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Research
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Polar clouds create wrinkle in the climate models
Scientists need to understand how microscopic water droplets and ice crystals form in clouds in order to predict what the climate will be like in the future.
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How do earthquakes stop?
Fabian Barras is a researcher at the interdisciplinary Njord Center at the University of Oslo, where physicists, mathematicians, and geologists collaborate to understand the Earth's physics, conducted this research. He was recently interviewed in Titan the University of Oslo news publication for natural sciences and technology at the University of Oslo.
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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.
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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.
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Vacant positions
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PhD Research Fellow in Seismogenic faults in CO2 storageDepartment: Department of GeosciencesFaculty: The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesLanguages: EnglishDeadline: Friday, June 14, 2024
Our researchers in media
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The mysterious exploding craters in Siberia may be solved Feb. 1, 2024 1:26 PM
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TED talk: The continents are moving. When will they collide? Apr. 13, 2023 4:58 PM
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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.
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