• Structured analysis of broader GMO impacts inspired by technology assessment to inform policy decisions. 

  Dassler, Tim; Myhr, Anne Ingeborg; Lalyer, Carina R.; Frieß, Johannes L.; Spök, Armin; Liebert, Wolfgang; Hagen, Kristin; Engelhard, Margret; Giese, Bernd (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  If genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are approved in the EU for experimental release or marketing authorization (placing on the market), a risk assessment (RA) is carried out beforehand to determine whether this may ...

• The stability of present-day Antarctic grounding lines - Part 2: Onset of irreversible retreat of Amundsen Sea glaciers under current climate on centennial timescales cannot be excluded 

  Reese, Ronja; Garbe, Julius; Hill, Emily; Urruty, Benoit; Naughten, Kaitlin; Gagliardini, Olivier; Durand, Gael; Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien; Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar; Chandler, David Matthew; Langebroek, Petra; Winkelmann, Ricarda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Observations of ocean-driven grounding-line retreat in the Amundsen Sea Embayment in Antarctica raise the question of an imminent collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here we analyse the committed evolution of Antarctic ...

• Nitrogen fixation rates in the Guinea Dome and the equatorial upwelling regions in the Atlantic Ocean 

  Fernández‑Carrera, Ana; Kiko, Rainer; Hauss, Helena; Hamilton, Douglas S.; Achterberg, Eric P.; Montoya, Joseph P.; Dengler, Marcus; Brandt, Peter; Subranamiam, Ajit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Biological nitrogen fixation is a key process balancing the loss of combined nitrogen in the marine nitrogen cycle. Its relevance in upwelling or high nutrient regions is still unclear, with the few available studies in ...

• Two centuries of southwest Iceland annually-resolved marine temperature reconstructed from Arctica islandica shells 

  Mette, Madelyn; Andersson, Carin; Schöne, B.R.; Bonitz, Fabian; Melvik, V.; Trofimova, Tamara; Miles, Martin W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Iceland's exposure to major ocean current pathways of the central North Atlantic makes it a useful location for developing long-term proxy records of past marine climate. Such records provide more detailed understanding ...

• Simulations of ocean deoxygenation in the historical era: insights from forced and coupled models 

  Takano, Yohei; Ilyina, Tatiana; Tjiputra, Jerry; Eddebbar, Yassir A.; Berthet, Sarah; Bopp, Laurent; Buitenhuis, Erik; Butenschön, Momme; Christian, James R.; Dunne, John P.; Gröger, Matthias; Hayashida, Hakase; Hieronymus, Jenny; Koenigk, Torben; Krasting, John P.; Long, Mathew C.; Lovato, Tomas; Nakano, Hideyuki; Palmieri, Julien; Schwinger, Jörg; Séférian, Roland; Suntharalingam, Parvadha; Tatebe, Hiroaki; Tsujino, Hiroyuki; Urakawa, Shogo; Watanabe, Michio; Yool, Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Ocean deoxygenation due to anthropogenic warming represents a major threat to marine ecosystems and fisheries. Challenges remain in simulating the modern observed changes in the dissolved oxygen (O2). Here, we present an ...

• The stability of present-day Antarctic grounding lines-Part 1: No indication of marine ice sheet instability in the current geometry 

  Hill, Emily A.; Urruty, Benoit; Reese, Ronja; Garbe, Julius; Gagliardini, Olivier; Durand, Gael; Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien; Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar; Winkelmann, Ricarda; Chekki, Mondher; Chandler, David Matthew; Langebroek, Petra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Theoretical and numerical work has shown that under certain circumstances grounding lines of marine-type ice sheets can enter phases of irreversible advance and retreat driven by the marine ice sheet instability (MISI). ...

• The Multi-Scale Interactions of Atmospheric Phenomenon in Mean and Extreme Precipitation 

  Prein, Andreas F.; Mooney, Priscilla; Done, James M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation, which in combination with rising population enhances exposure to major floods. An improved understanding of the atmospheric processes that cause ...

• Regional water cycle sensitivity to afforestation: synthetic numerical experiments for tropical Africa 

  Arnault, Joël; Mwanthi, Anthony Musili; Portele, Tanja; Li, Lu; Rummler, Thomas; Fersch, Benjamin; Hassan, Mohammed Abdullahi; Bahaga, Titike Kassa; Zhang, Zhenyu; Mortey, Eric Mensah; Achugbu, Ifeany Chukwudi; Moutahir, Hassane; Sy, Souleymane; Wei, Jianhui; Laux, Patrick; Sobolowski, Stefan Pieter; Kunstmann, Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Afforestation as a climate change mitigation option has been the subject of intense debate and study over the last few decades, particularly in the tropics where agricultural activity is expanding. However, the impact of ...

• It's a small world for parasites: evidence supporting the North American invasion of European Echinococcus multilocularis 

  Santa, Maria A.; Umhang, Gerald; Klein, Claudia; Grant, Danielle; Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E.; Musiani, Marco; Gilleard, John S.; Massolo, Alessandro (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Echinococcus multilocularis (Em), the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis (AE), is present in the Holarctic region, and several genetic variants deem to have differential infectivity and pathogenicity. An ...

• Irreversible loss in marine ecosystem habitability after a temperature overshoot 

  Santana-Falcòn, Yeray; Yamamoto, Akitomo; Lenton, Andrew; Jones, Chris D.; Burger, Friedrich A.; John, Jasmin G.; Tjiputra, Jerry; Schwinger, Jörg; Kawamiya, Michio; Frölicher, Thomas L.; Ziehn, Tilo; Séférian, Roland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  Anthropogenic warming of the oceans and associated deoxygenation are altering marine ecosystems. Current knowledge suggests these changes may be reversible on a centennial timescale at the ocean surface but irreversible ...

• Establishment of targeted mutagenesis in soybean protoplasts using CRISPR/Cas9 RNP delivery via electro−transfection 

  Subburaj, Saminathan; Agapito-Tenfen, Sarah Zanon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  The soybean (Glycine max L.) is an important crop with high agronomic value. The improvement of agronomic traits through gene editing techniques has broad application prospects in soybean. The polyethylene glycol (PEG)-mediated ...

• A Regime View of ENSO Flavors Through Clustering in CMIP6 Models 

  Ayar, Pradeebane Vaittinada; Battisti, David Stephen; Li, Camille; King, Martin; Vrac, Mathieu; Tjiputra, Jerry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) flavors in the tropical Pacific are studied from a regime perspective. Five recurring spatial patterns or regimes characterizing the diversity of ENSO are established using a clustering ...

• Atlantic inflow and low sea-ice cover in the Nordic Seas promoted Fennoscandian Ice Sheet growth during the Last Glacial Maximum 

  Simon, Margit Hildegard; Rutledal, Sunniva; Menviel, Laurie; Zolles, Tobias; Haflidason, Haflidi; Born, Andreas; Berben, Sarah Miche Patricia; Dokken, Trond Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  The Atlantic water inflow into the Nordic Seas has proven difficult to reconstruct for the Last Glacial Maximum. At that time, the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet grew potentially to its maximum extent. Sea-ice free conditions in ...

• Tiltakshåndbok for bedre fysisk vannmiljø 

  Pulg, Ulrich; Barlaup, Bjørn Torgeir; Skoglund, Helge; Velle, Gaute; Gabrielsen, Sven-Erik; Stranzl, Sebastian Franz; Espedal, Espen Olsen; Postler, Christoph; Lehmann, Gunnar Bekke; Wiers, Tore; Skår, Bjørnar; Normann, Eirik; Fjeldstad, Hans-Petter; Kroglund, Frode; Halleraker, Jo Halvard (LFI - Laboratorium for ferskvannsøkologi og innlandsfiske;, Research report, 2023)

  Fysiske inngrep i elver og bekker, samt endringer i vannføring (hydromorfologiske endringer), har ført til redusert økologisk tilstand i mange elver. Hydromorfologiske endringer regnes for å være blant de mest utbredte ...

• Veikart for sirkulærøkonomi i sjømatnæringen 

  Myhr, Anne Ingeborg; Herheim, Christian; Opsahl, Eivind; Helland, Eivind; Dahle, Elise Sæle; Provan, Fiona; Ahi, Julide Ceren; Kjelstrup, Line; Tveterås, Ragnar; Bechmann, Renée Katrin; Blix, Torill; Landazuri-Tveterås, Ursula (Research report, 2023)

  Prosjektet er finansiert av Fiskeri- og havbruksnæringens forskningsfinansiering (FHF). Prosjektet har fremskaffet et bredt kunnskapsgrunnlag for videre utvikling av sirkulærøkonomi i sjømatnæringen. Formålet var å levere ...

• Effects of the Congo Basin Rainforest on Rainfall Patterns 

  Barimalala, Rondrotiana; Kolstad, Erik Wilhelm; Parker, Douglas John; Williams, D. Aled (Research report, 2023)

  Large-scale deforestation in the Congo Basin has an impact on rainfall patterns, both in the Basin and beyond. Factors like socio-economic drivers contribute to ongoing deforestation, and forest loss rates are expected to ...

• Decadal Trends in the Oceanic Storage of Anthropogenic Carbon From 1994 to 2014 

  Müller, Jens Daniel; Gruber, N.; Carter, B.; Feely, R.; Ishii, M.; Lange, N.; Lauvset, Siv Kari; Murata, A.; Olsen, Are; Pérez, F.F.; Sabine, C.; Tanhua, T.; Wanninkhof, R.; Zhu, D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

  The oceanic uptake and resulting storage of the anthropogenic CO2 (Cant) that humans have emitted into the atmosphere moderates climate change. Yet our knowledge about how this uptake and storage has progressed in time ...

• Quantifying the Intra-Habitat Variation of Seagrass Beds with Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) 

  Price, David M.; Felgate, Stacey L.; Huvenne, Veerle A. I.; Strong, James; Carpenter, Stephen; Barry, Chris; Lichtschlag, Anna; Sanders, Richard; Carrias, Abel; Young, Arlene; Andrade, Valdemar; Cobb, Eliceo; Le Bas, Tim; Brittain, Hannah; Evans, Claire (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Accurate knowledge of the spatial extent of seagrass habitats is essential for monitoring and management purposes given their ecological and economic significance. Extent data are typically presented in binary (presence/absence) ...

• Improving interpretation of sea-level projections through a machine-learning-based local explanation approach 

  Rohmer, Jeremy; Thiéblemont, Rémi; Le Cozannet, G.; Goelzer, Heiko; Durand, Gaël (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Process-based projections of the sea-level contribution from land ice components are often obtained from simulations using a complex chain of numerical models. Because of their importance in supporting the decision-making ...

• Tracking the impacts of precipitation phase changes through the hydrologic cycle in snowy regions: From precipitation to reservoir storage 

  Wrzesien, Melissa L.; Pavelsky, Tamlin M.; Sobolowski, Stefan Pieter; Huning, Laurie S.; Cohen, Jonathan S.; Herman, Jonathan D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Cool season precipitation plays a critical role in regional water resource management in the western United States. Throughout the twenty-first century, regional precipitation will be impacted by rising temperatures and ...

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