ARCTOS - a silver lining appearing from a dark cloud
The Arctic Marine Ecosystem Research Network (ARCTOS) was conceived when two marine ecologists from Norway were unable to fly out of Canada after 11 September in 2001. This network would ultimately prove highly beneficial for Arctic research in Norway.
Marine recycling cluster - mot global forsøpling
Akvaplan-niva AS er medlem i bedriftsklyngen Marine Recycling Cluster (MRC). Klyngen, som har tatt mål av seg til å bli Norges teknologiske spydspiss i kampen mot global marin forsøpling, har gjort kartlegging til ett av sine hovedverktøy i et konsept som kalles Marine Clean-up Toolbox.
The melting Arctic: how algal blooms change in rapidly warming seas
Arctic environments are changing rapidly. Clearly this poses challenges to ecosystems, but we do not yet understand the consequences in their full complexity. However, we know that the first response to sea ice decline, ocean acidification, and warmer waters happens at the level of unicellular algae.
Biosensors in Arctic bivalves for environmental monitoring
Monitoring the quality of ocean water is important, for various societal, economic and ecological reasons. But it is also costly and time-consuming, and the monitoring task itself can sometimes put humans at risk. We are looking for better ways to monitor water quality in high-risk environments.
A warmer and more acid Arctic ocean: Challenges to marine organisms
The possible impacts of ocean acidification (OA) on Arctic marine ecosystems is a primary concern, especially on time scales beyond the next election, or beyond our own lifetimes. The Fram Centre’s Ocean Acidification Flagship seeks answers to this challenge.
Russia and Norway - Arctic collaboration platforms
In 2017, Akvaplan-niva signed a Collaboration Agreement with Roscongress Foundation to strengthen cooperation between two Arctic forums – Arctic Frontiers (Norway) and Arctic: Territory of Dialogue (Russia). The next Arctic Frontiers will be held February 2021 and the next Arctic: Territory of Dialogue Forum will be arranged also in 2021, when Russia takes chairmanship in the Arctic Council
Robot for kartlegging av havbunn
Akvaplan-niva samarbeider med selskapet Energi og Marine AS om en rekke kartleggingsprosjekt for akvakulturnæringen og myndigheter. Eksempler er alternative miljøundersøkelser ved hardbunn, faunakartlegging av havbunn, inspeksjon med ROV av forankring og bunnkartlegging med relativ hardhet.