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Published June 23, 2022 11:43 AM

NASA’s TESS mission has found two rocky worlds orbiting the relatively bright, red dwarf star HD 260655, only 33 light-years away. The new planets, HD 260655 b and HD 260655 c, are among the closest-known rocky planets yet found outside our solar system that astronomers can observe crossing the faces of their stars.

Published June 10, 2022 9:45 AM

The Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics is pleased to announce our series "The Wilson Cycle." The four videos follow CEED researchers to western Norway where they share insights into this fundamental process that explains the formation of oceans and mountains, and more. Every two weeks during summer 2022 we released a video below and via our YouTube channel

Published May 11, 2022 3:36 PM

The Jurassic Earth was very different from today - atmospheric CO2 was higher, long-term climate was warmer, and there were no permanent polar ice-caps. The supercontinent Pangea was breaking apart, leading to changes in the configuration of the landmasses, oceans, and seaways. Using geochemical signals from fossilized marine animals, a new study in Palaeo3 looked at how the ocean currents and climates changed in the European and Arctic regions during this Greenhouse period of Earth’s history.

Published Apr. 24, 2022 11:21 PM

Around 34 million years ago the Earth underwent some major changes, including a drop in global temperatures, disturbances in ocean circulation patterns, and the formation first permanent Antarctic glaciations. But what drove this change? A new study using climate and plate tectonic modelling published in the journal PNAS suggests two additional and connected driving mechanisms from the deep Earth and the high north.

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The CEED blog covers some behind-the-scenes about our latest research and activities. The contributors are a mix of students and staff from The Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway.