News and "In media" articles where researchers from the Section for Geography and hydrology have contributed. The list is not exhaustive and postings are mostly Norwegian.
Eit varmare klima kan gjera at det vert farlegare å gå i fjellet. Når evig is, snø og permafrost tinar i bratte og ustabile fjellparti kan det utløysast steinskred, og hengebrear kan gi isskred. Professor Bernd Etzelmüller, Institutt for geofag er intervjua saman med fleire andre i prosjektet 'Klimarisiko i Jotunheimen' av NRK.
On the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas in Siberia, scientists have long wondered about the mystery of 8 craters. The enormous craters have been seen in Siberia over the past 15 years. Scientists from University of Oslo: H. Hellevang, M. Ippach, S. Westermann and M. Nooraiepour may now have solved their origin. A new research study has got a lot of attention in media from around the world.
Klimaendringer øker fare for ekstremvær, og noe vi kan forvente mer av er ekstrem tørke. Nå foreligger 2. utgave av fagboken om hydrologisk tørke. UiO-professor, Lena M. Tallaksen er en av redaktørene.
The world has reached a pivotal moment as threats from Earth system tipping points – and progress towards positive tipping points – accelerate, a new report shows.
På listen over verdens mest siterte forskere i 2023 står GEO-professorene Andreas Max Kääb og Trond Helge Torsvik. Kun 23 forskere fra Norge er på den eksklusive listen.
Study co-led by LATICE researcher Simon Filhol on new approaches to meteorological observations on remote polar glaciers is highlighted on Titan.
Den nasjonale Geofaredagen vart arrangert av Høgskulen på Vestlandet (HVL) 19.-20. oktober i Sogndal. Rekordmange studentar frå UiO deltok på denne fagkonferansen dedikert til geofare.
Join the EMERALD Open Science Day on 17 October! On this full day seminar we will gather Norwegian communities working within the field of ‘ecological climatology’. Welcome to Klimahuset at Tøyen for a programme full of EMERALD science!
There was a celebration when two of the researchers here at the Department of Geosciences each received their ERC Starting Grant. The two who received funding are Norbert Pirk and Paul Yves Jean Antonio. They were celebrated with an reception with cake and speeches from colleagues, on Friday 8 of September.
Five promising researchers at the University of Oslo have been awarded ERC Starting Grants from the European Research Council. The projects showcase the breadth of UiO's disciplines, ranging from sustainability and marginalization to plasma accelerators and sleep.
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