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Scanning the sky for birds
12. December 2022

Avian radar technology is an important tool for assessing potential impacts of offshore wind farms to seabirds and migrating birds. 

The World’s best method to capture and store carbon
8. December 2022

Nature does the job for us, for free.  But, in the search for good measures to compensate for man-made greenhouse gas emissions, carbon emissions from disturbance or loss of biodiversity caused by these measures are often not included in the calculation.

Hydropower development altered the genes of the Eira salmon
28. October 2022

With the help of genetic analyses, long time series and statistical models, scientists at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research have documented human-induced evolution in a natural salmon population.

NINA opens Centre for Biodiversity Genetics
25. October 2022

DNA analyses are becoming an increasingly important method in research and nature management. To meet an increased demand from government and industry, the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) today opened NINAGEN, a national centre for conservation and biodiversity genetics in Trondheim.

Welcome to Emma Jane Critchley
25. October 2022

We are delighted to welcome Emma Jane Critchley to the MARCIS project!

Are storms killing seabirds?
21. October 2022

Using a comprehensive set of tracking data from five seabird species in the North Atlantic and a model for estimating energy consumption, researchers have investigated how severe winter storms may impact the seabird community and eventually lead to seabird mass mortality.

Welcome to Lila Buckingham
12. September 2022

We are delighted to welcome Lila Buckingham to the MARCIS project, who started her postdoc at NINA on 1 September

Lost at sea? Where do seabirds go outside of the breeding season?
16. August 2022

Have you ever visited a seabird colony in autumn or winter? Compared to the hustle-bustle during spring and summer, it is very quiet then. No sign of guillemots, kittiwakes and Co., only empty nests remain. Where do all these seabirds go after they have raised their young?

Out of sight, but not out of mind: GPS-tracking of seabirds during the breeding season
15. July 2022

In the MARCIS project we want to understand how seabirds are affected by human stressors in marine areas. To do so, we need to know where they are and how they use their habitat. Since seabirds spend the majority of their life far out at sea, this is no easy task.

Funding for research on coastal and offshore wind energy and wildlife
1. July 2022

Two new research projects will investigate the impacts of large-scale development of wind energy along the coast and offshore on migrating birds and marine life.

Field report from Hornøya
14. June 2022

How bird-ringing can be used to determine lethal effects of marine stressors.

How to predict the foraging habitat of European shags
18. May 2022

Human activity in the coastal zone is increasing worldwide, including Norway. Aquaculture, kelp harvesting, fisheries, increasing boat and ship traffic present sources of disturbance and pose a variety of potential threats to seabirds.

Changes in ocean temperatures contribute to a puffin population decline
16. February 2022

By using a more than 100-year-old record of a puffin Fratercula arctica chick harvest on Iceland, researchers have found a relationship between ocean temperatures and production of puffin chicks.

Chase the sun or catch prey in twilight?
26. January 2022

How do seabirds find enough food to survive the darkness of winter? In a study on colonies in Great Britain, Iceland and Norway, researchers used geolocators to reveal that European shags adopt various strategies to handle the winter darkness.

Well managed protected areas assist waterbirds on the move
25. January 2022

In response to a warming climate, many species are shifting their range norhtwards. Protected areas play an important role in helping bird species to adjust - if the sites follow a clear management plan.
 

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