• Tracing the Imprint of River Runoff Variability on Arctic Water Mass Transformation 

      Lambert, Erwin; Nummelin, Aleksi; Pemberton, Per; Ilicak, Mehmet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The Arctic Ocean receives a net freshwater input from land and from the atmosphere. This flux of freshwater, along with net surface heat loss, acts to transform the water mass properties of inflowing Atlantic and Pacific ...
    • Tracking bacterial pollution at a marine wastewater outfall site – A case study from Norway 

      Bagi, Andrea; Skogerbø, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Coastal marine environments are increasingly affected by anthropogenic impacts, such as the release of sewage at outfall sites and agricultural run-off. Fecal pollution introduced to the sea through these activities poses ...
    • Tracking Holocene palaeostratification and productivity changes in the Western Irish Sea: A multi-proxy record 

      Woods, Mark A.; Wilkinson, Ian P; Leng, Melanie J.; Riding, James B.; Vane, Christopher H.; Lopes dos Santos, Raquel A.; Kender, Sev; De Schepper, Stijn; Hennissen, Jan A I; Ward, Sophie, L.; Gowing, Charles J. B.; Wilby, Philip R.; Nichols, Matthew D.; Rochelle, Christopher A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The Western Irish Sea preserves an exceptionally thick (ca. 40 m) Holocene succession that is ideally suited to understanding the pattern of palaeostratification and water mass productivity changes in the region, and their ...
    • 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 ...
    • Trends of Ocean Acidification and pCO2 in the Northern North Sea, 2003-2015 

      Omar, Abdirahman; Thomas, Helmuth; Olsen, Are; Becker, Meike; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Reverdin, Gilles (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      For continental shelf regions, the long‐term trend in sea surface carbon dioxide (CO2) partial pressure (pCO2) and rates of ocean acidification are not accurately known. Here, we investigate the decadal trend of observed ...
    • Triploid Atlantic salmon and triploid Atlantic salmon × brown trout hybrids have better freshwater and early seawater growth than diploid counterparts 

      Fraser, Thomas; Lerøy, Hilde; Hansen, Tom Johnny; Skjæraasen, Jon Egil; Tronci, Valentina; Pinto Pedrosa, Cindy; Fjelldal, Per Gunnar; Nilsen, Tom Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The use of reproductively sterile triploid salmonids would enhance the environmental sustainability of the aquaculture industry by preventing genetic exchange between escapees and wild conspecifics. To this end, we assessed ...
    • Triploidy leads to a mismatch of smoltification biomarkers in the gill and differences in the optimal salinity for post-smolt growth in Atlantic salmon 

      de Fonseka, Raneesha; Fjelldal, Per Gunnar; Sambraus, Florian; Nilsen, Tom Ole; Remø, Sofie C.; Stien, Lars Helge; Reinardy, Helena; Madaro, Angelico; Hansen, Tom Johnny; Fraser, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Sterile triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) show inconsistent seawater grow-out, but the reason why remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the salinity optima of triploid post-smolts. Diploids and ...
    • Twenty-first-century glacio-hydrological changes in the Himalayan headwater Beas River basin 

      Li, Lu; Shen, Mingxi; Hou, Yukun; Xu, Chong-Yu; Lutz, Arthur; Chen, Jie; Jain, Sharad K.; Li, Jingjing; Chen, Hua (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The Himalayan Mountains are the source region of one of the world's largest supplies of freshwater. The changes in glacier melt may lead to droughts as well as floods in the Himalayan basins, which are vulnerable to ...
    • 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 ...
    • Two-step functional screen on multiple proteinaceous substrates reveals temperature-robust proteases with a broad-substrate range 

      Garcia-Moyano, Antonio; Diaz, Yuleima; Navarro, Jose; Almendral, David; Puntervoll, Pål; Ferrer, Manuel; Bjerga, Gro Elin Kjæreng (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      To support the bio-based industry in development of environment-friendly processes and products, an optimal toolbox of biocatalysts is key. Although functional screen of (meta)genomic libraries may potentially contribute ...
    • Unintended Genomic Outcomes in Current and Next Generation GM Techniques: A Systematic Review 

      Chu, Philomena; Agapito-Tenfen, Sarah Zanon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Classical genetic engineering and new genome editing techniques, especially the CRISPR/Cas technology, increase the possibilities for modifying the genetic material in organisms. These technologies have the potential to ...
    • Unraveling the mechanisms and implications of a stronger mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in PlioMIP2 

      Weiffenbach, Julia E.; Baatsen, Michiel L. J.; Dijkstra, Henk A.; Von Der Heydt, Anna S.; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Brady, Esther C.; Chan, Wing-Le; Chandan, Deepak; Chandler, Mark A.; Contoux, Camille; Feng, Ran; Guo, Chuncheng; Han, Zixuan; Haywood, Alan M.; Li, Qiang; Li, Xiangyu; Lohmann, Gerrit; Lunt, Daniel J.; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Peltier, W. Richard; Ramstein, Gilles; Sohl, Linda E.; Stepanek, Christian; Tan, Ning; Tindall, Julia C.; Williams, Charles J. R.; Zhang, Qiong; Zhang, Zhongshi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The mid-Pliocene warm period (3.264–3.025 Ma) is the most recent geological period in which the atmospheric CO2 concentration was approximately equal to the concentration we measure today (ca. 400 ppm). Sea surface temperature ...
    • An updated version of the global interior ocean biogeochemical data product, GLODAPv2.2020 

      Olsen, Are; Lange, Nico; Key, Robert M.; Tanhua, Toste; Bittig, Henry C.; Kozyr, Alexander; Alvarez, Marta; Azetsu-Scott, Kumiko; Becker, Susan; Brown, Peter; Carter, Brendan R; Da Cunha, Leticia Cotrim; Feely, Richard A.; van Heuven, Steven; Hoppema, Mario; Ishii, Masao; Jeansson, Emil; Jutterström, Sara; Landa, Camilla Stegen; Lauvset, Siv Kari; Michaelis, Patrick; Murata, Akihiko; Perez, F. Fiz; Pfeil, Gerrit Benjamin; Schirnick, Carsten; Steinfeldt, Reiner; Suzuki, Toru; Tilbrook, Bronte; Velo, Antón; Wanninkhof, Rik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) is a synthesis effort providing regular compilations of surface-to-bottom ocean biogeochemical data, with an emphasis on seawater inorganic carbon chemistry and related ...
    • An updated version of the global interior ocean biogeochemical data product, GLODAPv2.2021 

      Lauvset, Siv Kari; Lange, Nico; Tanhua, Toste; Bittig, Henry C.; Olsen, Are; Kozyr, Alex; Alvarez, Marta; Becker, Susan; Brown, Pete; Carter, Brendan R.; Da Cunha, Leticia Cotrim; Feely, Richard A; van Heuven, Steven; Hoppema, Mario; Ishii, Masao; Jeansson, Emil; Jutterström, Sara; Jones, Stephen Daniel; Karlsen, Maren Kjos; Monaco, Claire Lo; Michaelis, Patrick; Murata, Akihiko; Perez, Fiz F; Pfeil, Gerrit Benjamin; Schirnick, Carsten; Steinfeldt, Reiner; Suzuki, Toru; Tilbrook, Bronte; Velo, Antón; Wanninkhof, Rik; Woosley, Ryan J.; Key, Robert M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Mathematical models were developed to predict biomass and hydrocarbon productivities and colony size (ouputs) of Botryococcus braunii showa cultures based on light intensity, temperature and dilution rate (inputs). These ...
    • Upper thermal threshold of Lepidurus arcticus (Branchiopoda, Notostraca) in lakes on the southern outreach of its distribution range 

      Qvenild, Tore; Fjeld, Eirik; Fjellheim, Arne; Hammar, Johan; Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Lakka, Hanna-Kaisa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The Arctic tadpole shrimp Lepidurus arcticus has a circumpolar distribution and the Scandes (Fennoscandian Mountains) marks its southernmost limit in Europe. Within this area, 391 natural and 88 regulated lakes with L. ...
    • Upper-level midlatitude troughs in boreal winter have an amplified low-latitude linkage over Africa 

      Ward, Neil; Fink, Andreas H.; Keane, Richard J.; Parker, Douglas John (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In boreal winter, strong upper-level midlatitude troughs across the Atlantic–Africa–southwestern Asia sector generate substantial tropical–extratropical interaction and have become recognized as important factors in some ...
    • Uptake, distribution and elimination of palladium-doped polystyrene nanoplastics in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) following dietary exposure 

      Clark, Nathaniel J.; Khan, Farhan R.; Crowther, Charlotte; Mitrano, Denise; Thompson, Richard C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The ingestion of nanoplastics (NPs) by fish has led to concerns regarding fish health and food chain transfer, but analytical constraints have hindered quantitative data collection on their uptake and depuration. We used ...
    • Using Mask R-CNN for Underwater Fish Instance Segmentation as Novel Objects: A Proof of Concept 

      Chen, I-Hao; Belbachir, Nabil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Instance Segmentation in general deals with detecting, segmenting and classifying individual instances of objects in an image. Underwater instance segmentation methods often involve aquatic animals like fish as the things ...
    • Using unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs) to map seagrass cover from Sentinel-2 imagery 

      Carpenter, Stephen; Byfield, Val; Felgate, Stacey L.; Price, David M.; Andrade, Valdemar; Cobb, Eliceo; Strong, James; Lichtschlag, Anna; Brittain, Hannah; Barry, Christopher D.; Fitch, Alice; Young, Arlene; Sanders, Richard; Evans, Claire (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Seagrass habitats are ecologically valuable and play an important role in sequestering and storing carbon. There is, thus, a need to estimate seagrass percentage cover in diverse environments in support of climate change ...
    • The Utrecht Finite Volume Ice-Sheet Model: UFEMISM (version 1.0) 

      Berends, Constantijn J.; Goelzer, Heiko; van de Wal, Roderik S.W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Improving our confidence in future projections of sea-level rise requires models that can simulate ice-sheet evolution both in the future and in the geological past. A physically accurate treatment of large changes in ...