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MOVE Suite software donation to the University of Bergen (12.02.2019)

TGS International Conference 2019 Bergen

Tectonic Studies Group’s Annual General Meeting (14-16 January 2019). (16.01.2019)

Winter conference 2019 - NGF (10.01.2019)

Minerals and Metals for Green Technologies was the main theme for the NGF winter conference 2019, January 7th - 9th. Many of our PhD and master students presented their work during the conference and it was of great success.

Glacier, Hubbard Glacier Geological Area

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.

The Icelandic island of Surtsey (left) was created by a four-year volcanic eruption in the 1960s.

Life Thrives Within the Earth’s Crust (17.10.2018)

From journeys into mines to explorations of volcanoes on the ocean floor, deep voyages reveal the richness of the planet’s deep biosphere.

UNDERWATER MINING CONFERENCE (16.10.2018)

The 47th Under Water Mining conference (UMC18) was hosted in Bergen, Grieghallen, from 11th to 14th of September. The conference was organized in collaboration with the K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research (UiB), Global Centres of Expertise Subsea (GCE Subsea) and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). We are pleased to announce that the conference was of great success.

Gamle bergarter på Mars kan være nøkkelen til et av de største spørsmålene i historien: finnes det liv på andre planeter?

Ny forskning kan finne tidligere liv på Mars! (16.10.2018)

Leif-Erik Rydland Pedersen i spennende og aktuelt intervju med NRK.

Postdoctor Luisa Zuluaga at GEO was awarded for the best poster at an european workshop for geotermi in Strasbourg. (16.10.2018)

Pirs for beste poster ved ARCEx-konferanse i Longyearbyen

PhD stipendiat Isabel Edmundson was awarded the prize for the best poster at the ARCEx annual conference in Longyearbyen 9 – 11 October (16.10.2018)

Synthesis Meeting for Subduction zone Water and Metamorphism: a Modelling and Imaging Study (01.10.2018)

Rope team_foto: Petra, Margit and Sunniva on the top of the Folgefonna glacier

Team Bergen is getting ready for Greenland (07.06.2018)

Over the course of three days (9-11 May), seven BCCR and Ice2Ice researchers participated in a glacier safety course on the Folgefonna glacier.

Picture of the awardwinner poster at AAPG our Danielle Howlett

GEO Students Awards at AAPG Annual Convention in Salt Lake City (06.06.2018)

GEO had a strong showing at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Convention and Exhibition held in Salt Lake City, 20-23 May.

Gruppebilde fra Utah med fjellene i bakgrunnen

Travel letter from the GEO course in Utah (04.06.2018)

Some notes from the Utah course GEOV352

Climate scientist from GEO will be leaving on exiting fieldwork in Borneo (15.03.2018)

On Saturday, March 17, Stein-Erik Lauritzen and Nele Meckler will be leaving for fieldwork in Borneo, Malaysia

Rob Gawthorpe awarded VISTA Professorship (21.02.2018)

Christian Haug Eide wins JGS Early Career Award for 2017 (17.01.2018)

Planting seeds of future EU projects coordinators (17.01.2018)

During the last month 12 postdocs, researchers and associate professors of the Department of Earth Science have registered as «experts» to evaluate EU project proposals. This is the result of a longterm strategy to increase the number and the quality of project proposals submitted to the European Commission’s frame programs. Thus, evaluating proposal is the best training course a researcher will... Read more

Ægir ready for search and rescue? (29.12.2017)

Ægir is the only usable resource in search for airplane and shipwreck in deep water

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