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NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

CARBON-HEAT- CARBON uptake and fluxes of water and HEAT in the North Atlantic Current

CARBON-HEAT is a three year project that will study a potential feedback between the ocean carbon cycle and climate change, relating to the flow speed and heat and carbon flux of the Atlantic water en route to the Arctic Ocean We intend to -Assess the de gree to which the Atlantic Water (AW) is ...

Tildelt: kr 4,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestland

ESRF-ESRF – Program for synkrotronforskning

Synchrotron-based X-ray studies of sea ice

The goal of the present project is to utilize modern technology and interdisciplinary work to close a fundamental gap in the description of the medium sea ice. We will for the first time apply synchrotron-based X-ray computed micro-tomography (XMT) to obt ain a three-dimensional description of th...

Tildelt: kr 0,40 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Vestland

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Match-mismatching of trophic levels as a structuring force of ecosystems

We intend to study ecosystem functioning using the match-mismatch hypothesis as a framework and three different marine ecosystems with focus on seabirds as examples. The marine ecosystems chosen - the Southern Ocean, the Barents Sea and the Benguela Upwel ling - are highly sensitive to climate va...

Tildelt: kr 6,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Plant metabolites for healthy plants and healthy people

Secondary metabolites are those that do not have a direct function in plant growth and reproduction. Because there are costs associated with the production of all metabolites, it is generally assumed that genes for secondary metabolites are passed on due to the evolutionary advantages they impart...

Tildelt: kr 16,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Akershus

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Increasing wood deliveries and environmental quality

In 2006, the Norwegian government developed the strategy for increased annual harvesting of wood in Norwegian forests. Several analyses show that the strategy can be sustainably implemented. The annual growth of Norwegian forests has the last decades been considerably larger than the annual harv...

Tildelt: kr 12,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Akershus

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Tipping Point Norway/The Art of Adaptation 23.- 24. juni 2008

Hovedmotivasjonen for "Tipping Point Norway" er delvis et ønske om å skape et sterkere engasjement fra kunstverdenen i klimadebatten, samt å imøtekomme behovet fra klimaekspertene om nødvendigheten av å finne et nytt pubikum som er mer effektiv i sin resp ons og uttrykk enn samfunnskritikere, akt...

Tildelt: kr 0,49 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Samf. Oppfølging/koordinering av EU-prosjekter

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Tildelt: kr 2,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2015

Sted: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Effects of Changing Climate on the Alpine Tree Line and Mountain Forest Carbon Pools Along 1500 km N-S and Elevation Gradients

Vi har dokumentert gode resultater ved bruk av vegetasjonshøydemålinger fra flybåren laserskanning (FLS) til deteksjon av små trær i overgangssonen mellom skog og alpin sone. Høydemålingene er i praksis en tett tredimensjonal sky av ekko fra laserpulser sendt ut fra en sensor under et fly. Gjenno...

Tildelt: kr 8,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2016

Sted: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Habitat restoration in overgrazed areas on the northern Norwegian coast

The principal objective is to test the hypotheses that former kelp forests that were grazed by sea urchins can be restored by artificially re-introduce three-dimensional habitats. This may promote colonisation of sea urchin predators that may reduce recru itment of sea urchin populations and indu...

Tildelt: kr 5,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Terrestrial C sequestration potential in Norway under present and future climate

Terrestrial ecosystems in the northern hemisphere have been a significant sink in the global C cycle. However, strength and duration of the terrestrial C sink is uncertain and will impact future trends in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Likely factors, al so relevant in Norway, to affect the terr...

Tildelt: kr 6,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Neutral and Ion Dynamics in the Auroral Region

This project proposal concists of 2 subprojects. The aim of subproject A is to understand the physical mechanisms behind naturally enhanced ion acoustic lines (NEIALs) observed with the EISCAT radars, and flickering aurora. Recent advances in optical inst rumentation have revealed that auroral em...

Tildelt: kr 1,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Sustainability for the 21st Century: Overcoming Limitations to Creative Adaptation in Addressing the Climate Challenge

The IPCC is accumulating sufficient evidence to the effect that that the current climate challenge poses a global threat to human survival on an unprecedented scale (IPCC 2007). There is a need for a new paradigm of sustainable development which would bot h take on board the latest climate resear...

Tildelt: kr 10,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

The Role of Seeds in a Changing Climate - Linking Germination Ecophysiology to Population and Community Ecology

Rekruttering fra frø (frøspiring og frøplantenes overlevelse) er en nøkkelprosess i plantenes livshistorie med konsekvenser for artenes utbredelse, evolusjon, og overlevelse. Både frøenes økologiske rolle og deres klimarespons best forstås ved å sette dette livshistoriestadiet inn i en større sam...

Tildelt: kr 6,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Vestland

SIP-NHD-Strategiske instituttprogram finansiert av NHD

Measurement and monitoring for safety of infrastructure, environmental protection and reduction of society risk

The Norwegian society is placing increasing demands on infrastructure, including transportation and harbor facilities. Existing facilities are becoming more critical as full capacity is being reached. If problems or disturbances to normal operation or in terruption of service arise, the overall ...

Tildelt: kr 13,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during interglacials (AMOCINT)

AMOCINT aims to decipher for the North Atlantic the spatial and temporal structure of the interglacial peaks and demises and their timing with forcing variations. It will provide multiproxy data sets to successfully correlate land and ocean climate recor ds and forcings, focussing in particular ...

Tildelt: kr 7,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2013

Sted: Vestland

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Population exposure and health impact associated with indoor air pollution from household solid fuel burning in developing countries

Almost 3 billion people worldwide use traditional fuels for home cooking and heating. It is well documented that high levels of air pollution from solid fuel burning contribute to enhanced rates of acute and chronic respiratory diseases. According to the World Health Organization, smoke from soli...

Tildelt: kr 2,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2011

Sted: Oslo

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

Datahåndterings- og koordineringstjeneste for norske forskningsprosjekter under det internasjonale polaråret (DOKIPY)

Det overordnede målet med IPYs datapolitikk er å sikre oppnåelsen av IPYs hovedformål ved å knytte sammen fagområder, prosjekter og enkeltforskere gjennom åpen datautveksling og fri tilgang. Ved fri utveksling av data kan observasjonsprogram planlegges fo r å unngå overlapping og duplisering slik...

Tildelt: kr 1,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2011

Sted: Oslo

SFF-Sentre for fremragende forskn

Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, CEES

Høydepunkter 2007?2017 CEES har vært organisert i fire kollokvier. Colloquium 1 utforsket begreper vs. målte data (f.eks. Houle et al., Q. Rev. Biol. 2011), og har vært grunnleggende for arbeidet som fulgte. Colloquium 2 koblet genomikk og evolusjon. Vår kartlegging av torskens arvemateriale ...

Tildelt: kr 102,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2018

Sted: Oslo

SHP-Strategiske høgskoleprogram

CO2-fangst fra industri og kraftverk

Det er nå en etablert internasjonal erkjennelse at utslipp av CO2 og andre klimagasser fører til klimaendringer (FNs klimapanel). På verdensbasis er dagens energiproduksjon i stor grad basert på utnyttelse av fossilt brennstoff som gir betydelig utslipp a v CO2. I tillegg vil mange industriproses...

Tildelt: kr 6,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2013

Sted: Telemark

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

IPY Overview

The IPY Overview will present research from the International Polar Year as an overview. The process in which the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) presented their overview in 2004 will serve as a model and template for the process and the IPY Ove rview. The overall goal is to compile r...

Tildelt: kr 1,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2011

Sted: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

IHDP - Prime sponsorship 2007 -2009 including special support for 2008

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Tildelt: kr 0,69 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

S-AFRIKA-Program for forskningsamarbeid med Sør- Afrika

Analysis and Possibility for Control of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes to Facilitate Adaptation to Environmental Changes

Convective rainfalls are of enormous importance for agriculture and water resource management in semi-arid areas such as Central-North-Eastern South Africa, where more than 50% of the country population is concentrated. This project will contribute into t he redress and capacity development of th...

Tildelt: kr 0,76 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2010

Sted: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Magnitude and impact of Arctic climate change inferred from aquatic ecosystems

Global warming is expected to be more extreme in the Arctic than in temperate regions. However, the amplitude, the rate of warming, and the impact of the warming can only be predicted with a quantity of uncertainty. We will investigate the climate history of Svalbard, Arctic Norway and Bylot Isl...

Tildelt: kr 2,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2011

Sted: Vestland

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Processes in volcanic basins and the implications for global warming and mass extinctions

The geological record shows that abrupt changes in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases have occurred throughout the Earth's history. More than six of these episodes of major climatic and environmental perturbations correlate with the timing of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs). Further...

Tildelt: kr 10,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2011

Sted: Oslo

SAM-EU-Samfinansiering EU-kontoret

European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions

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Tildelt: kr 1,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2012

Sted: Akershus

EVITA-eVitenskap

Forecasting non-linear systems using the ensemble Kalman filter and related methods

The project will develop new assimilation techniques related to the Ensemble Kalman Filter and apply them in various research fields in view of operational forecasting of non-linear dynamical systems. The disciplines targetted are the following: - Physic al oceanography (MSC: TOPAZ sea-ice): An ...

Tildelt: kr 20,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2013

Sted: Vestland

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Assessement of benthic foraminifera as environmental proxy in the Arctic region

What are the long term oceanographic changes of Arctic fjord and shelf environments? In order to answer this important question this project aims to significantly advance benthic foraminifera as proxy indicators of modern and past environments in the fjor ds and shelves of Svalbard, the Barents S...

Tildelt: kr 5,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2014

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Polarized radiative transfer in media with non-uniform refractive-index distributions

The oceans are home to most of the animal and plant life on Earth and therefore very important for the food supply. To avoid overharvesting of oceanic resources it is necessary to have a solid understanding of the marine environment. Optical remote sensi ng is becoming a very important tool to o...

Tildelt: kr 4,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2010

Sted: Vestland

FRISAM-Fri prosjektstøtte samfunnsvitenskap

Paradoxes of Design: Aesthetication as a Barrier to Sustainable Consumption?

The project will investige related processes of design and consumption by focusing on the way aesthetics is managed by designers and consumers. Following set of research questions arise: How does designers understand sustainable design? How can we underst and differences in how aesthethication co...

Tildelt: kr 3,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Integrated process for hydrogen production with CO2 capture using sorption enhanced reactions

Hydrogen production from natural gas with CO2 capture is of strategic importance in Norway. The project deals with a new technology using sorption enhanced reactions enabling to produce hydrogen form natural gas in one-step with CO2 capture. The multifunc tional reactor combines pre-reforming, me...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage