News - Department of Geosciences

Professors Trond Torsvik and Stephanie Werner will lead the Centre for Planetary Habitability. Photo: UiO

SFF-grant to a new SFF-centre; Centre for Planetary Habitability – PHAB

Published Sep. 23, 2022 2:32 PM

Today came the news from the Research Council of Norway about the allocation of grants to new Norwegian centres of excellences (SFF). One of the SFF-centres goes to our Professors Trond Helge Torsvik and Stephanie Werner and to the centre named; 'Center for Planetary Habitability'. Fantastic and great news!

Photo: Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo. Photo: GEO/gk

Researchers from Department of Geosciences receives FRIPRO funding

Published Sep. 6, 2022 2:06 PM

Many researchers from the Department of Geosciences received grants from Fri projektstøtte (FRIPRO) from The Research Council of Norway (NFR) this time. This was announced by NFR on 5. September. The competition for getting a FRIPRO research grant is, as usual, fierce.

Photo: Professor Chong-Yu Xu, is awarded the 'NHF's Lifetime Achievement Award' for his contributions to Nordic Association for Hydrology (NHF). Here with the diploma outside the Geology Building at Campus og University of Oslo. Photo: Gunn Kristin Tjoflot/UiO

Professor Chong-Yu Xu honored for lifetime achievements in hydrological research

Published Sep. 1, 2022 1:53 PM

Professor of hydrology Chong-Yu Xu at Department of Geosciences is honored for his outstanding and long-term contribution to Nordic Association for Hydrology (NHF).

Photo: Fulbright Grantee, Michael Bekken at the welcome reception where all this year's Fulbright candidates to Norway presented themselves. The reception was held 18th August at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo. Photo: Lena M. Tallaksen

Fulbright Grantee, Michael Bekken to LATICE and GEO in 2022/23

Published Aug. 19, 2022 2:59 PM

LATICE and the Department of Geosciences is hosting one of this year's Fulbright Scholars at University of Oslo, Michael Bekken. He will study transfer of carbon from soil to atmosphere, to better parameterize the Norwegian Earth System Model.

Image/figure: Location of Raknehaugen burial mound and Lake Ljøgottjern, and tree rings from Raknehaugen. The ring from 536 CE is almost invisible, suggesting that the tree didn’t grow in the summer due to climate cooling following the 536 CE volcanic eruption. VIKINGS : Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impacts on Climate, Environment and Viking Society from 500 to 1250 Common Era

The Vikings-project; UiO selected for an Inter Circle U. Prize 2022

Published June 10, 2022 3:41 PM

The Circle U: ICUP Evaluation Panel has selected the "VIKINGS: Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impacts on Climate, Environment and Viking Society from 500 to 1250 Common Era" research project as one of the three Circle U. ICUP 2022 award recipients!