News articles tagged with 'Norway'
Key nutrient found to prevent cataracts in salmon
— 1 Oct 2010 12:03 | BiologyThe role of a key nutrient which prevents cataracts in salmon has been revealed by eye specialists at the University of East Anglia…
New virus may pose risk to wild salmon
— 10 Jul 2010 07:36 | BiologyFarmed fish are an increasingly important food source, with a global harvest now at 110 million tons and growing at more than 8 percent a year. But epidemics of infectious disease threaten…
WWF welcomes landmark Norway, Indonesia agreement on deforestation
— 28 May 2010 13:36 | EnvironmentWWF welcomed Wednesday's announcement that Norway will provide USD 1 billion to support Indonesia's efforts to reduce emissions caused by deforestation in that country…
Bolstered by geological and geophysical data: Total area of Norway expanded
— 11 May 2010 03:56 | Geology and palaeontologyKnowledge acquired from a ten-year-old basic research project on geologic conditions of the oceanic crust proved invaluable in ultimately successful negotiations between the Ministry…
Unique species project expands across borders
— 9 Sep 2009 13:52 | BiologyThe National Key to the Flora and Fauna of Sweden is Sweden's largest book project ever. Sweden is the first country in the world to describe its species in this way…
Norway helps endangered eel wriggle from fish nets
— 1 Jul 2009 01:57 | EnvironmentNorwegian fisheries regulators in a landmark decision have banned all fishing of the critically endangered European eel starting in 2010 and cut 2009 catch quotas by 80 percent…
Norwegian red foxes have more trichina, but less scabies than previously
— 27 Apr 2009 13:09 | BiologyTrichina worms (Trichinella spp.) are roundworms that can invade a wide range of animals and man. People are most often infected through eating trichina-containing pork. For her doctorate,…
More extreme weather in the Arctic regions
— 5 Feb 2009 14:24 | EnvironmentOne of the most visible signs of climate change is the dramatically reduced ice cover in the Arctic. The retreat of the sea ice leads to rapid changes in the weather conditions in these…
Climate change threatens lemmings in Norway
— 5 Nov 2008 18:00 | EnvironmentThe climate change threatens lemming populations across southern Norway, according to a new study published online in the prestigious scientific journal Nature. Their dwindling numbers…
Sustainable investing can pay off for sovereign wealth funds
— 23 Sep 2008 09:11 | EnvironmentSovereign wealth funds could and should focus more attention on the investment risks as well as opportunities of the carbon-constrained economies of the future, an Innovest report commissioned…