• The Norwegian River Monitoring Programme 2023 – water quality status and trends 

  Kaste, Øyvind; Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Sample, James Edward; Mcgovern, Maeve; Skancke, Liv Bente; Allan, Ian; Jenssen, Marthe Torunn Solhaug; Bæk, Kine; Skogan, Odd Arne Segtnan (NIVA-rapport;8007-2024, Research report, 2024)

  Twenty rivers along the Norwegian coast are monitored for physical and chemical parameters as part of the Norwegian River Monitoring Programme. This report presents the current status (2023) and long-term (1990-2023) trends ...

• Nature-based social prescribing programmes: opportunities, challenges, and facilitators for implementation 

  de Bell, Siân; Alejandre, Julius Cesar; Menzel, Claudia; Sousa-Silva, Rita; Straka, Tanja M.; Berzborn, Susanne; Bürck-Gemassmer, Max; Dallimer, Martin; Dayson, Chris; Fisher, Jessica C.; Haywood, Annette; Herrmann, Alina; Immich, Gisela; Keßler, Christian S.; Köhler, Kristin; Lynch, Mary; Marx, Viola; Michalsen, Andreas; Mudu, Pierpaolo; Napierala, Hendrik; Nawrath, Maximilian; Pfleger, Sharon; Quitmann, Claudia; Reeves, Jonathan P.; Rozario, Kevin; Straff, Wolfgang; Walter, Katie; Wendelboe-Nelson, Charlotte; Marselle, Melissa R.; Oh, Rachel Rui Ying; Bonn, Aletta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Background Evidence on the health benefits of spending time in nature has highlighted the importance of provision of blue and green spaces where people live. The potential for health benefits offered by nature exposure, ...

• Radiation Adverse Outcome pathways (AOPs): examining priority questions from an international horizon-style exercise 

  Chauhan, Vinita; Beaton, Danielle; Tollefsen, Knut-Erik; Preston, Julian; Burtt, Julie J.; Leblanc, Julie; Hamada, Nobuyuki; Azzam, Edouard I.; Armant, Olivier; Bouffler, Simon; Azimzadeh, Omid; Moertl, Simone; Yamada, Yutaka; Tanaka, Ignacia B.; Kaiser, Jan Christian; Applegate, Kimberly; Laurier, Dominique; Garnier-Laplace, Jacqueline (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Purpose: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Development Programme is being explored in the radiation field, as an overarching framework to identify and prioritize ...

• Assessment of fine and coarse tyre wear particles along a highway stormwater system and in receiving waters: Occurrence and transport 

  Gaggini, Elly Lucia; Polukarova, Maria; Bondelind, Mia; Rødland, Elisabeth; Strömvall, Ann-Margret; Andersson-Sköld, Yvonne; Sokolova, Ekaterina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Tyre wear has been identified as a major road-related pollutant source, with road runoff transporting tyre wear particles (TWP) to adjacent soil, watercourses, or further through stormwater systems. The aim of this study ...

• Spawning fish maintains trophic synchrony across time and space beyond thermal drivers 

  Opdal, Anders Martin Frugård; Wright, Peter J.; Blom, Geir; Höffle, Hannes; Lindemann, Christian; Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Increasing ocean temperature will speed up physiological rates of ectotherms. In fish, this is suggested to cause earlier spawning due to faster oocyte growth rates. Over time, this could cause spawning time to become ...

• Trends in mercury, lead and cadmium concentrations in 27 European streams and rivers: 2000–2020 

  Eklöf, Karin; von Brömssen, Claudia; Huser, Brian; Åkerblom, Staffan; Augustaitis, Algirdas; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; de Wit, Heleen; Dirnböck, Thomas; Elustondo, David; Grandin, Ulf; Holubová, Adéla; Kleemola, Sirpa; Krám, Pavel; Lundin, Lars; Löfgren, Stefan; Markensten, Hampus; Moldan, Filip; Pihl Karlsson, Gunilla; Rönnback, Pernilla; Valinia, Salar; Vuorenmaa, Jussi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Temporal trends for concentrations of mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) were evaluated from year 2000–2020 in 20 (Hg), 23 (Pb) and 11 (Cd) watercourses in remote forest catchments in Europe. Decreasing trends were ...

• Effects of wave exposure and habitat fragmentation on growth and grazing of rocky shore seaweeds: a mesocosm experiment 

  Hayes, Lucas; Lukic, Ivana; Moy, Siri R; Fagerli, Camilla W; Rinde, Eli; Christie, Hartvig; Bekkby, Trine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Seaweeds are foundation species on rocky shores that are exposed to a series of stressors. These include wave exposure, desiccation, grazing, and human activities, with habitat fragmentation as a common result. As part of ...

• A carbonate system time series in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Two years of high-frequency in-situ observations and remote sensing 

  Frangoulis, C.; Stamataki, N.; Pettas, M.; Michelinakis, S.; King, Andrew Luke; Giannoudi, L.; Tsiaras, K.; Christodoulaki, S.; Seppälä, J.; Thyssen, M.; Borges, A.V.; Krasakopoulou, E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The rate of ocean uptake of anthropogenic CO2 has declined over the past decade, so a critical question for science and policy is whether the ocean will continue to act as a sink. Large areas of the ocean remain without ...

• Monitoring system and operational routines of a small-scale aquaponic system in Oslo, Norway 

  Hess-Erga, Ole-Kristian (NIVA-rapport;8010-2024, Research report, 2024)

  This report "Monitoring system & operational routines of a small-scale aquaponic system in Oslo, Norway" is part of the USAGE project, which focuses on urban development with a focus on urban aquaponics. The report describes ...

• Modeling boreal forest soil dynamics with the microbially explicit soil model MIMICS+ (v1.0) 

  Aas, Elin Cecilie Ristorp; de Wit, Heleen; Berntsen, Terje Koren (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Understanding carbon exchange processes between land reservoirs and the atmosphere is essential for predicting carbon–climate feedbacks. Still, considerable uncertainty remains in the representation of the terrestrial ...

• Nano zerovalent Fe did not reduce metal(loid) leaching and ecotoxicity further than conventional Fe grit in contrasting smelter impacted soils: A 1-year field study 

  Lewandowská, Šárka; Vaňková, Zuzana; Beesley, Luke; Cajthaml, Tomáš; Wickramasinghe, Niluka; Vojar, Jiří; Vítková, Martina; Tsang, Daniel C.W.; Ndungu, Kuria; Komárek, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The majority of the studies on nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) are conducted at a laboratory-scale, while field-scale evidence is scarce. The objective of this study was to compare the metal(loid) immobilization efficiency ...

• Drone and ground-truth data collection, image annotation and machine learning: A protocol for coastal habitat mapping and classification 

  Kvile, Kristina Øie; Gundersen, Hege; Poulsen, Robert Nøddebo; Sample, James Edward; Salberg, Arnt Børre; Ghareeb, Medyan Esam; Buls, Toms; Bekkby, Trine; Hancke, Kasper (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Aerial drone imaging is an efficient tool for mapping and monitoring of coastal habitats at high spatial and temporal resolution. Specifically, drone imaging allows for time- and cost-efficient mapping covering larger areas ...

• Optimal growth conditions of the haptophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri causing massive fish mortality in Northern Norway 

  Fon, Mathias; Supraha, Luka; Andersen, Tom; Uhlig, Silvio; Edvardsen, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The haptophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri formed the most devastating fish-killing algal bloom ever recorded in Norway, in May and June 2019. The bloom resulted in the death of 14,500 tons of farmed salmon in Nordland ...

• Application of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) passive samplers for monitoring PAHs in groundwater 

  Ola, Ibukun; Drebenstedt, Carsten; Burgess, Robert M.; Allan, Ian J; Hoth, Nils; Külls, Christoph (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Equilibrium passive sampling continues to find increasing use for performing in situ assessments and monitoring of hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs). Although this method has been successfully used in several field ...

• GIS mapping of agricultural plastic waste in southern Europe 

  Hachem, Ali; Convertino, Fabiana; Batista, Teresa; Baptista, Fátima; Briassoulis, Demetres; Valera Martínez, Diego Luis; Moreno Teruel, María Ángeles; Nizzetto, Luca; Papardaki, Nikoleta-Georgia; Ruggiero, Giuseppe; Vox, Giuliano; Schettini, Evelia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  The escalating use of plastics in agriculture, driven by global population growth and increasing food demand, has concurrently led to a rise in Agricultural Plastic Waste (APW) production. Effective waste management is ...

• Does Perceived Nuisance Abundance of Water Plants Match with Willingness-to-Pay for Removal? Contrasts Among Different User Categories 

  Vermaat, Jan; Thiemer, Kirstine; Immerzeel, Bart; Schneider, Susanne Claudia; Sebola, Keneilwe; Coetzee, Julie; Petruzzella, Antonella; Motitsoe, Samuel N.; Baldo, Mathieu; Misteli, Benjamin; Thiébaut, Gabrielle; Hilt, Sabine; Köhler, Jan; Harpenslager, Sarah Faye (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Dense beds of water plants can be perceived as nuisance, but this perception, however, may not be similar for different user categories, and this may affect their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for plant removal. A questionnaire ...

• Model-Based Analysis of the Oxygen Budget in the Black Sea Water Column 

  Novikov, Matvey; Pakhomova, Svetlana; Berezina, Anfisa; Yakushev, Evgeniy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Climate change and anthropogenic impacts drastically affect the biogeochemical regime of the Black Sea, which contains the largest volume of sulphidic water in the world. The Sea’s oxygen inventory depends on vertical ...

• Unravelling large-scale patterns and drivers of biodiversity in dry rivers 

  Foulquier, Arnaud; Datry, Thibault; Corti, Roland; von Schiller, Daniel; Tockner, Klement; Stubbington, Rachel; Gessner, Mark O.; Boyer, Frédéric; Ohlmann, Marc; Thuiller, Wilfried; Rioux, Delphine; Miquel, Christian; Albariño, Ricardo; Allen, Daniel C.; Altermatt, Florian; Arce, Maria Isabel; Arnon, Shai; Banas, Damien; Banegas-Medina, Andy; Beller, Erin; Blanchette, Melanie L.; Blessing, Joanna; Boëchat, Iola Gonçalves; Boersma, Kate; Bogan, Michael; Bonada, Núria; Bond, Nick; Brintrup, Katherine; Bruder, Andreas; Burrows, Ryan; Cancellario, Tommaso; Canhoto, Cristina; Carlson, Stephanie; Cid, Núria; Cornut, Julien; Danger, Michael; de Freitas Terra, Bianca; De Girolamo, Anna Maria; del Campo, Rubén; Díaz Villanueva, Verónica; Dyer, Fiona; Elosegi, Arturo; Febria, Catherine; Figueroa Jara, Ricardo; Four, Brian; Gafny, Sarig; Gómez, Rosa; Gómez-Gener, Lluís; Guareschi, Simone; Gücker, Björn; Hwan, Jason; Jones, J. Iwan; Kubheka, Patrick S.; Laini, Alex; Langhans, Simone Daniela; Launay, Bertrand; Le Goff, Guillaume; Leigh, Catherine; Little, Chelsea; Lorenz, Stefan; Marshall, Jonathan; Martin Sanz, Eduardo J.; McIntosh, Angus; Mendoza-Lera, Clara; Meyer, Elisabeth I.; Miliša, Marko; Mlambo, Musa C.; Morais, Manuela; Moya, Nabor; Negus, Peter; Niyogi, Dev; Pagán, Iluminada; Papatheodoulou, Athina; Pappagallo, Giuseppe; Pardo, Isabel; Pařil, Petr; Pauls, Steffen U.; Polášek, Marek; Rodríguez-Lozano, Pablo; Rolls, Robert J.; Sánchez-Montoya, Maria Mar; Savić, Ana; Shumilova, Oleksandra; Sridhar, Kandikere R.; Steward, Alisha; Taleb, Amina; Uzan, Avi; Valladares, Yefrin; Vander Vorste, Ross; Waltham, Nathan J.; Zak, Dominik H.; Zoppini, Annamaria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  More than half of the world’s rivers dry up periodically, but our understanding of the biological communities in dry riverbeds remains limited. Specifically, the roles of dispersal, environmental filtering and biotic ...

• Linking catch reconstructions with downstream supply chain nodes can help strengthen management actions in favour of just, sustainable and resilient futures 

  Puente, Santiago de la; Christensen, Villy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Supply chain opacity enables seafood fraud, human rights abuses and unsustainable resource use. To boost seafood transparency, it is vital to understand what is being caught or farmed, by whom, how, where and when. Catch ...

• Improving impact assessments to reduce impacts of deep-sea fisheries on vulnerable marine ecosystems 

  Kaikkonen, Laura; Amaro, Teresa; Auster, Peter J.; Bailey, David M.; Bell, James B.; Brandt, Angelika; Clark, Malcolm R.; Drazen, Jeffrey C.; Du Preez, Cherisse; Escobar-Briones, Elva; Giacomello, Eva; Gianni, Matthew; Johnson, Andrew F.; Levin, Lisa A.; Milligan, Rosanna J.; Oduware, Stephen; Pearman, Tabitha R.R.; Pham, Christopher K.; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Rowden, Ashley A.; Sutton, Tracey T.; Taylor, Michelle L.; Watling, Les; Victorero, Lissette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)

  Robust impact assessments (IAs) for deep-sea fisheries are essential for safeguarding deep-sea ecosystems against the impacts of bottom fishing. In the high seas, United Nations Resolution commitments require States ...

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