Research events - Page 2

Doctoral candidate Jacqueline Kay Knutson at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Transport and Processing of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Peatland-Dominated Catchments in Subarctic Scandinavia for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Welcome to our GeoHyd Lunch Seminar on Tuesday 11th of August @ 12:15 in Aud. 1 in the Geology Building. The seminar is held by Maud Bernat (University of Toulouse).

Fredrik Høgaas is defending the thesis Ice-dammed lakes and outburst floods in South Norway for the degree of Doctor Philosophiae (Dr. Philos.).

Doctoral candidate Rakul Maria Ingunardóttir Johannesen at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis CO2 storage potential of flood basalts - A multiscale, structural reservoir study of the Faroe Island Basalt Group for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

The Norwegian Geophysical Society is organising its 2nd General Assembly in Oslo on 10–12 June 2026. The General Assembly 2026 is hosted in cooperation with the Department of Geosciences at the University of Oslo.

Doctoral candidate Anna Lina Petruseviciute Sjur at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis From Winds to Whirls: Dynamics that shape Arctic Ocean circulation for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Talk 1: Francis Poulin, University of Waterloo
Mesoscale Air–Sea Interactions in a Western Boundary Current System

Talk 2: Caroline Katsman, Delft University of Technology
North Atlantic CLUEDO*, or how the upper and lower branches of the AMOC are connected

Title: Modelling explosive volcanic eruptions from proximal hazards to global climate disruption

Speaker: Thomas Aubry, University of Oxford

Title: Evaluation of AROME-Arctic sensible and latent heat fluxes during three marine cold air outbreak events observed during CAESAR

Speaker: Andrew Dzambo, University of Oklahoma

Title: Results from RAMIP Phase 1: How aerosol emissions in different regions affect temperature, precipitation, AMOC, monsoons, air quality and more

Speaker: Bjørn Samset, CICERO

Welcome to our GeoHyd Lunch Seminar on Tuesday 26th of May @ 12:15 in Aud. 1 in the Geology Building. The seminar consist this time of two talks given by; Benjamin Robson (UiB) and Sunil Tamang (University of Canterbury).

OBS! please note that the Geology Building now requires an access card, but that you can ring the bell to get in.

Doctoral candidate Andreas Grøvan Aspaas at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Creep bursts in landslides - Characterization and modeling of transient deformations for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Erik Schytt Mannerfelt at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Glacier Surge Dynamics in a Warming Arctic for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Title: A volcano of water: How the Hunga eruption affects Earth's climate system

Speaker: Zhihong Zhuo, University of Quebec