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Bugs reveal the richness of species on Earth
An international team of researchers has carried out a survey of the biological diversity in a tropical rainforest. Their efforts have helped them find the key to one of the existential questions to which people have long sought an answer: how many species exist on Earth?
Published: 07.01.2013 -
Nutrients from farmed salmon waste can feed new marine industry
Waste from salmon production is currently being discharged into Norwegian coastal waters. Researchers say this is a resource – worth NOK 6 billion each year – that should be exploited for new biological production.
Published: 23.11.2012 -
Darkened fjord waters mean fewer fish, more jellyfish
The seawater in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and Norway’s coastal waters and fjords is gradually getting darker. Researchers are observing signs similar to those from overproduction of organic compounds. The result may be fewer marine areas with fish, and more jellyfish.
Published: 19.11.2012 -
HAV21: Setting the course for marine research
Marine research in the Arctic and northern areas is among the elements that need to be bolstered, according to the strategy committee behind the recently-launched integrated strategy for marine research in Norway, HAV21.
Published: 14.11.2012 -
Next-generation echo sounder soon ready
Norwegian researchers are putting the finishing touches on a new echo sounder that provides far more information than previous versions ever could – making it much easier to identify fish and zooplankton.
Published: 08.11.2012 -
Making climate taxes more palatable
A majority of Norwegians would accept increased climate taxes – if the taxes are understood as targeting specific environmental purposes. Earmarking of the revenues could help to gain public acceptance for such taxes.
Published: 02.11.2012 -
Cold wind makes Norwegian Sea warmer
The Gulf Stream and the warm waters it brings are one reason the climate is milder along the Norwegian coastline than other places so far north. Researchers now know that the Gulf Stream is not only driven from the south, but also drawn northward by Arctic winds.
Published: 10.10.2012 -
Climate change to lengthen growing season
Across much of Norway, the agricultural growing season could become up to two months longer due to climate change. A research project has been studying the potential and challenges inherent in such a scenario.
Published: 09.10.2012 -
Research Council recognises excellence in research, communication and innovation
The Research Council of Norway’s awards for outstanding research, communication and innovation were recently presented at the Council’s annual Evening of Excellence.
Published: 21.09.2012 -
Biomarine-based value creation could increase six-fold by 2050
According to a newly published report, value creation within the Norwegian biomarine industry has the potential to grow 600 per cent - from NOK 90 billion today to NOK 550 billion - in 2050.
Published: 07.09.2012 -
The Rocky Mountains affect Norway’s climate
Both the Gulf Stream and the Norwegian Sea have a major impact on Norway's climate. However, it turns out that weather conditions are also influenced by geographical elements from much farther away. The Rocky Mountains, for instance, play a major role in weather in Norway.
Published: 03.09.2012 -
Westerly storms warm Norway
New research indicates that storms from the west are the main reason that Norwegians can enjoy temperatures 5-10°C warmer than other places so far north. Climate researchers are casting more and more doubt on the Gulf Stream’s role as the primary cause of Norway’s relatively high temperatures.
Published: 03.09.2012 -
It pays to keep salmon fit
Norwegian salmon farmers could save huge sums by exercising their fish more – without overexerting them.
Published: 29.08.2012 -
Asia buying new Norwegian technology
New Norwegian-produced fish welfare technology is now in commercial production – and the first probe units are headed for Asia.
Published: 28.08.2012 -
Super first feed soon ready to serve
They can be stored for months and then hatch in seawater within 24 hours. Production of copepods, the ultimate live feed for Ballan wrasse and the fry of other marine fish species, can soon be industrialised.
Published: 24.08.2012 -
Finicky young wrasse want shrimp
Ballan wrasse are picky eaters when young. As adults, they eat sea lice off the skin of salmon – which makes them valuable to fish farmers. But as juveniles, wrasse want to be served shrimp.
Published: 24.08.2012 -
New promise in sea lice-eating lumpfish
Experimental production of lumpfish to use for delousing salmon in the far north shows promise. Some lumpfish individuals exhibit an insatiable appetite for sea lice, and salmon appear to thrive in their company.
Published: 24.08.2012 -
Finding the nano-needle in the haystack
Norwegian researchers are among the first in the world to use radioactivity to trace nanoparticles in experimental animals and soil. Their findings have made it easier to identify any negative environmental impact of nanoparticles, which are found in an increasing number of products.
Published: 15.08.2012 -
Research to strengthen knowledge-based management of the Barents Sea
A call for proposals has been issued by the Research Council of Norway for research projects to acquire more knowledge on the environment and resources of the Barents Sea.
Published: 06.07.2012 -
Stepping up Norwegian research in Antarctica
Research on krill and ice sheets will give new strength to Norwegian activities in the Antarctic.
Published: 06.07.2012 -
Pollutants may contribute to illness and overweight
Lack of physical activity and poor diet alone cannot explain the dramatic rise in obesity and diabetes occurring in many countries, believe some researchers. It is time to face the possibility that hazardous chemicals may also share part of the blame.
Published: 26.06.2012 -
Impressed with Norwegian climate research
Norwegian climate researchers are world leaders in several areas, and are cited more frequently than researchers from any other field in Norway.
Published: 21.06.2012 -
Norway leads charge against sea lice
Norway’s seafood producers, resource management authorities and the population at large all need an active Norwegian aquaculture research community that maintains its focus on battling sea lice and other threats to the industry.
Published: 12.06.2012 -
New insight into impacts of petroleum activities
In the heated debate over future petroleum activities off the archipelagos of Northern Norway and in the Barents Sea region in general, ten years of research on Norwegian oil recovery provides an important knowledge base.
Published: 30.05.2012 -
More research in Norwegian companies
A record-breaking number of grant applications submitted to the Research Council’s Programme for User-driven Research-based Innovation (BIA) has led to the award of NOK 500 million to 59 projects.
Published: 29.05.2012 -
Much to gain by optimising delousing
New research shows that the efficacy of delousing efforts is greatly affected by the materials used in constructing a well boat’s tank for mixing the delousing agent. This knowledge has now led to improvements in conventional delousing methods.
Published: 25.05.2012 -
Genome provides new weapon against sea lice
A new era in the battle against sea lice began on 1 March 2012: the world became privy to the genetic information that could reveal the weaknesses of this resilient parasite.
Published: 25.05.2012 -
Sea lice: a never-ending battle
The future of Norwegian salmon farming may stand or fall on the fate of a tiny parasite. The sea louse has become a symbol of the dilemma pitting environmental concerns against the continued growth of Norwegian aquaculture. Norwegian researchers are gearing up to fight.
Published: 25.05.2012 -
Warmer climate – fewer polar low-pressure systems to hit Norway
Diminishing sea ice in the Arctic Ocean could mean fewer storms along the Norwegian coastline and in the Norwegian Sea. Researchers in Norway have been studying the relationship between climate change and storms caused by polar low-pressure systems.
Published: 04.05.2012 -
Study covers school-day eating habits of 16 000
When Norwegian pupils leave home in the morning, the majority have a lunch stowed away with their books. In the autumn of 2011, pupils across the country delved into their schoolbags to reveal the contents of their lunches.
Published: 18.04.2012
