EXTREME25 Expedition: Exploring Extreme Environments Through Science and Art
In November, researchers from CBE Arctic at the University of Bergen (UiB) embarked on an extraordinary journey as part of the EXTREME25 expedition, organized by the Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø) through the EXTREMES project. Aboard the state-of-the-art research vessel RV Kronprins Haakon, Mari H. Eilertsen and PhD student Christian L. Nilsson joined an international group of scientists to…
A wide variety of outreach: scientific pints, sailings and presentations
Top image, from the left: Marion Lebouvier from Pint of Science and Brenda L. Esteban Vazquez, Renee Hageman and Kara Turner from the Centre for Deep Sea Research. Image by Erika Georgi (Pint of Science). The CBE Arctic team has had a busy spring with many outreach events. In May, the Pint of Science Bergen…
The CBE Arctic Team is growing!
Top image, from left: Tone Ulvatn (technician), Brenda L. Esteban Vazquez (PhD student), Mari H. Eilertsen (PI), Kristoffer F. Nilsen (master student) and Christian Nilsson (PhD student). With the WormFEST project kicking off, the CBE Arctic team has expanded by hiring another PhD student – Christian Nilsson. Christians PhD project focuses on the community structure…
Deep Sea Biology Symposium in Hong Kong
The CBE Arctic team, together with other colleagues from the University of Bergen, recently returned from a lovely week in Hong Kong where we attended the 17th Deep Sea Biology Symposium – the largest international conference focusing on deep sea environments. The CBE Arctic Team was represented by Mari and Brenda, traveling together with Irina…
Exploring chemosynthesis-based ecosystems in the Arctic: 2024 Research Cruise Highlights
So far this year, the CBE Arctic team had the opportunity to participate in two research cruises. The first cruise was the second leg of the EXTREME24 cruise organized by our collaborators at the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) with Giuliana Panieri as cruise leader. This was a relatively short cruise of about a week…
Vent and Seep Fauna @ Science by the Sea
Researchers and students involved in the Vent and Seep Fauna project recently presented our work at the Science by the Sea event organized by the Centre for Deep Sea Research at the University of Bergen. The event was a full day seminar with presentations by researchers from the centre on a broad range of topics…
Cruise report from our master students
It has been 10 days since we left Tromsø. Being so far out at sea is truly an experience that will stay with us for a long time. The feeling of having several kilometers of water between the ship and the seabed is quite strange and takes some time to get used to. Since we…
CDeepSea cruise 2022
Over the last two weeks, the Vent & Seep project has participated in the annual cruise of the Centre for Deep Sea Research, along with other projects like Eco-Safe Ridge Mining and DeepSeaQuence. This year, the cruise visited 4 vent fields – Ægirs Kilde, Fåvne, Mohns Treasure and Loki’s Castle – and the main aim…
AKMA-OceanSenses cruise pt 1
A song of Ice and Mud Currently, the Vent & Seep Fauna project (represented by Mari Eilertsen, and collaborators from UiT and University of Aveiro, Portugal) are participating in an Arctic cruise organized by CAGE/UiT and the AKMA and OceanSenses projects. Our main goal for the Vent & Seep Fauna project is to get good…
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