• Machine learning reveals regime shifts in future ocean carbon dioxide fluxes inter-annual variability 

      Couespel, Damien; Tjiputra, Jerry; Johannsen, Klaus; Ayar, Pradeebane Vaittinada; Jensen, Bjørnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      The inter-annual variability of global ocean air-sea CO2 fluxes are non-negligible, modulates the global warming signal, and yet it is poorly represented in Earth System Models (ESMs). ESMs are highly sophisticated and ...
    • Making the best of lousy circumstances: The impact of salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis on depth preference of sea trout Salmo trutta 

      Mohn, Agnes Marie; Vollset, Knut; Karlsbakk, Egil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      ABSTRACT: Sea trout are known for seeking out sources of freshwater to rid themselves of salmon lice. However, the effect of natural haloclines in fjords on parasite dynamics is not well understood. We tagged 48 naturally ...
    • Mapping Atmospheric Exposure of the Intertidal Zone with Sentinel-1 CSAR in Northern Norway 

      Haarpaintner, Jörg; Davids, Corine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The intertidal zone (ITZ) is a highly dynamic and diverse coastal ecosystem under pressure that provides important eco-services. Being periodically under water makes it challenging to monitor, and the only possibility to ...
    • Marine litter: Institutionalization of attitudes and practices among Fishers in Northern Norway 

      Olsen, Julia; Nogueira, Leticia Antunes; Normann, Anne Katrine Meinich; Vangelsten, Bjørn Vidar; Bay-Larsen, Ingrid Agathe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Marine litter harms marine life, human wellbeing and the provision of clean seafood. In the Barents Sea, a high portion of this source of pollution derives from fisheries. However, there remains a knowledge gap between ...
    • Marine plastic debris in the Arabian/Persian Gulf: Challenges, opportunities and recommendations from a transdisciplinary perspective 

      Stöfen-O′Brien, Aleke; Naji, Abolfazl; Brooks, Amy L.; Jambeck, Jenna R.; Khan, Farhan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In recent years, the amount of plastic waste entering the marine environment around the world has gained increasing attention. Yet certain areas and regions remain relatively undocumented. Research findings on this topic ...
    • Mechanisms of Ocean Heat Uptake along and across Isopycnals 

      Clément, Louis; McDonagh, Elaine Louise; Gregory, J.M.; Wu, Q.; Marzocchi, A.; Zika, J.D.; Nurser, A.J.G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Warming of the climate system accumulates mostly in the ocean and discrepancies in how this is modeled contribute to uncertainties in predicting sea level rise. In this study, regional temperature changes in an atmosphere–ocean ...
    • Microbial hydrogen consumption leads to a significant pH increase under high-saline-conditions: implications for hydrogen storage in salt caverns 

      Dopffel, Nicole; Mayers, Kyle; Kedir, Abduljelil; Alagic, Edin; An-Stepec, Biwen; Djurhuus, Ketil; Boldt, Dabiel; Beeder, Janiche; Hoth, Silvan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Salt caverns have been successfully used for natural gas storage globally since the 1940s and are now under consideration for hydrogen (H2) storage, which is needed in large quantities to decarbonize the economy to finally ...
    • Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2 

      Zhang, Zhongshi; Li, Xiangyu; Guo, Chuncheng; Otterå, Odd Helge; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Tan, Ning; Contoux, Camille; Ramstein, Gilles; Feng, Ran; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Brady, Esther C.; Chandan, Deepak; Richard Peltier, Peltier; Baatsen, Michiel L. J.; Von Der Heydt, Anna S.; Weiffenbach, Julia E.; Stepanek, Christian; Lohmann, Gerrit; Zhang, Qiong; Li, Qiang; Chandler, Mark A.; Sohl, Linda E.; Haywood, Alan M.; Hunter, Stephen J.; Tindall, Julia C.; Williams, Charles; Lunt, Daniel J.; Chan, Wing-Le; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2), coupled climate models have been used to simulate an interglacial climate during the mid-Piacenzian warm period (mPWP; 3.264 to 3.025 Ma). Here, we compare ...
    • Mid-Pliocene West African Monsoon rainfall as simulated in the PlioMIP2 ensemble 

      Berntell, Ellen; Zhang, Qiong; Li, Qiang; Haywood, Alan M.; Tindall, Julia C.; Hunter, Stephen J.; Zhang, Zhongshi; Xiangyu, Li; Guo, Chuncheng; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Stepanek, Christian; Lohmann, Gerrit; Sohl, Linda E.; Chandler, Mark A.; Tan, Ning; Contoux, Camille; Ramstein, Gilles; Baatsen, Michiel L. J.; von der Heydt, Anna S.; Chandan, Deepak; Peltier, W. Richard; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Chan, Wing-Le; Kamae, Youichi; Williams, Charles J. R.; Lunt, Daniel J.; Feng, Ran; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Brady, Esther C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The mid-Pliocene warm period (mPWP; ∼3.2 million years ago) is seen as the most recent time period characterized by a warm climate state, with similar to modern geography and ∼400 ppmv atmospheric CO2 concentration, and ...
    • Modeled Microbial Dynamics Explain the Apparent Temperature Sensitivity of Wetland Methane Emissions 

      Chadburn, Sarah E.; Aalto, Tuula; Aurela, Mika; Baldocchi, Dennis; Biasi, Christina; Boike, Julia; Burke, Eleanor J.; Comyn-platt, Edward; Dolman, A Johannes; Duran-Rojas, Carolina; Fan, Yuanchao; Friborg, Thomas; Gao, Yao; Gedney, Nicola; Göckede, Mathias; Hayman, Garry D.; Holl, David; Hugelius, Gustaf; Kutzbach, Lars; Lee, Hanna; Lohila, Annalea; Parmentier, Frans-Jan W.; Sachs, Torsten; Shurpali, Narasinha J.; Westermann, Sebastian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Methane emissions from natural wetlands tend to increase with temperature and therefore may lead to a positive feedback under future climate change. However, their temperature response includes confounding factors and ...
    • Modelling a tropical-like cyclone in the Mediterranean Sea under present and warmer climate 

      Koseki, Shunya; Mooney, Priscilla A.; Cabos, William; Angel Gaertner, Miguel; de la Vara, Alba; Gonzalez-Aleman, Juan Jesus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This study focuses on a single Mediterranean hurricane (hereafter medicane), to investigate its response to global warming during the middle of the 21st century and assesses the effects of a warmer ocean and a warmer ...
    • Molecular and physiological responses to long-term carbon dioxide exposure in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

      Mota, Vasco C.; Nilsen, Tom Ole; Gerwins, Jascha; Gallo, Michele; Kolarevic, Jelena; Krasnov, Aleksei; Terjesen, Bendik Fyhn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Optimal water quality is vital for the growth of Atlantic salmon aquaculture production. Recent data showed that Atlantic salmon feed intake and growth reduce linearly with increasing water carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, ...
    • Moving cleaner fish from the wild into fish farms: A zero-sum game? 

      Lennox, Robert; Barrett, Luke T.; Nilsen, Cecilie Iden; Berhe, Saron; Barlaup, Bjørn Torgeir; Vollset, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Fish that engage in mutualistic cleaning behaviour (‘cleaner fishes’) have recently been popularized as a nature-based method of controlling ectoparasite outbreaks in fish farms. Outbreaks impact animal welfare and threaten ...
    • Moving forward in microplastic research: A Norwegian perspective 

      Lusher, Amy; Hurley, Rachel; Arp, Hans Peter H; Booth, Andy; Bråte, Inger Lise Nerland; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Gomiero, Alessio; Gomes, Tania; Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar; Green, Norman; Haave, Marte; Hallanger, Ingeborg G.; Halsband, Claudia; Herzke, Dorte; Joner, Erik J; Kögel, Tanja; Rakkestad, Kirsten; Ranneklev, Sissel Brit; Wagner, Martin; Olsen, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Given the increasing attention on the occurrence of microplastics in the environment, and the potential envi-ronmental threats they pose, there is a need for researchers to move quickly from basic understanding to applied ...
    • A multi-decadal record of oceanographic changes of the past ~165 years (1850-2015 AD) from Northwest of Iceland 

      Simon, Margit Hildegard; Muschitiello, Francesco; Tisserand, Amandine Aline; Olsen, Are; Moros, Matthias; Perner, Kerstin; Bårdsnes, Siv Tone; Dokken, Trond Martin; Jansen, Eystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Extending oceanographic data beyond the instrumental period is highly needed to better characterize and understand multi-decadal to centennial natural ocean variability. Here, a stable isotope record at unprecedented ...
    • Multi-decadal warming of Atlantic water and associated decline of dissolved oxygen in a deep fjord 

      Aksnes, Dag Lorents; Aure, Jan; Johansen, Per-Otto; Johnsen, Geir Helge; Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Previous studies have shown decline in dissolved oxygen of the ocean basins. A hypothesis for this development is that ocean warming through increased stratification has caused reduced ventilation of the interior ocean. ...
    • A multi-model CMIP6-PMIP4 study of Arctic sea ice at 127 ka: sea ice data compilation and model differences 

      Kageyama, Masa; Sime, Louise C.; Sicard, Marie; Guarino, Maria-Vittoria; De Vernal, A; Stein, Ruediger; Schroeder, david; Malmierca-Vallet, Irene; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Bitz, Cecilia M.; Braconnot, Pascale; Brady, Esther C.; Cao, Jian; Chamberlain, Matthew; Feltham, Danny; Guo, Chuncheng; Legrande, Allegra N.; Lohmann, Gerrit; Meissner, Katrin; Menviel, Laurie; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; O'ishi, Ryouta; Ramos Buarque, Silvan; Salas y Mélia, David; Sherriff-Tadano, Sam; Stroeve, Julienne C.; Shi, Xiaoxu; Sun, Bo; Thomas, Robert; Volodin, Evgeny; Yeung, Nicholas K.H.; Zhang, Qiong; Zhang, Zhongshi; Zheng, Weipeng; Ziehn, Tilo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The Last Interglacial period (LIG) is a period with increased summer insolation at high northern latitudes, which results in strong changes in the terrestrial and marine cryosphere. Understanding the mechanisms for this ...
    • 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 ...
    • Multi-Sensor Analysis of Snow Seasonality and a Preliminary Assessment of SAR Backscatter Sensitivity to Arctic Vegetation: Limits and Capabilities 

      Stendardi, Laura; Karlsen, Stein Rune; Malnes, Eirik; Nilsen, Lennart; Tømmervik, Hans; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Notarnicola, Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Snow melt timing and the last day of snow cover have a significant impact on vegetation phenology in the Svalbard archipelago. The aim of this study is to assess the seasonal variations of the snow using a multi-sensor ...
    • Natural and anthropogenic drivers of escaped farmed salmon occurrence and introgression into wild Norwegian Atlantic salmon populations 

      Diserud, Ola Håvard; Fiske, Peder; Karlsson, Sten; Glover, Kevin Alan; Næsje, Tor; Aronsen, Tonje; Bakke, Gunnar O; Barlaup, Bjørn Torgeir; Erkinaro, J.; Florø-Larsen, Bjørn; Foldvik, Anders; Heino, Mikko Petteri; Kanstad-Hanssen, Øyvind; Lo, Håvard; Lund, Roar Asbjørn; Muladal, R.; Niemela, E.; Økland, Finn; Østborg, Gunnel Marie; Otterå, Håkon Magne; Skaala, Øystein; Skoglund, Helge; Solberg, Ingrid; Solberg, Monica Favnebøe; Sollien, Vegard Pedersen; Sægrov, Harald; Urdal, Kurt; Wennevik, Vidar; Hindar, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Marine aquaculture of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a relatively new industry where breeding programs have led to rapid genetic change in the captive populations that were built up alongside conspecific wild individuals. ...