September 11th marked the start of the third phase of an international effort to assess environmental impacts from deep sea mining (MiningImpact 3) funded by JPI Oceans. The consortium, coordinated by Mattias Haeckel (GEOMAR, Germany) met in Belgium to present the current state of deep-sea mining knowledge, and to coordinate plans for the 4-year research program.
For the first time, this consor
Game design - blog 1: Designing life‑stages, and art workflow
By Varshani Brabaharan
A spark of Inspiration
In high-latitude seas, a tiny copepod called C. finmarchicus, engages in daily and seasonal excursions with distances (depths) ranging from tens to thousands of meters across the water column. These daily and seasonal vertical migrations are driven by a diversity of environmental f
Climate change is reshaping lake ecosystems across the northern hemisphere. New research shows that the impacts will be most severe in the Arctic, disrupting lake productivity.
Authors: Trine Hay Setsaas, NINA and University of Minnesota
Led by scientists from USA, Canada and Norway, a newly published study uses models of sunlight, ice, and snow to reveal how warming winters are disrupting l
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Har du lyst å være med oss å videreutvikle en spennende og innovativ FoU bedrift som jobber med miljø og bærekraft? Vårt team er involvert i en rekke næringsrelevante forskningsprosjekter, i tett samarbeid med aktører i norsk havbruksnæring, for å bidra til videreutvikling av en bærekraftig havbruksnæring.
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Climate change can be daunting and cause issues not only for nature and wildlife but also make us argue over access rights to resources, laws and regulations. One such case is when countries start to argue over fish stocks "on the move". These are stocks that, due to climate change or other reasons, have moved into another country's waters. Such cases bring up a whole range of questions, like who
Polhavet smelter. Hva er konsekvensene for økosystemer, klima, samfunn og geopolitikk? Statsministeren lovet i dag en milliard kroner til Norges største forskningsprosjekt, Polhavet 2050.
– Vi forplikter å øke innsatsen på polarforskning med en milliard kroner de neste ti årene fra 2026, annonserte statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre på pressekonferanse på UiT Norges arktiske universitet i Tromsø i
A new study presents a comprehensive risk assessment of 21 land-based fish farms in Norway using a standardized risk assessment methodology developed by Akvaplan-niva. The farms assessed vary in age, technology type and production scale. The focus of the assessments has been on technical and operational risk factors that can affect fish mortality. The results show no clear relationship between sys
Av Magnus Drivdal (Akvaplan-niva) og Stig Falk-Petersen (UiT Norges arktiske universitet/Akvaplan-niva)
Havstrømmene i Norskehavet og Polhavet transporter feite og energirike arter av dyreplankton til havområdene utenfor Lofoten og Vesterålen. Full av fett som er viktig for fisk så bruker disse årevis i havet før de møter på torskelarvene utenfor kysten av Nord-Norge.
I fjordene, på sokkelen
I år, hvor det er pukkellaksår, så hører vi stadig historier om at pukkellaksen truer økosystemene langs kysten og at den konkurrerer med våre stedlige laksestammer. Men hvor mye vet vi egentlig om denne fremmede arten?
Av Kathy Dunlop // Havforskningsinstituttet. André Frainer*, Karl Øystein Gjelland og Martin Svenning // Norsk institutt for naturforskning. Bror Bonde // UiT Norges arktiske un
The CliN-BluFeed project, financed by the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP), aims at developing new methodologies for tracking zooplankton patches. Energy-rich copepods, particularly Calanus spp., play a key role as primary food source for upper trophic levels and are currently harvested in a small-scale fishery. These copepods often form dense patches—but detecting these aggregations re
