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Arctic infrastructure under risk from permafrost thaw, scientists warn

Seventy percent of the current infrastructure in the Arctic in the next 30 years has a high potential to be affected by thawing permafrost, according to a new study. This despite if the climate change targets of the Paris Agreement is meet.

A corridor in the North Atlantic forms volcanic landscape

Hotspot volcanism on Greenland

A research group launches a new theory and model of processes that gave volcanic activity simultaneously on both sides of Greenland and the North Atlantic 60 million years ago.

Old images give insight on climate changes

How can we use aerial photos of glaciers from the 1930s to obtain new and exact information about the Earth's changing climate? That is one of the main questions Luc Girod looked into in his doctoral thesis.

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today Jan.
GEOHYD Lunch Seminar: Earthquake hazards – What does it take to make it a disaster?
12:15 PM, Aud 1, GEO
24 Jan.
Upper crust tectonic deformation of the Southern Central Andes (~36°S) and megathrust earthquakes
1:15 PM, ZEB Auditorium 3
25 Jan.
Trial lecture: Ankit Pramanik
10:15 AM, Auditorium 1, The Geology building
25 Jan.
Disputation: Ankit Pramanik
1:15 PM, Auditorium 1, The Geology building

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NCCS – Industry Driven Innovation for Fast Track CCS Deployment

Integrated Earth System Education (iEarth) - A National Consortium

The Njord Centre

 

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