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MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

DEciphering temporal trends and safe operating spaces for river biodiversity within the context of multiple STRESSors (DESTRESS)

Vore samfunds stigende behov for rent ferskvann og klimaendringenes økende konsekvenser legger stadig større press på elveøkosystemer over hele verden. Men det biomangfoldets behov for tilstrekkelig vannskvalitet og -kvantitet er ikke kvantifisert. Med andre ord vet vi i dag ikke nøyaktig hvor my...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Oslo

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

NorMoSTFun: Monitoring Strategies and Tools to address knowledge gaps on aquatic Fungal biodiversity in Norway

Akvatiske sopp (AS) er en betydelig del av biologisk mangfold i ferskvanns og marine økosystemer. De er avgjørende komponenter i akvatiske økosystemer og har viktige økosystemfunksjoner som nedbrytere av dødt organisk materiale, mutualistiske symbionter, parasitter og patogener som kontrollerer d...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

DAiry Waste and REsidues upCYCLing into Microbial ProtEin

Europa står overfor et stort problem med å skaffe nok protein. Dette skyldes at vi ikke produserer nok proteiner til å møte den økende globale etterspørselen. Å ikke ha nok protein påvirker både maten vi spiser, fôret vi gir til dyr og tingene vi lager. En måte å løse dette problemet på er å finn...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

SBEP-IMPROVED VALORIZATION OF MARINE SOURCES &PROCESSING WASTE FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENT BLUE FOOD/FEED &ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE MAT. DEV.

Effektorienterte utnyttelsesveier for nye bærekraftige, uutnyttede lavtrofiske marine ressurser og fiske-/akvakulturavfall er en av hovedpilarene i bærekraftig transformasjon av EUs blå økonomi. SEAREFINERY har som mål å etablere en ny biobasert produksjonsplattform for blå mat/fôr og blå matemba...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

EUROSTARS-EUROSTARS

Id.nr. 4580 UVSonic - LED light concentration and ultrasound immobilization of salmon lice in fish cages

Prosjektet har som hovedmål å tiltrekke og uskadeliggjøre lakselus med hhv. LED lys og ultralyd i laksemerder. Det er basert på et samarbeid mellom bedriftene Sofchem (SOF), Frankrike og Bio Marine (BIO) med Høgskulen på Vestlandet (HVL) som forskningspartner. Prosjektet er finansiert gjennom EUR...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Møre og Romsdal

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Etablere Rhodomonas kultur med gunstig mikrobiom tilpasset industriell produksjon

Som en av de største mikroalgeprodusentene i Norge, er CFEED med å tilby bærekraftige fôrløsninger gjennom sin produksjon av mikroalger og hoppekrepsen Acartia tonsa. Hoppekreps er en type små krepsdyr, som i naturen er viktige beitedyr for fisk, hval og andre krepsdyr. Hoppekrepsen CFEED produse...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

The Nature of Transformative Change: Connecting Research and Practice

Forringelsen av naturen, inkludert økosystemfunksjoner og -tjenester, bidrar til et raskt tap av biologisk mangfold over hele planeten. Uten transformative løsninger så går vi en mørk fremtid i møte i følge forskning. Mye tyder på at vi mangler responser som monner. Forskere og praktikere forv...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Oslo

FORSKNINGSKOMM-Forskningskommunikasjon

Samarbeid mellom museene om etablering av nyskapende folkeforskning (SAMMEN FF)

Museene utmerker seg som kunnskaps- og forskningsinstitusjoner fordi de per definisjon har samhandling med et bredere publikum som en kjernevirksomhet. Selv om folkeforskning er et begrep som har blitt vanligere de senere årene, har museene på mange måter bedrevet denne typen virksomhet og samarb...

Awarded: NOK 0.33 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Direkte massestrømsmåler for storskala rørtransport av H2 og H2-gassblandinger

Målesystemer med høy nøyaktighet vil være utløsende for effektive verdikjeder for hydrogen (H2). Industrien har betydelig kompetanse på fiskal måling av naturgass, men begrenset erfaring med høynøyaktig måling av H2, og ingen kvalifiserte løsninger tilgjengelig. Industrien ønsker derfor å bidra t...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2026

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Response of benthic invertebrates to the Permo-Triassic climate crisis (RiS ID 12072)

The Permo-Triassic (P/T) climate crisis caused the most catastrophic extinction in Earth’s history, with a species loss of 81-95%. Intensive volcanic activity related to the emplacement of the Siberian traps caused several environmental changes, such as an increase in temperature, ocean acidifica...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Ice-wedges as late Pleistocene winter paleoclimatic archives on Prins Karl Forland (RIS ID: 12313)

Apart from Greenland and Canadian Arctic ice-core records, late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoclimatic reconstructions in the northern latitudes are mainly based on proxies that record summer air temperatures. This seasonal bias has resulted in model-data mismatches, highlighting the need to reco...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Long term monitoring of polar bears on Svalbard RIS-12380 (linked to RIS 2381)

Environmental conditions have changed dramatically in the Svalbard region; sea-ice is declining in extent and thickness; glacier fronts are reduced, and anthropogenic activities are increasing in intensity and extent. These changes impact polar bear habitat use and potentially their fitness throu...

Awarded: NOK 48,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Glacier Surface Topography Mapping for Satellite Radar Altimetry

Radar altimeter satellite missions such as CryoSat-2, Sentinel-3, and the upcoming CRISTAL are widely used for monitoring key parameters of land ice such as glacier mass balance change. The uncertainties of the data from these satellites produced over more complex ice caps and glaciers are poorly...

Awarded: NOK 96,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Field validation of spatially predictive reindeer carrion distribution models, RiS ID 11512

Carrion is a patchy resource in ecological systems, and assessing the distribution and biomass quantity in a system is a fundamentally unanswered question. Our project has gathered spectral data in previous field campaigns in an attempt to detect reindeer carcasses in open, treeless systems by th...

Awarded: NOK 56,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The geomorphic signature of ancient ice shelves in Isfjorden, Spitsbergen, RiS ID12367

This research project aims to explore the historical presence of ice shelves along Isfjorden, Svalbard, and their impact on regional and global climate systems. It plans to investigate unexplored topographies that indicate to reveal the interaction between an ice shelf with an ice-free coast duri...

Awarded: NOK 57,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Arctic kelp production and fate (BlueArc field sampling) RIS 12373

Over 20% of the world’s kelp forests occur along Arctic coastlines, yet shifts in the structure and ecological function of these habitats as a result of climate change are poorly understood. Kelp forests are highly productive ecosystems and are expected to contribute significantly to global carbo...

Awarded: NOK 98,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Arctic Cosmic Ray neutron Observations for large-Scale Sensing of SWE (ACROSS-SWE), RiS ID 12378

The project ACROSS-SWE aims to implement a snow calibration on a Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) that is placed above the snow cover on the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard. Up to this point the approach has never been applied to an Arctic CRNS station and will provide valuable insights into Arcti...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The effect of grubbing and heavy winter rainfall on mycorrhizal mycelium production

Mycorrhizal fungi play a crucial role for both plant nitrogen uptake and ecosystem carbon dynamics and storage. Most of the stored carbon in Arctic soils could be derived from mycorrhizal mycelium rather than from plant litter. As the Arctic carbon storage is suspected to be a crucial factor for ...

Awarded: NOK 51,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The role of vegetation distribution on facies architectural and sequence stratigraphic development of the Palaeocene Firkanten Formation.

The study focuses on how coastal environments control or are controlled by vegetation distribution; collectively, these are particularly sensitive to climate change, with the geomorphology and position of the shoreline being closely linked with local hydrology and associated vegetation distributi...

Awarded: NOK 63,999

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Who is where? - Unravelling the biodiversity of sympagic meiofauna in and around Svalbard

Sympagic (=ice) meiofauna is an indispensable part of a very complex food web in the Arctic, playing a crucial role for many ice-associated organisms and the whole Arctic ecosystem since sympagic meiofauna comprise primarily of larval stages of seafloor and open-water living animals. But Arctic s...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Improving Snow Data Assimilation with Satellite Altimetry

Despite its vital role in modulating the energy and water balance budget, snow distributions in time and space remain poorly understood. The project aim is to improve the current snow data assimilation state-of-the-art methods by adding snow depth observations from the satellite altimeter ICESat-...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Calanus species complexity in the transitional fjord system Isfjorden: from cold Arctic to warm Atlantic climate.

The West Spitsbergen Current carries warm and salty Atlantic water (AW) northwards, and with high input of AW, more Calanus finmarchicus is transported to the Arctic. Isfjorden is strongly impacted by Atlantic inflow and is ice-free year-round, except the innermost part, Billefjorden, with a sha...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Arctic CH4 consumption responses to future vegetation regimes, RiS ID: 11990

The Arctic tundra is currently undergoing rapid changes with thawing permafrost and changing vegetation. One of the most pronounced effects among the vegetation is a shift towards taller plant communities and higher biomass, which can lead to increased evapotranspiration and drier soils. Methane ...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Enhancing resilience in a changing climate through comprehensive urban flood design

ECCO har som mål å styrke vår forståelse og tilpasning til vannrelaterte farer i urbane områder i den nordisk-baltiske regionen, med et spesifikt fokus på flom. Prosjektet har en omfattende tilnærming ved å kartlegge nedbørekstremer over hele regionen, vurdere ulike faktorer som kan forsterke fl...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Oslo

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Ultra-sensitive optical sensor system for simultaneous, in-situ detection of multiple pesticides in surface and ground waters

I nyere tid har klimaet vårt gjennomgått betydelige endringer, noe som fører til ekstreme værforhold som flom og tørke. Dessverre kan disse hendelsene igjen føre til en økning av plantevernmidler i våre vannsystemer, som utgjør potensielle farer for ulike aspekter av vårt miljø og økonomi. De eks...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

GINAMO: Genetic Indicators for Nature Monitoring

Kontekst: Genetisk mangfold er grunnlaget for biologisk mangfold og avgjørende for langsiktig overlevelse, tilpasning og motstandsdyktighet for bestander, arter og økosystemer. Mens genetisk mangfold lenge har blitt neglisjert i politikk og forvaltning av biologisk mangfold, inkluderer den nåvære...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Autumn leaf senescence in tundra plants: Do soil nutrients and plant-internal nutrient sinks influence timing? (RiS ID: 12335)

Plant growth season in Arctic regions is currently undergoing changes, with spring advancement across the Arctic. However, there is limited knowledge regarding any corresponding trends in the autumn season, where the timing of end-of-season is mostly unaccounted for. It is important that we take ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Space use by marine mammals in Svalbard and potential dietary changes due to climate change.

Investigating behaviour of high trophic predators is a fundemental part to understand the ecosystem as they function as a key component through top-down effect. Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina), one of a high trophic predators in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard is experiencing dramatic environmental changes ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Shallow marine prokaryote ecosystems in the Boreal Ocean during the Permo-Triassic climate crisis and their recovery (RiS ID: 12307)

Lipid biomarker samples will be collected to reconstruct the microbial community and environmental conditions during the Late Permian mass extinction and in its aftermath with a focus on the recovery of the microbial ecosystem. The samples will complement the existing biomarker record that is con...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The Heer Land overabundance of Thermal-switch surges

Glaciers around the world are losing mass at an accelerated rate (Hugonnet et al., 2021), and Svalbard experiences this even faster than the global average, largely due to its strong interaction with warm Atlantic ocean currents (Piechura and Walczowski, 2009). The latest IPCC reports present mod...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Svalbard

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