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New map of the seabed reveal more deposits than expected

There are 30 % more sediments on the seabed than previously expected, reveal an update of the map GlobSed. This equates to up to two km of extra land mass over today’s land area.

Exhaust gas is to blame: Ground-level ozone is damaging crops

Exhaust gas emissions have doubled the amount of ground-level ozone. Vegetation is being destroyed. Food production is decreasing. Researchers now fear that the damage is greatest in the Arctic regions.

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Melting glaciers are causing sea levels to rise at ever greater rates

New: Land-based glaciers outside of the main ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland have lost more than 9,000 billion tons of ice since 1961, raising sea levels by 27 millimeters.

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Njord-researcher gets photo on the cover of GeoExPro Sep. 4, 2019
Atmosphere and ocean on computers – 30 years teaching became textbook Aug. 28, 2019
Observing the cryosphere with CubeSat imagery – Keynote talk by Altena Aug. 28, 2019

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Events

19 Sep.

Onset of giant planet migration before 4480 million years ago

1:15 PM, ZEB Auditorium 3

26 Sep.

Thermomechanical lithosphere differentiation: the key to tectonics in the early Earth and Venus?

1:15 PM, ZEB Auditorium 3

03 Oct.

CEED invited seminar (Title TBA)

1:15 PM, ZEB Auditorium 3

10 Oct.

CEED invited seminar (Title TBA)

1:15 PM, ZEB Auditorium 3

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Seawater drains slowly into the Earth May 31, 2019 2:41 PM
Extratropical volcanoes influence climate more than assumed Jan. 29, 2019 11:14 AM
Surging glaciers covered in the Science journal Dec. 1, 2017 3:04 PM

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Climate Science - two positions
Avdeling: Institutt for geofag
Fakultet: Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet
Språk: Bokmål
Søknadsfrist: 15. november 2019

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