News archive for Geophysical Institute

Monitoring the exchanges of CO2 between the atmosphere and the ocean.

CARBOCHANGE (03.02.2011)

Kick-off for CARBOCHANGE: On 8-11 March, 80 scientists from Europe, North America and Africa will gather in Bergen, for the official launch of CARBOCHANGE.

Mixing of water in the Faroe Bank Channel (02.02.2011)

Professor Ilker Fer is leading a new project who is granted more than 10 million NOK from the Research Council of Norway for research on the Gulf Stream.

Turbulence measurements on its way (01.02.2011)

Pursuing its task for the exploitation of offshore wind energy as a natural sustainable energy source, NORCOWE bought two systems for measuring turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer.

Forecasting health from weather (01.02.2011)

Can weather forecasts be used to predict diseases such as malaria? UiB researchers cooperate with Ethiopian institutions in an attempt to find out.