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Abrupt warming caused ice collapse and sea level rise (22.04.2020)
Near the end of the last ice age, the global sea level rose 12–14 meters in less than 350 years. Most of the meltwater has been thought to have come from North America and Antarctica. A new study shows that the ice over coastal Norway and the Barents Sea may have contributed almost as much.
Water irrigation
Will irrigation be the next limit to growth? (22.04.2020)
New research suggests that current models critically underestimate the uncertainties when predicting future irrigated areas.
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How does life thrive when the deep sea is dark? (17.04.2020)
How does life thrive there without photosynthesis? The diversity of marine life in these systems is surprising.
City landscape showing inequality between poor and rich areas in a sprawling metropolis.
Inequality in the age of the corona virus (07.04.2020)
The research programme GRIP has launched a series of interviews on global inequality as a response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Blombos Cave
SapienCE Annual Report 2019 is out (01.04.2020)
The report provides an insight to our exciting activities taking place throughout the calendar year.
A fish market in Kenya.
Small fish may act as “vitamin sweets” (31.03.2020)
In the world today, malnutrition is a bigger problem than hunger. Researchers hope that a small freshwater fish may prove to be packed with important micronutrients.
Hakan Sicakkan
A vital moment to study international refugee protection (23.03.2020)
UiB professor Hakan G. Sicakkan’s newly launched project Protect will study refugees’ rights to international protection. A vital moment for projects like Protect, UN Refugee Agency says.
Professor Sigrid Schütz (left) speaking in a panel discussion during the inaugural Ocean Sustainability Bergen Conference in October 2019.
Experts providing advice to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (10.03.2020)
In a meeting on biological diversity on the high seas, scientists and other actors gave valuable advice to representatives from Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs before final negotiations on regulation of natural resources outside of national jurisdiction.
MediaFutures Christoph Trattner portrett.
Will improve your digital diet (06.03.2020)
Christoph Trattner actually wanted to be a chef. Now, he wants to help you avoid digital junk food.
SapienCE scientists are experimenting with heat and fire in SA
Experimenting with heat and fire (24.02.2020)
The archaeologists who found the world's oldest man-made drawing are back in the South African fields in search of new discoveries. Follow their day-to-day blog and see what happens when they experiment with heat and fire to get a better understanding of how humans lived 100 000 years ago.
Spanish scientist Lorenzo Melchor from the EU supported research project S4D4C speaking during a workshop at the University of Bergen on February 5th, 2020.
The future of science diplomacy (13.02.2020)
In a special workshop during the SDG Conference Bergen a group of leading international researchers presented their visions for improving science advice to decision-makers.
Coronavirus COVID-19
10 facts about the coronavirus (13.02.2020)
The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) is confirmed as pandemic by WHO, 11. march. To what extent should we fear the coronavirus? We have asked virus expert Professor Rebecca Cox.
Professor Peter Messerli giving the Bergen SDG Lecture at the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen.
The university sector demands action on SDGs (07.02.2020)
Moving from inaction to action was the overarching theme at the third national SDG Conference Bergen in February 2020. The debate was on what role technology can play to achieve the 2030 Agenda.
Silhouette of man in a darkened room against conference room screen during SDG Bergen Science Advice workshop on 5 February 2020.
New policy brief series presented in workshop (07.02.2020)
The SDG Bergen Policy Briefs series was presented to researchers gathered for a workshop on science diplomacy at the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen.
Watch the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen (06.02.2020)
Action was the key word at the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen, the national conference for the university sector in Norway. Stream the entire conference here.
Scientific Director Lise Øvreås from Ocean Sustainability Bergen and Marine Director Nils Gunnar Kvamstø at the University of Bergen, photographed in January 2020.
Urging political leaders into action (31.01.2020)
Four SDG14 targets are maturing in 2020 and with the University of Bergen's leadership in ocean science and sustainability, the university will take these targets to decision-makers over the course of the upcoming year.
Money Talks Professor Ragnhild Muriaas in Malawi during political campaign
Patriarchal structures an obstacle to women in politics in many countries (27.01.2020)
– Most often the priviliged are the winners in politics, and who is priviliged depends on gender, says professor Ragnhild Muriaas, who has lead the research project Money Talks.
Kangaroo Mother Care.
Kangaroo Mother Care Reduces Infant Mortality (09.01.2020)
When newborn babies with low birth weight are held close to their mother´s bodies throughout the day, their chance of survival increases substantially.

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