the Crafoord Prize to three Earth Science students

In December 2018, eight scientists from five research institutions met on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands) for a workshop on Ocean Island volcanism.

Förmiddagen den 11 november nådde ovanliga seismiska signaler våra mätstationer i Sverige.

Russian scientists have discovered a new mineral from Namibia and named it after Erik Jonsson.

An earthquake with magnitude 3.0 occurred at 13:57 on October 20 in the northern parts of Gävle. The earthquake occurred relatively shallow, about 5 km deep, and was felt strongly in the immediate area as a distinct shake and/or as a loud rumble. So far we have received thirty reports to SNSN (Swedish National Seismological Network), all from Gävle or near Gävle. The earthquake have thus not been felt only locally. A small aftershock occurred at 10:36 on October 22. Despite it measuring only a magnitude of 0.4 it was perceived by at least one person. 

Workshop remembering the Vajont Dam disaster

The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden.

Earth Scientists from Uppsala published Scientific Reports (Nature)

Professor i tillämpad paleontologi ser tillbaka på en lång och rik forskarkariär.

Petroleum Experts generously supports Uppsala University in their research and teaching by donating free academic licenses.

May 24, the Crafoord Prize in Geoscience was awarded in Lund.

At that time, research funds were also distributed to young researchers.

Three of the five grants went to researchers from the Dept of Earth Sciences.

Marcus Wallin, Rebekka Steffen and Anna Neubeck.

Congratulations!

On Tuesday 8 May, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Swedish Institute, organized the Global Swede diploma ceremony for the eighth consecutive year.

Professor Chin-Fu Tsang, long-term visiting professor with us from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has got a distinguished international award, the ‘Chin-Fu Tsang Coupled Processes Award’ named after him.

Steffi Burchardt interviewed in national radio about her volcano research 

We need a team of two to four students who wants to represent the Department of Earth Sciences at this years River Rafting event on Valborg, April 30! 

When as a young physics student Valentin Troll caught sight of a volcanic rock during a geology course, something strange happened. “The rock started to at first gently, then more and more clearly, answer my questions in a language I could suddenly understand.” Over 20 years later, the volcanologist still finds himself captivated by the stories of rocks.

This year, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23) will be held in Bonn, Germany, and hosted by the government of Fiji. CSD and CEMUS at the Department of Earth Sciences send a delegation consisting of 17 participants from 7 countries, and representing students as well as professors. 

Institutionen för geovetenskaper är med i ett unikt internationellt samarbetsprojekt med deltagare från indiustrin, akademin och statliga myndigheter -  X-MINE!

Three EU projects that include Uppsala University, one of which is led from Uppsala University in the EIT RawMaterials innovation initiative, have recently been awarded funding for the period of 2018–2021. The budget for the project led by Uppsala University is EUR 4.8 million, of which EUR 2.5 million will be financed by participating mining company LKAB.

I somras var vår forskare Jarek Majka på en forskningsresa till Ellesmereön i arktiska Kanada.

Anna Rutgersson vill skapa mötesplatser och engagemang för hållbar utveckling. Med det nyinrättade hållbarhetsrådet hoppas hon att det blir enklare att nå ut till hela universitetet.