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Squaring the circle? (24.10.2013)
It may be that reconciling the goals of conservation and greater yields is less difficult than was previously thought.
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.
Combining analysis of different data types from single otolith section:...
Needed: systematic archives for otoliths (22.10.2013)
Fish ear bones (otoliths) provide important information about not only fish age and growth, but also about the environment during the lifetime of the fish.
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
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.
Is “catch and release” working? (16.09.2013)
PhD student Keno Ferter is studying this hotly debated issue.
PhD Dissertation - Nafisa Azmuda (10.09.2013)
Microbial diversity in tropical aquatic environments
PhD Dissertation - Selina Akter (10.09.2013)
Environmental microbiology in Bangladesh
These two immunohistochemistry images show salmon brains. The brightly...
Using salmon to learn more about our brains (04.09.2013)
Learning more about the changes that occur in the brain of salmon during smoltification may give us insight into the plasticity of our own brain.
Two papers from Bergen to be presented at FOCS 2013 (26.08.2013)
At FOCS 2013, one of the two highest ranked conferences in Theoretical Computer Science, the following two papers will be presented, with co-authors associated to Bergen highlighted in boldface:
Professor Noel Keenlyside, Geophysical Institute and the...
The North Atlantic Ocean drives the weather (21.08.2013)
Jacob Bjerknes, the father of modern weather forecasting, suggested a connection between European weather and temperatures in the North Atlantic. Fifty years later, the Bjerknes Centre in Bergen helps to prove that Bjerknes was right in his prediction.
New course (MAT-ENVIR) in collaboration with Princeton University (21.08.2013)
This fall semester, Professor Michael A. Celia of Princeton University will be teaching a special topics course focused on standard analytical and numerical solution methods for partial differential equations, with an emphasis on equations that describe various kinds of environmental transport processes.
Digestive tract cross-section from an Atlantic cod larvae
Fish larva research yielding important results (13.08.2013)
Knowing more about fish larva nutrition will have a significant impact on future aquaculture industry practices.
A number of factors influence teleost larva.
Fish larva are fantastically plastic (13.08.2013)
This knowledge will have a significant impact on future aquaculture industry practices.
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.
Close-ups: Bacteria, viruses and phytoplankton (08.07.2013)
The answers are often found in the details.
IWMO2013 pictures (19.06.2013)
Over 70 scientists participated at IWMO2013 in Bergen

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