestigious grant.
Dancers in a scene in "Moana: The Rising of the Sea".
Pacific Studies at the Bergen International Festival (04.12.2014)
The ECOPAS project of the university’s Department of Social Anthropology brings the climate challenges faced by the Pacific Islands to Bergen, through a new collaboration between the University of Bergen and the Bergen International Festival.
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.
Image of satellite dishes in Svalbard, as part of the research conducted at the University Centre in Svalbard, with which the University of Bergen collaborates.
UiB creates polar network (24.09.2014)
The University of Bergen gathered its polar researchers for the Polar Day in September 2014. The goal of the meeting is to create a centre for polar research in Bergen.
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Nature paper on creation of the Sahara desert (18.09.2014)
Camille Li of the Geophysical Institute is co-author on this Nature paper that revises the age of the Sahara Desert
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New strategic plan for GFI (22.08.2014)
A new strategic plan for the Geophysical Institute has been published, covering the period 2014-2019.
Map of Japan, illustration
Marine research collaborations with Japan (02.06.2014)
Both Japan and Norway are maritime nations with many shared interests. In early June 2014, marine researchers from Norway and Japan meet in Tokyo.
Science meets Art (28.03.2014)
Since the beginning of March, the German artist Katrin von Lehmann has found her place in Asgeirs old office in the GFI building. She will visit the GFI and the BCCR until the end of April. She has earlier visited the Max Planck Institute and the Observatory Lindenberg near Berlin.
Person on board a ferry between the Tanzanian mainland and the island of Zanzibar in stormy weather.
Improving weather forecasting in East Africa (18.03.2014)
UiB has teamed up with universities in South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda to develop the meteorological capacity of the three countries.
Latest news from Offshore Wind Energy Research (13.03.2014)
NORCOWE has released its annual report for 2013
Image of a malaria mosquito on a white background.
Using climate models to fight malaria (05.03.2014)
How does climate change influence the growth and spreading of malaria in Africa? This question is at the core of climate and malaria expert Torleif Markussen Lunde’s work.
Director-General of UNESCO attends the Bergen conference 24th of March (26.02.2014)
The Director-General og UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has confirmed that she will speak at the conference on the UNESCO 1972, 2003 and 2005 CONVENTIONS: SYNERGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT in Bergen.
More Atlantic heat causes less Arctic sea ice, as observed locally in the...
A fresh look at the Gulf Stream’s Arctic limb (18.12.2013)
A recent Bjerknes study shows that the Gulf Stream’s Arctic limb is constrained by its heat transfer from the south.
Cloud vortex streets off the Cape Verde Islands, Terra MODIS image from 5...
Computing the earth from core to clouds (26.11.2013)
Over the last half-century, high performance computing has proved itself as essential a tool for the earth sciences as the weather balloon and the rock hammer.
Årets første snøfall møtte kursdeltakeren på Finse den første dagen.
Young scientists better their communication skills (01.10.2013)
Outhreach is becoming an increasingly important yardstick for the relevance of scientific research.

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