The long road from Arctic science to international law The road to the Minamata Convention on mercury took almost 15 years and has been significantly influenced by Arctic research and Norwegian efforts. Why and in what way did Arctic research play such a significant role in this road towards the convention?
Researchers use drones to photograph seaweeds Drones are the future for nature mapping and monitoring. – Compared to satellite pictures, drone images provide 1,000 times better image resolution and one million times more data points, says Kasper Hancke, marine biologist at NIVA.
Pollutant-ban has made snails healthy again The environmental pollutant TBT can mimic hormones to the extent that it sterilizes female snails and make them grow non-functional penises and vas deferens. But for the first time since monitoring started up in 1991 and the total ban of TBT entered force in 2008, only fertile dogwhelk have been found along the Norwegian coastline.
Vacant Position 20.12.2019 Would you like to develop applications for environmental research ? As a part of NIVA's ongoing efforts to develop new data platforms and digital services, we are hiring a full-stack developer to our Environmental Data Science team.
News Article 17.12.2019 NIVA at COP25 NIVA has made a strong presence at The UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 (2 – 13 December 2019). Senior Research Scientist Richard Bellerby has taken part in and hosted events on ocean acidification (Arctic Council and The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme) as well as contributed to the ICCI-report "Cryosphere 1,5 degrees", launched during the conference.
News Article 09.12.2019 Norway to support ASEAN in combating marine plastic debris The transport of plastics from sources on land via rivers to the world’s oceans is a global environmental challenge. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, are building local capacity for reducing plastic pollution, and Norway has taken a leading role in supporting ASEAN’s endeavors in combating plastic pollution through a new program.
Publication 18.11.2019 Silver and titanium nanomaterials present in wastewater have toxic effects on crustaceans and fish cells New research shows that silver and titanium nanoparticles in present in treated wastewater may have toxic effects on algae, crustaceans and fish gill cells, and the effects seem to be species dependent.
Report 10.12.2019 Eutrophication remains a major problem for Europe’s seas despite some progress The shared vision for Europe’s seas is a healthy marine environment where human-induced eutrophication is minimised. However, the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) assessment, published December 11th shows that eutrophication still remains a large scale problem in Europe’s regional seas. The assessment shows some positive effects from better nutrient management but the overall target of healthy seas will not be met by 2020.
