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Field Course on Minerals for the Energy Transition (04.11.2024)
On the beautiful island of Milos (Greece), a recent field course offered CDeepSea students a unique opportunity to dive deep into the world of mineral deposits and hydrothermal systems. With an impressive ratio of 8 instructors to 14 students, the participants received training on a wide variety of topics relevant for minerals and mineral exploration, from economic geology and geochemistry to... Read more
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Peaks to pixels: Drone training at Ulriken for future geologists (09.10.2024)
First-year students in the Bachelor’s program in Earth Science and Informatics got hands-on experience with drone-flying while enjoying the magnificent scenery from the top of Bergen.
Side view of the ROV Ægir 6000
NORMAR-II grant awarded! (01.10.2024)
At the end of September it was announced that the NORMAR-II grant for upgrades to the Ægir 6000 ROV system has been approved! This funding ensures the Centre’s continued access to this essential deep-sea infrastructure and will allow us to keep the ROV system state-of-the-art. We’re looking forward to many more dives with upgraded equipment, pushing the boundaries of deep-sea exploration.
Logoen til Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi omgitt av bilde fra kjemilab, dronebilde fra Grønland, studenter ved semesteråpningen i gaten, studenter utenfor Realfagbygget, Ægir6000 og dronebilde over Realfagbygget, fysikkbygget og Geofysen.
New Name for MatNat (27.09.2024)
Starting October 1, the new name will be the Faculty of Science and Technology. We will certainly celebrate this!
Two people wash and scrub a core sampler on a ships deck
The GoNorth 2024 Expedition Is a Wrap (24.09.2024)
The GoNorth 2024 expedition concluded last week after a three-week scientific voyage, from August 29 to September 19, exceeding expectations with a wealth of new data, thanks to favourable ice and weather conditions.
Photograph of the Gyme black smoker on the ocean floor in the Jøtul vent field.
Scientific exploration of the Jøtul vent field (17.09.2024)
Our colleague at the Centre, deep-sea biologist Pedro Ribeiro, is onboard the RV Maria S. Merian participating in a research cruise led by the German Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) to explore and investigate the Jøtul hydrothermal vent field.
Elin Darelius and pinguins
Eleven tents, three holes, and one bathtub - How to observe the ocean below a 400 m thick, floating ice shelf in Antarctica (09.09.2024)
The Antarctic ice shelves – the floating glaciers surrounding most of the continent – are melting from below as oceanic currents bring warm water into the cavity. But how and how fast is the ice melting? In this Ocean Science Bar, you will learn why Antarctic ice shelves matter, about what happens below them, and about what it’s like to do fieldwork ”down south”.
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Light, darkness and the ocean ecosystem (14.08.2024)
Light is probably the most varying environmental variable in pelagic ecosystems, and the most ignored in ecological studies. In this Ocean Science Bar, you will learn how light structures the distribution of zooplankton and fish.
Nil Irvali examining sediment cores taken from the sea floor in the North Atlantic Ocean
Better prediction of climate change (13.08.2024)
By reconstructing past changes in ocean circulation and climate, paleoceanographer, Nil Irvali, aims to better understand the ongoing changes and improve predictions of our future climate.
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Minerals not needed to form energy-rich methane at hydrothermal vents (06.08.2024)
A new study led by Associate Professor Eoghan Reeves at the Centre for Deep Sea Research, just published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, sheds light on one of the pillars of chemosynthetic life at deep sea hot springs – the dissolved natural gas molecule, methane.
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Searching for ancient sulfate in South Africa (31.07.2024)
One of the best things of being a researcher is when you get the chance to broaden your horizons. This summer, geochemist Desiree Roerdink traveled to the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa and dove back into the research field of sedimentology to find out how sulfate minerals formed on ancient shorelines, more than 3.2 billion years ago.
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The deep Arctic Ocean (09.07.2024)
Watch the recording of our live-streamed remotely-operated dive at Loki's castle hydrothermal vent field in the Arctic, 2300 meters below sea level.
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The Eagle is back on deck (05.07.2024)
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The Deep Arctic Ocean (25.06.2024)
Join us for a live stream of a remotely-operated dive at Loki's castle hydrothermal vent field in the Arctic, 2300 meters below sea level.
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Building a windmill: Field course on minerals for the energy transition (14.06.2024)
Members of the Center for Deep Sea Research have received funding from Akademia Avtalen to organize a field-based course on the Island of Milos (Greece). Here is the description and the application link.
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Acid mine drainage at a black smoker analogue (26.04.2024)
Last week, four members of the Centre for Deep Sea Research led a field excursion for the GEOV-109 Introduction to Geochemistry course at a former pyrite mine in Sunnhordland Geopark.
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In deep water (12.04.2024)
Deep sea research is a gateway to unlocking mysteries both within our planet and beyond, offering insights that can have profound implications for science, industry, and our understanding of life in the universe.
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A week of Marine Science in Bergen (12.04.2024)
A lot is happening next week in Bergen, with among other the One Ocean week and the Ocean outlook events. Several members of the Centre for Deep Sea Research are involved in various events.

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