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Rocks unravel the secrets of the Earth’s magnetic field

Over 350 million years ago something odd was going on with the Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists now propose that the field was really weak, which may have affected life on our planet.

Image: The RIMFAX instrument on Perseverance. Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech/FFI

First report from RIMFAX: The geology of Mars is more complex than expected

For a year and a half, the ground-penetrating radar RIMFAX has collected data on Mars. Today, the first results from the Norwegian-developed instrument on Perseverance are published, led by Scientists from University of Oslo and University of California, Los Angeles.

Photo: Carbon isotopes measured on fossil marine algae- and plant fossils

Mass extinction likely caused by lethal temperatures due to volcanic CO2 venting

Volcanic CO2 may have triggered the Permian extinction 252 million years ago. An intense and rapid increase in CO2 may affected the climate and consequently also the ecosystems. Carbon isotopes in marine algae- and plant fossils give insight.

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06 Oct.

Oslo joint seminar in atmospheric, ocean and climate science, Oct 6

12:00 PM, Room 2320 Kristine Bonnevies Hus

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06 Oct.

Carbon release & sequestration during extreme global climatic change events in Earth history

1:15 PM, Auditorium 3

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10 Oct.

Oslo joint seminar in atmospheric, ocean and climate science, Oct 10 (Monday at 10:00)

10:00 AM, Room 2414 Kristine Bonnevies hus

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ERC financed research

ERC Advanced Grants:

Beyond Plate Tectonics
Global Glacier Mass Continuity (ICEMASS)
Disequilibrium metamorphism of stressed lithosphere (DIME)
Break-Through Rocks (BREAK)

ERC Starting Grant:

LUSI-lab
Mixed-phase clouds and climate (MC2)

ERC Consolidator Grant:

STate-dEPendent Cloud feedbacks: enHANcing understanding and assessing Global Effects (STEP-CHANGE)
Untangling Ediacaran Paleomagnetism to Contextualize Immense Global Change (EPIC)

Strategic research initiatives

Research schools

Research centres

Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED)

ARCEx – the Research Centre for Arctic Petroleum Exploration

NCCS – Industry Driven Innovation for Fast Track CCS Deployment

Integrated Earth System Education (iEarth) - A National Consortium

Centre for Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene (CBA)

The Njord Centre

Image: A laboratory technician holds a thin section of minerals/rocks from the Thin Section Workshop and Laboratory, at Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo. Photo: Hans Fredrik Asbjørnsen/UiO

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