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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”.