CEEDs Researcher and geologist Grace Shephard has been in duty on board on the Swedish icebreaker Oden, and explains how they collect core samples from the sea floor.
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The official opening of the national Ivar Giæver geomagnetic lab was on September 7. There were a seminar with presentations and invited lectures, and later the opening of the infrastructure was done by Giæver himself.
The University of Oslo (UiO) research prize for 2016 was given to Professor Trond H. Torsvik in a formal ceremony at University's Aula on Friday 2nd September 2016.
The whole travel is documented in a blog, facebook and participants have given interviews.
Grace Shephard, Researcher at CEED takes part in a scientific polar expedition and a research team collecting data from the central Arctic Ocean. The journey started this week in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
Da den siste istiden slapp taket over Norge etterlot den seg morener, sand, rullestein og våre fine svaberg. Forsker Henrik H Svensen, Institutt for geofag og CEED skriver i spalten Forskningsfronten, Morgenbladet den 29. juli om ny istidforskning.
Mennesker påvirker Jorden på en helt annen måte enn før. Vi bruker ressurser, vi dyrker jorden, vi forurenser og endrer på landskapet. Er menneskene blitt en naturkraft som endrer Jorden, spør geolog Henrik H. Svensen, biolog Dag Hessen og sosialantropolog Thomas Hylland Eriksen i en artikkel i Aftenposten Viten.
Gravitational pulls of Saturn and Jupiter might combine to cause spectacular meteor showers. A research team led by Aswin Sekhar at CEED, UiO thinks it may have an answer: A rare gravitational dance between the Perseids, Saturn and Jupiter. Read the interview with Sekhar in New Scientist.