11.10.2024

The Mineralogy-Petrology group at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg invites applications for a 3-year Postdoctoral position funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The…

01.10.2024

The Mineralogy-Petrology group at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg invites applications for two 4-year Ph.D. positions funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

05.09.2024

The Afar rift is a world-class natural field lab where continental breakup can be directly observed. The northern part of Afar, the Danakil Depression, especially represents a unique snapshot in space…

29.08.2024

An earthquake low on the Richter scale has shaken geologists. Contrary to what that scientific community widely thought, the Central Afar region in Ethiopia will probably never become a deep ocean. This…

26.08.2024

One of the most exciting deep-sea drillings of the year took place in spring 2023

16.07.2024

Une équipe de recherche internationale, avec la collaboration de Silvia Spezzaferri de l'Université de Fribourg, a découvert pourquoi la calotte polaire de l'Antarctique fond plus rapidement à l'ouest…

26.03.2024

We're proud to announce that Nicole Clerx, a doctoral student in the Department of Geosciences, will be one of the candidates in the "Ma thèse en 180 sec." event to be held on March 28 at Le Nouveau Monde.

20.02.2024

It took no more than two years for the Corbassière Glacier in Valais to become practically useless for studying climate change. This has been made clear by core sampling done as part of the Ice Memory…

20.02.2024

They are both the problem and the solution. While emitting vast quantities of carbon, oil companies also happen to be technically in the best position to artificially extract CO2 from the atmosphere and…