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Published Aug. 3, 2017 11:08 AM

The gender ratio of women in editor-in-chief roles of major mainstream journals in astronomy and astrophysics is typically about 5-10 % these days. In the last 50 years of academic records, it is not difficult to find no women in such roles at any given time. The same ratio is just about 10-15 % when it comes to the number of keynote speakers, chairpersons of important conference sessions and distinguished award recipients in major conferences and meetings in astronomy/astrophysics.

Published July 7, 2017 8:17 PM

I spalten 'Forskningsfronten' i Morgenbladet i dag; Henrik H. Svensen,  CEED og Institutt for geofag, Universitetet i Oslo om lynnedslag, brann forårsaket av lyn, og årsaksforløp for slike hendelser. Omtale av en internajonal forskningsartikkel publisert tidligere i Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

Published June 21, 2017 10:49 AM

Arthur Holmes' medalje, UiOs forskningspris, Nansen-heder. Prestisjetunge priser hagler over Trond Torsvik, en av verdens ypperste forskere innen geofag. Men tilfeldigheter gjorde at han ble interessert i geofysikk. Les mer i dybdeintervjuet på titan.uio.no.

Published May 11, 2017 11:26 AM

Planlagt vitenskapelig boring i regi av CEED forskere på den danske øya Fur som ligger i Limfjorden. Geologiske undersøkelser kan fortelle de norske forskerne mer om klimaforandringer for mange millioner år siden.

Published Mar. 7, 2017 9:47 AM

In February 2017 thirty members of the research school DEEP gathered at Dr. Holms Hotel, Geilo for the first General Assembly in the research school network. Networking, lectures and a workshop were on the agenda, and some skiing of course.

Published Feb. 2, 2017 10:16 AM

The new article from Trond H. Torsvik et al about Mauritia - the lost continent in the Indean Ocean gets a lot of attention from the press worldwide. Latest is an article in the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, one of Europe's largest publications of its kind. Very latest in the CNN.