Prof. Chong-Yu Xu, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, has been named a Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS in three subject fields, including his main research field, hydrology.
The Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo (UiO) hosted the annual meeting for the research project "Climate change and ecosystems management in Malawi and Tanzania", a NORHED II project. The participants from universities of Oslo, Malawi, Mzuzu, and Dar es Salaam respectively had five rich and productive days in a summery Oslo.
One of the largest European Geosciences conferences, EAGE was hosted by Norway after a long hiatus of 20 years. Geoscientists from Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo were strongly represented at the conference.
Professor of hydrology, Lena Merete Tallaksen, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo, has been awarded the International Hydrology Prize – the Doodge Medal by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. She is the first in Norway to receive this award.
At a ceremony at the Geological Society of London, Burlington House, Prof. Trond Helge Torsvik received the Wollaston Medal 2024, June 12th 2024 in London.
Researcher Mohammad Nooraiepour, Department of Geosciences University of Oslo has been awarded the InterPore Rosette medal for 2024 by InterPore. This is awarded to individuals who have contributed significantly to the science of porous media through voluntary and significant efforts.
Senior engineer Kristian Backer-Owe has served the geochemistry community at the Department of Geosciences for a long time. There was a celebration of his 35 years at GEO and a farewell gathering for Kristian on one of his last days in the office.
The recently Oslo Hydrogen Seminar shed light on hydrogen as a clean energy source with focus on geological hydrogen storage. The seminar was organised by the Dept. of Geosciences' Section for Environmental Geosciences in collaboration with the HySTORM-project and the Uni. of Edinburgh.
In a new study a research team suggests, based on new Earth System Model simulations, that the temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere in the past 8000 years were highly variable on interannual to centennial timescales. The study reveals that this period was not a unique period of climate stability as it is currently often portrayed, and it pinpoints clusters of large volcanic eruptions as a key driver for past climate variations.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including PHAB’s Justin Tonti-Filippini and CEED’s Boris Robert, conducted a large paleomagnetic and geochronologic study of 800-million-year-old red beds from South China. In contrast to previous studies in the region, their results suggest that Earth’s geomagnetic field and rotation axis were stable at that time. Their paper was just selected as an Editors’ Highlight in JGR Solid Earth.
Professor Stephanie Werner is elected as a member of the Academia Europaea (AE) from 2024. Membership of the AE is for individuals that have demonstrated "sustained academic excellence".
Employees at the University of Oslo (UiO) are satisfied with the support from colleagues, management, and the work climate, while participation and flow of information score somewhat lower. Here are the results from the first joint work environment survey (ARK) at UiO.
Fabian Barras is a researcher at the interdisciplinary Njord Center at the University of Oslo, where physicists, mathematicians, and geologists collaborate to understand the Earth's physics, conducted this research. He was recently interviewed in Titan the University of Oslo news publication for natural sciences and technology at the University of Oslo.
Centre director and Professor Trond Helge Torsvik, University of Oslo is awarded the Wollaston Medal for 2024 for his ground-breaking scientific contributions to geosciences. The medal is the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
Centre director and Professor Trond Helge Torsvik, University of Oslo is awarded the Wollaston Medal for 2024 for his ground-breaking scientific contributions to geosciences. The medal is the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
PHAB’s Postdoctoral Fellow Jaganmoy Jodder has written an article in The Conversation about rocks that were formed 3.5 billion years ago. Which geological processes drove the formations and where do you find them?
Prof. Stephanie Werner ble intervjuet av Forskning.no for å kommentere på nye argumenter på hvorvidt det finnes flytende hav under Mimas' overflate.
The internationally recognised Norwegian geochemist, Victor Moritz Goldschmidt ("Father of modern geochemistry", 1888-1947), was based at the Geological Institute and the Mineralogical-Geological Museum (merged into NHM in 2000) at the University of Oslo.
