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20 Years with Alternet - bridging the gap between science and policy in Europe
8. May 2024

Over the past two decades Alternet has successfully created a sturdy platform for addressing environmental challenges in Europe, fostering collaboration and communication with policymakers and the public.

Birds know no borders - nor do scientists
16. November 2023

Small actions, big impacts: Restoring degraded wetlands locally can have global ripple effects!

A bog-body inspired music video about peatlands
3. August 2023

Peatlands are superstars that are literally and figuratively stepped on. But they store huge amounts of carbon – and a few bog bodies!

Raising offspring accelerates senescence in the Atlantic puffin
6. March 2023

Negative trends for populations with low productivity can be somewhat mitigated by adults living longer.

The World’s best method to capture and store carbon
8. December 2022

Nature does the job for us, for free.  But, in the search for good measures to compensate for man-made greenhouse gas emissions, carbon emissions from disturbance or loss of biodiversity caused by these measures are often not included in the calculation.

Hydropower development altered the genes of the Eira salmon
28. October 2022

With the help of genetic analyses, long time series and statistical models, scientists at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research have documented human-induced evolution in a natural salmon population.

Chase the sun or catch prey in twilight?
26. January 2022

How do seabirds find enough food to survive the darkness of winter? In a study on colonies in Great Britain, Iceland and Norway, researchers used geolocators to reveal that European shags adopt various strategies to handle the winter darkness.

Well managed protected areas assist waterbirds on the move
25. January 2022

In response to a warming climate, many species are shifting their range norhtwards. Protected areas play an important role in helping bird species to adjust - if the sites follow a clear management plan.
 

Turbulent eddies to save fish from turbines
6. July 2021

A wild idea can be the solution to get fish past power plants.

Can Turbulent eddies save fish from turbines?
21. May 2021

Researchers seek to use turbulent eddies in the river to safely guide salmon and eels past hydropower plants. 

DNA-monitoring improves knowledge on large carnivores
15. March 2021

For more than 20 years researchers have used DNA to gain more knowledge on large carnivores in Norway.

Can nature be restored?
29. September 2020

It is no longer sufficient to protect nature – there is also a need to restore what has been degraded. Ecological restorations are actions to improve the ecological condition and values of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. Mitigation and compensating measures can also be part of restoration. 

How efficient are mitigation measures for bird-friendly wind power?
14. August 2020

Simple measures can make wind turbines more bird friendly. New research shows that measures such as painting the rotor blades or towers, using UV-light and smart micro-siting of wind turbines, decreases the risk for bird collisions considerably.

Norwegian sea eagle success in Ireland
26. June 2020

One hundred years ago, the last sea eagle disappeared from Ireland. Now the green island has a new viable eagle population - from Trøndelag!

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