News archive for Faculty of Science and Technology

Petra Langebroek, Christoph Heinze, Svein Østerhus and Noel Keenlyside.

Tipping points and ecosystem prediction (20.12.2018)

Climate-Ocean research and tipping points are common denominators in three new EU funded research projects at the Bjerknes Centre. Christoph Heinze, Noel Keenlyside and Svein Østerhus together with Petra Langebroek received a nice pre-Christmas present, as EU gave their thumbs up for the three new projects.

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Sliding of glaciers reveals sea level rise (20.12.2018)

Young researcher Basile de Fleurian embarks on a project that seeks to understand more on how glaciers slide. In turn, this knowledge will provide a better prediction of sea level rise.

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Researchers challenge Norway’s climate policy at COP24 (13.12.2018)

Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment Ola Elvestuen meets with researchers, Pacific island representatives and civil society at the COP24 summit in Poland for dialogue on Arctic-Pacific climate conditions, with a particular focus on SDG13 and SDG14. Follow the side-event live from 13.15!

Make Norway a zero-emission country (12.12.2018)

Climate researcher Tore Furevik suggests that Norway should think big. Offshore wind can turn the country into a zero-emission society, as well as creating a major boost for the economy.

Visiting PhD student from Armenia (02.12.2018)

Ani Saghatelyan, is a PhD student at Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology at Yerevan State University, Armenia.

Study on thermostable amylases producers from hot springs in Armenia (02.12.2018)

Pargev Hovhannisyan, a research student from Yerevan State University (Armenia) worked on thermostable alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase enzymes from the amylase producer strain Anoxybacills sp. K1.

Study of halophilic archaeal strains from Avan salt deposits in Armenia (02.12.2018)

Ani Azaryan, a master student from Yerevan State University, worked for three months on her master thesis on study of halophilic archaeal strains from Avan salt deposit in Armenia.