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Norbert Pirk and Frans-Jan Parmentier, who are CBA researchers, contributed with data from Norway in a research study led by researchers at the University of Zurich.

A new study titled "Vegetation type is an important predictor of the arctic summer land surface energy budget" is recently published in Nature Communications. Among the authors is EMERALD researchers Frans-Jan Parmentier and Norbert Pirk.

LATICE and the Department of Geosciences is hosting one of this year's Fulbright Scholars at University of Oslo, Michael Bekken. He will study transfer of carbon from soil to atmosphere, to better  parameterize the Norwegian Earth System Model.

Universitetet i Oslo har siden 2018 gitt ut priser til beste masteroppgaver som er knyttet til FNs bærekraftsmål. En av de tre som fikk prisen i år er Astrid Bragstad Gjelsvik, masterstudent i meteorologi ved Institutt for geofag. 

Er du interessert i å lære mer om klima, klimaendringer og hvordan mennesker må forholde seg til dette? Et nytt emne 'GEO1000 – Klima og bærekraft: Naturlige prosesser og menneskets påvirkning' starter opp ved Institutt for geofag nå i høst.

The Circle U: ICUP Evaluation Panel has selected the "VIKINGS: Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impacts on Climate, Environment and Viking Society from 500 to 1250 Common Era" research project as one of the three Circle U. ICUP 2022 award recipients!

Kine forsker på klimamodeller hos Meteorologisk institutt, og har bidratt i den nyeste klimarapporten til FN. Hun hadde ikke planlagt å ta en doktorgrad før muligheten plutselig dukket opp.

Also in 2022, researchers from the EMERALD community are presenting their work at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022 in Vienna. See the speakers and titles here.

Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet, UiO feiret sine forskere som har mottatt de mest attraktive forskerstipendene de siste årene, med en markering den 7. april. Blant dem var flere fra Institutt for geofag.

In 12-22 September 2022 there will be held a 5 credits UArctic summer school about; Environmental monitoring in the Arctic. It is a PhD course but motivated MSc students can also apply. The course is given by University of Aarhus, with field work and most of the teaching at University of Oulu (Uleåborg), Finland.

The GeoWednesday seminar entitled 'VIKINGS - Volcanic Eruptions and their Impacts on Climate, Environment, and Viking Society in 500-1250 CE', was presented by Kirstin Krüger for a full audience in The Science Library@UiO, 16. March 2022.  She presented exciting multidisciplinary results, and a tree core sample found in the Raknehaugen burial mound showing bad years of growth around the volcanic winter year 536. 

Professor of meteorology Trude Storelvmo is one of two from the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant announced recently. With that, she will receive millions from the European Research Council (ERC) for several years to come.

Two professors at the Dept of Geosciences, University of Oslo have recently been appointed to membership and positions within academia. Joseph LaCasce is admitted to The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, and Andreas Kääb is appointed to a position in Circle-U – a network for European university collaboration.

CBA researcher receives the Fægri award for his popular science essay about permafrost.

Farming practices of the Vikings and their ancestors could provide inspiration for resilient food systems today. A new study from the VIKINGS project, GEO, UiO exploring how Scandinavian societies adapted their agricultural activities in a period of European history marked by stark climate fluctuations. Read about their study in 'News by AGU'.