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6 days ago · How AI can provide too broad an overview of society: "Open data threatens Norway's security". About Sciencenorway.no. Sciencenorway.no brings you science news from Norway. This is the English version of forskning.no, Norway’s independent, online newspaper on science. Sciencenorway.no har artikler fra forskning.no på engelsk.
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Oldest animals on Earth found in northern Norway. Researchers in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost county, might also have found the answer to what happened to the first animal-like organisms – when our planet turned into a ‘snowball’ 600 million years ago.
Health - Sciencenorway.no
Sep 4, 2019 · The Norwegian Institute of Public Health wants regular testing of PFAS levels in Norwegians' blood. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) believes Norwegians should undergo regular testing to monitor levels of the environmental toxin PFAS. NIPH is currently conducting the first large-scale study of PFAS levels in the Norwegian population.
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Economist: Family food expenses in Norway have increased 33 per cent in three years. Food expenses for a Norwegian family with two children have increased more than twice as much as the price growth of other goods over the past three years, according to economists at Consumption Research Norway (SIFO).
Norwegian glaciers are shrinking all over the country
Feb 12, 2022 · Glaciers are shrinking in the entire country, however, the largest decrease is found in Nordland in Northern Norway, where 186 square kilometres of glacier has been lost. Glaciers in Norway cover 2328 square kilometers in total according to the new mapping. “Glaciers are very sensitive to climate change and adjust their size by shrinking or ...
New Staphylococcus bacteria discovered in Norway
Nov 26, 2020 · The researchers have given it the name Staphylococcus borealis, because it was discovered in the North, and may be adapted to a northern climate. “I don’t think a new Staphylococcus bacteria has been discovered in Norway ever before”, says Pauline Cavanagh, one of the researchers behind the discovery, to sciencenorway.no.
New images of the shipwreck lying over 400 metres deep in …
6 days ago · New images of the shipwreck lying over 400 metres deep in Norway's largest lake. Last year, the researchers managed to film just a few seconds of the ship before the battery ran out. This year, they obtained an hour of video. The depth was previously measured at 410 metres, but new measurements show 415 metres.
How healthy and climate friendly is Norwegian farmed salmon?
Mar 18, 2021 · When the researchers compared salmon with meat from pork, cattle and chicken, they found that salmon is higher in terms of many important nutrients. “When it comes to iron and zinc, animal meat is higher. But farmed salmon beats animal meat when it comes to Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B12, vitamin D, iodine and selenium,” Hallström said.
Norwegian instrument on Mars confirms that this is an ancient lake
Feb 3, 2024 · The crater was chosen for exploration because everything suggests that there was water there – early in the planet's history. Now a Norwegian instrument confirms that there are ancient traces of a lake under the wheels of the Mars robot. The Norwegian ground-penetrating radar RIMFAX can see 20 metres down into the ground on Mars.
Is it possible to live a climate-friendly life? - Sciencenorway.no
Aug 29, 2021 · Tangeland believes that consumption can become less climate-damaging through three strategies. The authorities can use legislation and regulations as tools to effect change. The use of these two tools can affect the perceived and real choices consumers have. 1.