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New PhD - Espen N. Vaular (16.05.2011)
Espen N. Vaular, Department of Chemistry, defended his PhD thesis on 26. May 2011. Valuar has participated in the GEO-lead "Gas hydrates on the Norwegian-Barents Sea-Svalbard margin"-project (NFR-Petromaks)
Publication in Nature (09.05.2011)
Depth-dependent extension, two-stage breakup and cratonic underplating at rifted margins
CGB investigates CO2 leakage (13.04.2011)
UiB researchers from a number of departments and centres are investigating various aspects of CO2 leakage. CGB researchers are also highly involved.
Studying the sea floor in real time (13.04.2011)
CGB is participating in the Norwegian Ocean Observatory Network (NOON), which met recently in Bergen to discuss plans.
Eit vindauge i havet (25.03.2011)
(fra UiB Aktuelt) Eit nytt havobservatorium på havbotnen i Norskehavet vil gje forskarane sanntidsdata rett inn på kontoret. Observatoriet kan fylle kunnskapsgap om havet for fleire fagdisiplinar.
Fremtidens havobservatorium (25.03.2011)
(fra På Høyden) Forskere planlegger å etablere observatorier i dyphavene utenfor Norskekysten som skal fjernsende data kontinuerlig til land. – Dette er neste generasjons infrastruktur, sier prosjektleder Peter M. Haugan om prestisjeprosjektet.
Five students have applied for a masters in GEOBIO! (16.03.2011)
You are invited ... to take a masters in Geobiology!
PhD defence (press release) (03.03.2011)
"The supercontinent which was not superb enough"
New Zeiss STEREO Discovery V12 Microscop arrived (03.03.2011)
Nordic field course in Geobiology (25.02.2011)
Iceland, with its unique situation on a mid-ocean ridge, is an ideal natural laboratory for the study of the interface between the geosphere and the biosphere.
PhD defense - Charlotte Faust Andersen (16.02.2011)
Charlotte Faust Andersen defended her PhD thesis Frieday 4th of February at the Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen.
Unraveling the Dead Sea deep biosphere secrets (17.01.2011)
The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) has recently started a drilling campaign in the Dead Sea looking for evidence of life in an extreme hypersaline environment.
New PhD – Jo Brendryen (29.12.2010)
Jo Brendryen defended his PhD-thesis 07. January 2011 at the Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen.
PhD defense - Mohammad Saberi (07.12.2010)
Mohammad Reza Saberi defended his PhD thesis Tuesday 9th of November 2010 at the Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen.
Life is found in deepest layer of Earth's crust (25.11.2010)
CGB Director, Rolf Birger Pedersen is interviewed in New Scientist about some of the latest discoveries on Earth's deep biosphere.
CGB publishes a Nature Communications paper (22.11.2010)
The paper presents the 2008 discovery of Loki’s Castle, the most northerly identified black smoker yet identified, and its unique vent fauna.
Life beneath the seafloor below the South Pacific Gyre (18.11.2010)
CGB researcher is an expert participant on an IODP cruise to the South Pacific.
New passive damping table for FT lab (28.10.2010)

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