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University of Bergen student showing up specimen found during field work on Norway's western coast.

UiB hosts first SDG14 course for IOC (31.05.2021)

The University of Bergen is happy to announce that we are hosting an OceanTeacher Global Academy course in partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.

The Trond Mohn Foundation and UiB take deep sea research to the Arctic Ocean (25.05.2021)

The Trond Mohn Foundation has awarded NOK 16 million to the Centre for Deep Sea Research at the University of Bergen (UiB) distributed over a five year period. UiB allocates approximately NOK 88 million to the interdisciplinary research centre regarding salary and operations. “The support we receive from the Trond Mohn Foundation makes it possible to carry out voyages and use the best available... Read more

Obtaining fossil pollen records from around the globe. Global studies such as this one require the careful gathering of many records collected by many individual research teams, compiled into global community databases curated by scientific experts.

Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change is unprecedented over the last 18,000 years (20.05.2021)

The acceleration of biodiversity change began millennia ago and was often larger than the shift from the last ice age to modern temperatures, a UiB study published in Science shows.

The Plastic Whale – four years on (19.05.2021)

“With this commemoration, the Plastic Whale Heritage alliance and the University of Bergen want to help ensure that the Plastic Whale’s message is not forgotten – the health of our oceans is at stake, and we must act now.”

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UiB clears four tonnes of plastic (19.05.2021)

The University of Bergen and its partners collected four tonnes of plastic waste during this year’s plastic clearing drive. By comparison, 1.5 kg of plastic were found in the stomach of the Plastic Whale.

Joint drive against plastic pollution (19.05.2021)

As part of the University of Bergen’s marine research initiative, an interdisciplinary network on plastic pollution has been set up for researchers, PhD candidates and students.

Prehistoric megafloods smaller than assumed (14.05.2021)

Mighty floods have carved out deep canyons on Earth. New research suggests this may have required less power than previously thought. Collecting such data, however, may be demanding.

The UiB Magazine 2019/2020 (10.05.2021)

The UiB Magazine 2019/2020 is out now. Read about ocean- and climate research, the discovery of the world's oldest drawing, SDG Bergen, medical breakthroughs, innovative students and much more.

Scientific Director Lise Øvreås from Ocean Sustainability organised a special session on coastal communities at the SDG Conference Bergen in February 2021.

Successful SDG Action completed (07.05.2021)

SDG Bergen was registered as an SDG Action in January 2018 with a completion date set for 1 August 2021. The SDG Action has now been completed three months ahead of schedule.

Finding of earliest African burial 78000 year

SapienCE-researchers identify the earliest human burial in Africa (05.05.2021)

The earliest human burial in Africa has been discovered at an archaeological site near Mombasa. Excavations revealed the body of a three-year-old child, deliberately buried around 78,000 years old.

Inga Berre is ERC recipient number 10,000 (05.05.2021)

As grantee number 10,000 to receive funding from the European Research Council (ERC), Inga Berre will use applied mathematics in order to understand what happens underground when heat is extracted from the Earth's interior.