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Suomen ympäristökeskus - Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) @syke.fi · 03/07/2026
OECMs are areas outside formal protected zones that still deliver biodiversity conservation. Finland and Sweden have reported initial areas, Norway is screening. Sámi and local participation remains limited—stronger frameworks, early engagement and co‑management needed. hdl.handle.net/10138/635551
The cover of the publication 27/2026: Participation in OECM prosessissa in Finland, Siemens, and Norway.
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
How can Norway provide new renewable energy sources to meet future needs while still protecting its natural environment, and the plants and animals that live there?
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Location matters: Balancing renewable energy and biodiversity in Norway
How can Norway provide new renewable energy sources to meet future needs while still protecting its natural environment?
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Norwegian Reproducibility Network @norrepro.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
We’re delighted to announce that the winners of NORRN’s 2025 Open Science award are Dr Caitlin Mandeville and Dr Anders Lorentzen Kolstad 🏆
A picture of both the winners
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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Using advanced modelling, we can now better measure the lethal and non-lethal effects of #offshore #wind power plants on #seabirds - read more here: seapop.no/en/2026/02/n... @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
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New tool for predicting effects of offshore wind farms on seabirds
The development of offshore wind is a key instrument in the shift toward renewable energy, but such interventions can also impact marine biodiversity. Seabirds are among the most threatened bird…
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Marine Ecology Progress Series @meps-ir.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🌐🦤🧪 High resolution tracking reveals strong habitat selection in cod! bit.ly/meps15039 @karlgjelland.bsky.social @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
Two cod in a steep habitat with a substrate of stones.
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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
What characteristics of dead wood promote fungal species richness in forests? And how can we use this information to manage fungal biodiversity? New research on the functional diversity of dead wood in Norwegian forests provides some answers. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... 📷 @jenninorden.bsky.social
Researchers sampling forest communitiesGullenhaugen Nature Reserve in Norway, where the research in Fungal Ecology was conductedFour components of functional diversity of dead wood
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
New article! Researchers GPS-tracked 349 individuals across 18 species. Result? 👉 Home range scaling is sex-driven — and we were missing it. 🐆 🦌 🐗 With NINA-researcher Bernardo Brandão Niebuhr dos Santos and many more onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Sex Drives Intraspecific Scaling of Home Range Size in Mammals
We GPS tracked 349 resident individuals across 18 mammal species to, for the first time, gain a broad understanding of how individuals' sex modulates home range scaling within species. Males showed a....
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
An international research team, have shown that the egg color is inherited exclusively through the maternal lineage. www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-10...
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Cuckoos: maternal genes responsible for differently colored eggs
European cuckoos lay very different eggs depending on the host species. Genetic analyses have revealed how this adaptation is inherited without leading to speciation.
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
How can science better inform global efforts on biodiversity and climate? #iucn_World_Conservation_Congress
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Advancing Global Biodiversity and Climate Action at IUCN World Conservation Congress
The IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 is held in Abu Dhabi (UAE). Photo credit: IUCN Once every four years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) gathers the global conservati...
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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 01/10/2025
🚨 NEW: By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch. This rate of loss, amounting to 600 football pitches a day, is 1.5 times higher than official EEA estimates. This is the #GreenToGrey project. [1/3]
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Nature in Europe is being lost piece by piece. Using our method, journalists from 11 countries have uncovered the extent of the nature loss. www.theguardian.com/environment/... The #greentogrey project was coordinated by @journalismarena.eu in collaboration with NRK.
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Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Nature in Europe is being lost piece by piece. No complete overview has existed on how much is disappearing – until now. Read about how we helped journalists uncover how Europe is going from #greentogrey, coordinated by @journalismarena.eu in collaboration with NRK: www.nina.no/english/Abou...
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How We Helped Journalists Uncover Nature Loss in Europe
Using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence (AI), we have, together with 40 journalists and researchers from eleven countries, uncovered large-scale loss of nature and farmland across Europe. ...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
– Det er et enormt kunnskapsbehov! Vi etterlyser mer kunnskap om hvordan pukkellaks påvirker villaks, og om effekten av mulige tiltak. vitenskapsradet.no/Nyheter/nytt...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The Pamela drone helps NINA track invasive species #eDNA www.nina.no/english/Abou...
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The Pamela drone helps NINA track invasive species
USV Pamela is a small and lightweight uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) developed by F&Z Solutions in Trondheim for environmental monitoring in lakes, rivers, and coastal waters. The platform enables the...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
NINA researcher Roel May did an 11-year study to examine if painting one blade of wind turbines black would save the lives of eagles. Now scientists are testing a range of technologies to reduce bird strikes — from painting stripes to using AI — to keep birds safe. e360.yale.edu/features/win...
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Birds vs. Wind Turbines: New Research Aims to Prevent Deaths
Window collisions and cats kill more birds than wind farms do, but ornithologists say turbine impacts must be taken seriously. Scientists are testing a range of technologies to reduce bird strikes — f...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Large numbers of pink salmon are relatively new to Norway’s coasts and rivers, and so is our knowledge about their potential impacts on these ecosystems. #pinksalmon
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Ecological impact of juvenile Pacific pink salmon
Get ready for the 2025 pink salmon run when locals and fishing associations will trap as many pink salmon as possible
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Vitenskapelig råd for lakseforvaltning @vitenskapsraadet.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Årets statusrapport for norsk villaks er lansert! 2024 ble nok et historisk dårlig år for norsk villaks, med flere dystre rekorder. www.vitenskapsradet.no/Nyheter/nye-...
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Nye dystre rekorder for norsk villaks
Laksebestandene har vært på et bekymringsverdig lavt nivå i mange år, og de siste fire årene har det vært en ytterligere nedgang.  Aldri tidligere har det kommet så få laks tilbake fra havet til Norg...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Using metabarcoding to monitor insect populations, Norway is the first country in Europe to implement this methodology in a Government led program. The same methodology could be applied across Europe for cost-effective monitoring of the neglected majority of insect species. #insectmonitoring
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The traps are set in Norway's country-wide insect monitoring program
Insects are essential for ecosystem functioning and human well-being. They contribute to pollination, nutrient cycling, food webs, and natural pest control, and also serve as bioindicators, providing ...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
In a study conducted in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, researchers from SEAPOP have used a nearly 40 year-long data series to assess how changes in sea ice affect the breeding distribution of common eiders. www.nina.no/english/Abou...
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Sea ice affects population dynamics in common eiders
A rapidly changing habitat Sea ice is significant for the ecology of many arctic species. The Arctic is now heating up four times more quickly than any other place on earth, and we need to know the c...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
New international study published in #Nature presents a powerful framework for identifying the “missing” species from #ecosystems.
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Norwegian Research Contributes to Global 'Dark Diversity' Study, Offering New Insights into Biodiversity Loss
Photo credit: Robert Lewis, NINA Behind the study is a global research network of more than 200 researchers, called  DarkDivNet, coordinated by the University of Tartu in Estonia, and advised by an i...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
If you are studying specific details of a single species’ performance in relation to water temperature in a lake, why bother about what happens downstream? It is time to look outwards again, towards broader horizons. #FramForum #NatureResearch
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Outside of my own ecosystem!
Once upon a time, scientists had a broad, holistic approach to research. They might explore everything from animals and plants to minerals, water and air currents. As scientific knowledge expanded and...
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Matt Grainger @drmattg.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Really nice talk about common Greenshank breeding ecology by @bksandercock.bsky.social from @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social. Taking data from 40-90 years ago to estimate demographics using modern methods. Females could be individually identified from egg patterns! #NOF2025
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Available position as Researcher in Terrestrial Ecology in Tromsø! nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/72-rese...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The wild reindeer in Norway no longer use the calving grounds surrounding the public tourist cabin Pyttbua. Should the Government allow the cabin to be upgraded—or should tourism in the area rather be limited? NINA has simulated the potential consequences. #WildReindeer
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Simulating Removal of a Popular Tourist Cabin: Consequences for Wild Reindeer
Until recently, the entire Reinheimen mountain area in Norway was used by wild reindeer, and the area around the Norwegian Trekking Association’s (DNT) cabin Pyttbua served as calving grounds. However...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Christopher O’Sullivan, Irish minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, and Duncan Halley, senior research scientist at NINA, are equally enthusiastic about the White-tailed Sea Eagle reintroduction programme. youtu.be/UZQbuy5UPWY
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White-tailed Sea Eagle reintroduction
YouTube video by Naturforskning
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
NINA is expanding its expertise in vegetation ecology and restoration and is seeking a skilled and dedicated researcher to strengthen our team in Bergen. nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/70-rese...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Large carnivores have returned to Europe—but the wolf protection status is being reduced. A major EU-funded project will identify how to ensure coexistence between people and carnivores.
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How Can We Co-Exist With More Large Carnivores?
Wolf photographed by a camera trap in Norway in February 2023. Photo credit: Viltkamera.nina.no Over the past 30 to 40 years, large carnivores such as the brown bear and wolf have made a comeback acr...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Researchers have uncovered a vast ecosystem on an Antarctica ice cap. The communities, largely made up of photosynthetic algae, are likely to host new species to science, and have been shown to add to melting of the ice caps in the region. #PolarResearch
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Vibrant life on Antarctica’s ice caps: Scientists reveal vast communities of photosynthetic algae on the ice
A research team led by Dr Matthew Davey at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) spent two months studying algal and plant communities on the Robert Island ice cap, a remote part of the n...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Available position as Senior Engineer Seabirds in NINA. The work includes monitoring and research on seabirds and human-made challenges such as fisheries, climate and offshore wind development and mapping of distribution and area use. nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/68-seni...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Norwegian hydropower considers itself strong on sustainability, but a study from the research center HydroCen shows significant variation in how the hydropower industry handles challenges related to environmental measures. #renewableenergy
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Hydropower Sees Itself as Green – But Becomes Uncertain Facing Sustainability Demands
Norway is one of the world’s largest producers of hydropower, with 90% of the country’s electricity generated by this renewable energy source. Hydropower thus plays a key role in achieving climate cha...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Since 2007, 200 Norwegian sea eagle chicks have found a new home in Ireland. This summer the final release of fledglings in Ireland marks the completion of the establishment phase of the white-tailed sea eagle project. #EcologicalRestoration
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Irish White-tailed Sea Eagles Soar on Their Own Wings
Like many other predators and birds of prey, the sea eagle has historically been seen as a competitor for wild and fish resources and a threat to livestock, leading to intense persecution. As a result...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Fram Forum: The growing seasons in the past two years were long and warm enough to allow growth of trees both on Svalbard’s high-Arctic and on barren mountaintops in East Finnmark.
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Two exceptionally warm summers in the Norwegian Arctic
The growing seasons in the past two years were long and warm enough to allow growth of trees both on Svalbard’s high-Arctic and on barren mountaintops in East Finnmark. High temperatures combined with...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
When Norwegian journalists need an expert statement about any species of seabird, they are likely to call Tone Reiertsen. She is a veritable gold mine of information about auks and gulls, yet her academic career started with a very common little garden bird. #seabirds
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A seabird champion and a champion of seabirds
When Norwegian journalists need an expert statement about any species of seabird, they are likely to call Tone Reiertsen. She is a veritable gold mine of information about auks and gulls…
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
MARCIS Newsletter no 6 is out. The project develops tools for assessing the impact of marine industries on seabirds.
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MARCIS
The goal of MARCIS is to develop a decision support tool for assessing the cumulative impact of human marine industries on seabirds and migrating land birds in marine ecosystems.
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
A study of deer poo in North Wales could shed light on the conservation of woodlands in the UK.
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Why the study of deer poo in North Wales could shed light on the future of woodland conservation
A team from Bangor University conducted the study amid a growing concern that increasing deer populations are negatively impacting the health and regeneration of UK woodlands. However, according to t...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Coastal restoration from Svalbard in the North to Madeira in the South: CLIMAREST develops and demonstrates restoration tools and activities at five demonstration sites across Europe #marinerestoration #oceandecade storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e066...
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Restoring coastal ecosystems in the high Arctic
-for the benefit of biodiversity, local communities and cultural heritage
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
A new paper by NINA experts explores how integrating ecosystem accounting can enhance biodiversity offsetting, offering a promising approach to make conservation efforts more effective and transparent. #EcosystemAccounting #BiodiversityOffsetting www.nina.no/english/Abou...
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Connecting Ecosystem Accounting and Biodiversity Offsetting: A Path to Standardized and Transparent Conservation Efforts
There is considerable overlap between biodiversity offsetting and ecosystem accounting: these two research fields apply very similar techniques to reach similar goals. Figure credit: Bálint Czúcz/Eva ...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
New research centre on environmentally friendly hydropower. – For life in the river, this could for example mean that fish must be able to migrate unharmed past power plants, says NINA researcher Line Sundt-Hansen. #research #hydropower #renewable #biodiversity www.nina.no/english/Abou...
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RenewHydro aims to take hydropower to the next level
– For life in the river, this could for example mean that fish must be able to migrate unharmed past power plants, says NINA researcher Line Sundt-Hansen, who will lead the work on nature and climate ...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The Norwegian captive breeding programme represents a central pillar in the conservation the Arctic fox #arcticfox #EcosystemRestoration #RestorationDecade storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b784...
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Arctic fox Captive Breeding Programme
Saving a species, one captive-born fox at a time.
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Eva B. Thorstad @evathorstad.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Invading and range-expanding pink salmon inform management actions for marine species on the move: new paper in @icesmarine.bsky.social ICES J Marine Science academic.oup.com/icesjms/adva... @profcolinbean.bsky.social @jaakkoerkinaro.bsky.social @jalangan.bsky.social @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
Photo of pink salmon male
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Northern Lights tourism in Northern Norway has boomed, boosting jobs and local revenue but straining nature and communities. #auroraborealis #AuroraAdventure #LeaveNoTrace #SustainableTravel #natureresearch www.nina.no/english/Abou...
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Chasing the Northern Lights Leaves Its Mark on Nature
Tourists chasing the Northern Lights should ideally leave without a trace. Many opt for using pits instead of open campfires.
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This study highlights a serious challenge, but it’s not too late to take action. @evathorstad.bsky.social www.nina.no/english/Abou...
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One in four freshwater animals at risk of extinction
Even though freshwater habitats like rivers, lakes, wetlands, and similar environments only cover 1% of the Earth's surface, they are critical habitats for wildlife. These ecosystems are home to 10% o...
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Nature @nature.com · 08/01/2025
A detailed extinction risk assessment of freshwater fauna, covering more than 23,000 species, reveals that around 24% of the studied species are threatened with extinction. The analysis identifies major threats from pollution, dams, agriculture and invasive species. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
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One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction - Nature
A global multi-taxon extinction risk assessment of freshwater fauna for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species finds one-quarter of species to be at high risk of extinction.
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Rachel Paterson @rachelpatersonnz.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Hot off the press: A fitness-based indicator for the effect of aquaculture-produced salmon lice on wild sea trout. doi.org/10.1093/ices... @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Work with us? Postdoc position in Arctic coastal carbon cycling at NINA’s Department for Arctic Ecology in Tromsø nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/65-post...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research | Postdoctoral position in Arctic coastal carbon cycling
Introduction  Applications are invited for a two-year postdoctoral research associate position related to Arctic coastal carbon cycling, in conjunction with a Horizon EU project (“POMP: Polar Ocean Mi...
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Excited to join BlueSky! We're here to share research-based knowledge on biodiversity, climate change and impacts on society. Looking forward to explore, connect, learn and collaborate.
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