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New article in Nature Communications Earth and Environment (28.02.2022)
Raman spectroscopy of zircon allows distinction between truly inherited zircon and those that may be introduced through sample processing.
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New article in Nature Geosciences (25.02.2022)
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 early in Earth’s history – up to one billion years earlier than we previously thought.
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PhD position at the Faculty of Humanities (24.02.2022)
We are excited to announce a new PhD position based at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion. The succesful candidate will be part of CeSAM and follow up on the enthological research that has been done during the Lindås project in the 1970s.
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Abel Prize 2022 (23.02.2022)
The next Abel Prize Laureate will be announced Wednesday March 23 at 12:00 CET (UTC/GMT+1).
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In the Footsteps of the Lindås Project (23.02.2022)
February 21-22 the original model areas of the Lindås project were revisited after 50 years, in preparation for an upcoming re-sampling to assess the rate and direction of land-use change, nature’s benefit to people and landscape multifunctionality.
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Studying the fjords (17.02.2022)
Our post-doc Natalya Gallo, and Master`s students Carl Bukowski and Sigrid Kjeldstad were out in the fjords on board RV Kristine Bonnevie last week.
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Plastics researcher Amy Lusher makes it to the highly cited researchers list (15.02.2022)
Publishing data and articles is one of the most important things a researcher does. It is then very important that your publications get noticed and used in further science – and that often means cited.
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Espen Barth Eide, the Norwegian Minister of Climate and environment listened to BOW’s offshore wind initiatives (09.02.2022)
Finn Gunnar Nielsen and Sigrid E Schütz from BOW presented challenges and opportunities within offshore wind to Espen Barth Eide, the minister of climate and environment
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CeSAM's Fast Track Initiatives awarded (08.02.2022)
In 2021, we announced our first ‘CeSAM’s Fast-Track Initiative’ grants. We had many strong applications, of which four received funding.
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People matter – Understanding what and where communities value nature in a UNESCO biosphere reserve (24.01.2022)
How and where does nature add value to our lives? In this new study, PhD candidate Jarrod Cusens engaged local communities to understand the spatial distribution of people's values for nature in The Nordhordland Biosphere Reserve; Norway’s first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve established in 2019.
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Vigdis Vandvik introduces 'the big debate about climate' at Arendalsuka (20.01.2022)
CeSAM and UiB were well represented this year at Arendalsuka, the political festival held in Arendal every summer.
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New Postdoctoral position within the scope of the MaPSI project (14.01.2022)
The Department of Mathematics (UiB) offers a 3-year postdoc position in the field of computational mathematics. The position is integrated in the recently established VISTA CSD.
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Four new PhD positions at VISTA CSD (14.01.2022)
The Department of Mathematics has opened three new PhD positions in computational mathematics, and the Department of Earth Science has opened one PhD position in mathematically oriented geophysics. The positions are fully financed and integrated in the recently established VISTA CSD.
Talks, discussions and Lønningen Lystgård
CeSAM affiliate meeting November 2021 (13.01.2022)
The second annual meeting of UiB’s Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM) took place on November 17th 2021, at Lønningen Lystgård in the UiB botanical gardens in Minde.
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Groundbreaking research by IFT researchers ends up in Nature (05.01.2022)
The ASIM instrument aboard the International Space Station (ISS) – built by a team of, among others, several members of the Birkeland Center for Space Research (BCSS) / IFT – was the only instrument out of seven that detected the giant flare and recorded the main eruption phase of a magnetar without be blinded by the giant flash of high energy that saturated the other six detectors at the time of... Read more
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Extraordinary shakings of a distant magnetar (22.12.2021)
The ASIM instrument aboard the International Space Station was the only instrument out of seven which detected the giant flare and recorded the main burst phase without being blinded by the giant flash of high energy which saturated the other six detectors at the time of the maximum emission.
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Award to Albina Gilmullina (21.12.2021)
Albina Gilmullina (PhD UiB Geo 2021 with Christian Haug Eide as main supervisor leader) was yesterday awarded the "Harold Reading Medal" from the British Sedimentological Research Group. It is awarded to the person who has submitted " best publication arising directly from a PhD project in the field of sedimentology and stratigraphy during the previous year". Out of ten nominees mostly from the... Read more
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Centre for Sustainable Subsurface Resources (CSSR) (17.12.2021)
The new centre is led by NORCE with UiB as a major partner, together with a range of international institutions, industry and technology providers.  Within UiB, GEO, Maths and Physics and Technology are the main departments involved in the centre.

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