Listening to the Earth
NORSAR is an internationally recognized independent research foundation. We specialize in seismology and seismic monitoring.
After two decades of reliable service, the radionuclide station RN49 on Platåberget, west of Longyearbyen on Svalbard, has been renewed. Last week, an expert team was on site to ensure that the station meets the CTBTO’s standards for monitoring stations.
NORSAR will lead a newly funded research project on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Together with partners, the project has been allocated funds from the Norwegian Research Council and will take us one step closer to safe storage of CO2.
NORSAR is leading a EU research and innovation project that is working towards more earthquake resilient societies.
NORSAR recently published a new and digital earthquake zoning map for Norway. This means that developers and society at large can save billions of NOK on large development projects in the years to come.