Siden 50-tallet er det produsert mer en 8 milliarder tonn plast på verdensbasis. En betydelig del av denne plasten havner i havet hvor det akkumuleres på havbunnen og langs strendene. Dette er ikke bare et visuelt problem, men det utgjør også en fare for marine dyr i havet og langs kysten. Noe av plasten brytes også ned til mikroplast.
I de senere årene har Akvaplan-niva samarbeidet med fi
A series of four recently published papers co-authored by Benjamin Merkel from Akvaplan-niva, discuss large-scale ocean-basin-wide multi-species seabird distributions across the year. Merkel uses various methods in spatial data analyses and species distribution modelling to study distribution patterns and migration behaviour of seabirds. These results are of relevance to national and internati
Denne uken deltok Hans Petter Mannvik og Salve Dahle fra Akvaplan-niva i møte i Forum for offshore miljøovervåking. Bakgrunnen for vår deltakelse i forumet er at Akvaplan-niva er akkreditert til å bistå operatørselskapene for olje- og gassaktiviteter i å gjennomføre lovpålagt overvåking av sjøbunnen rundt installasjonene på norsk sokkel.
Miljøovervåkingen av sjøbunnen (bunnhabitater) har pågått
I boken "Arctic Ecology" foretar sentrale arktiske forskere en gjennomgang av alle de arktiske økosystemene inklusive tundra, breer, marine systemer og ferskvannssystemer. Det er også kapitler om urbefolkning og styresett i boken.
To forskere fra Akvaplan-niva er medforfattere på to kapitler om marine økosystemer sammen forskere fra UiT Norges arktiske universitet og Institutt for oseanografi v
New publication from the Akvaplan-niva led GLIDER project recently published in the journal "Sensors". Manager of Digital Solutions at Akvaplan-niva, Lionel Camus, is the first author of the paper.
Effective ocean management requires integrated and sustainable ocean observing systems enabling us to map and understand ecosystem properties and the effects of human activities. Autonomous subsu
Claudia Halsband from Akvaplan-niva participates in joint Korea-Norway seminar and photo exhibition om marine litter in the Arctic. The background for this hybrid event is that the Arctic is considered a pristine area, but as everywhere else in the world, the problem of marine littering is getting increasingly visible and poses a threat to marine and coastal ecosystems in the region. We need to un
Blue Insight provides an open, modular platform for the processing, visualisation and sharing of ocean data. The core module contains the cloud framework – which has been built to the highest cyber security standards – and an application-specific dashboard, teamed with data storage and management functionalities. Additional modules can be added to this framework to tailor Blue Insight’s functi
26. og 27. oktober arrangerer Statsforvalteren i Møre og Romsdal og Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune den nasjonale plankonferansen – Kampen om sjøareala. Lars-Olav Sparboe fra Akvaplan-niva er blant innlederne på konferansen. Tittelen på hans foredrag er: "Nye artar til oppdrett - arealbehov, miljøomsyn, samfunnsinteresser.
For å vite hvordan vi skal nytte sjøarealene våre på den rette måten, er d
Equinor, operator of the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Scotland, has pioneered a novel method of data collection for offshore wind, using an autonomous Sailbuoy.
Powered by the wind and sun, the glider travelled on its own from Bergen, Norway, to the wind farm just off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland, where it used acoustic sensors to map fish presence and biomass quantity.
Our new seaglider a Slocum G3 from Teledyne (https://www.teledyne.com/en-us) is equipped with a propulsion system for navigation in confined areas and shallow waters and is rigged with rechargeable battery. This will be crucial in the coming deployment at Ekofisk offshore platform in the North Sea for the research project GLIDER Phase II financed by ConocoPhillips (https://www.conocophillips.no/).
Marie Sjøblom defended her thesis on foraminifera in Barents Sea soft-bottom sediments in relation to the invasive snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, on September 14, 2021 at Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo. Her supervisor was Prof. Elisabeth Alve at UiO. The study was carried out within the frame of the RCN-funded project EISA run by NIVA and Akvaplan-niva. The process addresses effect
The Barents Sea is a high-latitude shelf ecosystem with important fisheries, high and historically variable harvesting pressure, and ongoing high variability in climatic conditions.
To quantify carbon flow pathways and assess if changes in harvesting intensity and climate variability have affected the Barents Sea ecosystem. A team has modelled the ecosystem for the period 1950–2013 using a hig
