Studies
Study programmes
Doctoral degree
Find courses
Find reading lists, lecture times and notes from all courses from the department.
Find staff and students
Find staff and students. Search for name or subject and work area.
Research
-
Training drones to detect greenhouse gas sources
How do you map something that is both invisible and odorless? Researchers at the University of Oslo have trained drones to find the best places to measure greenhouse gases on their own.
-
Volumetric Changes of Mud on Mars: Evidence From Laboratory Simulations
Scientists offer new insight into the behaviour of mud on the planet Mars's surface in a new study. It turns out, that mud on the crust surface behaves very differently to mud on Earth.
-
GoNorth heads for the Gakkel Ridge in The Arctic Ocean
GoNorth – Exploring the Arctic Ocean is a major Norwegian effort to explore the Arctic Ocean, and takes place over three expeditions from 2022 to 2024. The Nansen Cordillera will be investigated this summer.
-
Thawing permafrost in the Arctic can trigger ticking environmental bombs
Permafrost thaws and can result in unstable ground conditions. This can lead to collapsing industrial plants and environmental toxins leaking into vulnerable nature.
Events
Vacant positions
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Hydrology/HydrogeologyDepartment: Department of GeosciencesFaculty: The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesLanguages: EnglishDeadline: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Paleo ClimateDepartment: Department of GeosciencesFaculty: The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesLanguages: EnglishDeadline: Monday, April 15, 2024
DSTrain – MSCA
Postdoctoral Fellowships in
Computational and Natural Sciences
– 18 positions / 6 related to geosciences
Deadline: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Our researchers in media
-
The mysterious exploding craters in Siberia may be solved Feb. 1, 2024 1:26 PM
-
TED talk: The continents are moving. When will they collide? Apr. 13, 2023 4:58 PM
-
Volcanic eruptions and the Viking society – The VIKINGS project and use of HPC resources Mar. 22, 2023 1:45 PM
Studies
Study geosciences; geology, geography and geophysics at the University of Oslo, Norway.
The Dept. of Geosciences offer these studies in English: