• Composite landscape predictors improve distribution models of ecosystem types 

  Simensen, Trond; Horvath, Peter; Vollering, Julien; Erikstad, Lars; Halvorsen, Rune; Bryn, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Aim Distribution modelling is a useful approach to obtain knowledge about the spatial distribution of biodiversity, required for, for example, red‐list assessments. While distribution modelling methods have been applied ...

• Pressure and inertia sensing drifters for glacial hydrology flow path measurements 

  Alexander, Andreas; Kruusmaa, Maarja; Tuhtan, Jeffrey; Hodson, Andrew; Schuler, Thomas; Kääb, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Glacial hydrology plays an important role in the control of glacier dynamics, of sediment transport, and of fjord and proglacial ecosystems. Surface meltwater drains through glaciers via supraglacial, englacial and subglacial ...

• Molecular and ecological plant defense responses along an elevational gradient in a boreal ecosystem 

  Benevenuto, Rafael Fonseca; Seldal, Tarald; Polashock, James; Moe, Stein Ragnar; Rodriguez-Saona, Cesar; Gillespie, Mark Andrew Kusk; Hegland, Stein Joar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Plants have the capacity to alter their phenotype in response to environmental factors, such as herbivory, a phenomenon called phenotypic plasticity. However, little is known on how plant responses to herbivory are modulated ...

• Microstructurally-constrained versus bulk fault gouge K-Ar dating 

  Scheiber, Thomas; Viola, Giulio; van der Lelij, Roelant; Margreth, Annina; Schönenberger, Jasmin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Structural, mineralogical and geochronological data were collected from two brittle fault zones (Fault I and II) deforming the Ordovician Rolvsnes granodiorite in SW Norway. Microstructurally-constrained K–Ar data from ...

• Reconciling Storegga tsunami sedimentation patterns with modelled wave heights: A discussion from the Shetland Isles field laboratory 

  Dawson, Alistair G.; Dawson, Sue; Bondevik, Stein; Costa, Pedro J M; Hill, Jon; Stewart, Iain (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  The Shetland Isles represent an ideal field laboratory for tsunami geoscience research. This is due to the widespread preservation of Holocene tsunami sediments in coastal peat deposits. This study uses published accounts ...

• Ordovician shoshonitic to ultrapotassic volcanism in the central Norwegian Caledonides: The result of sediment subduction, mantle metasomatism and mantle partial melting 

  Dalslåen, Bjørgunn Heggem; Gasser, Deta; Grenne, Tor; Augland, Lars Eivind; Corfu, Fernando (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Shoshonitic to ultrapotassic, mantle-derived volcanic rocks found within certain accretionary and collisional settings have trace element patterns comparable to those of common arc-related rocks, but with extreme enrichments ...

• Weathering Dynamics Under Contrasting Greenland Ice Sheet Catchments 

  Urra, Alexandra; Wadham, Jemma L.; Hawkings, Jon R.; Telling, Jon; Hatton, Jade E.; Yde, Jacob C.; Hasholt, Bent; van As, Dirk; Bhatia, Maya P.; Nienow, Peter W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Chemical weathering dynamics in Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) catchments are largely unknown, due to a scarcity of field data. This paper presents the most comprehensive study to date of chemical weathering rates from four ...

• The MIAmaxent R package: Variable transformation and model selection for species distribution models 

  Vollering, Julien; Halvorsen, Rune; Mazzoni, Sabrina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  The widely used “Maxent” software for modeling species distributions from presence‐only data (Phillips et al., Ecological Modelling, 190, 2006, 231) tends to produce models with high‐predictive performance but low‐ecological ...

• Geochemical signatures of pingo ice and its origin in Grøndalen, West Spitsbergen 

  Demidov, Nikita; Wetterich, Sebastian; Verkulich, Sergey; Ekaykin, Alexey; Meyer, Hanno; Anisimov, Mikhail; Schirrmeister, Lutz; Demidov, Vasily; Hodson, Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Pingos are common features in permafrost regions that form by subsurface massive-ice aggradation and create hill-like landforms. Pingos on Spitsbergen have been previously studied to explore their structure, formation ...

• Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity 

  Smith, Annabel L.; Hodkinson, Trevor R.; Villellas, Jesus; Catford, Jane A.; Csergö, Anna Mária; Blomberg, Simone P.; Crone, Elizabeth E.; Ehrlén, Johan; Garcia, Maria B.; Laine, Anna-Liisa; Roach, Deborah A.; Salguero-Gòmez, Roberto; Wardle, Glenda M.; Childs, Dylan Z.; Elderd, Bret D.; Finn, Alain; Munné-Bosch, Sergi; Baudraz, Maude E. A.; Bódis, Judit; Brearley, Francis Q.; Bucharova, Anna; Caruso, Christina M.; Duncan, Richard P.; Dwyer, John M.; Gooden, Ben; Groenteman, Ronny; Hamre, Liv Norunn; Helm, Aveliina; Kelly, Ruth; Laanisto, Lauri; Lonati, Michele; Moore, Joslin L.; Morales, Melanie; Olsen, Siri Lie; Pärtel, Meelis; Petry, William K.; Ramula, Satu; Rasmussen, Pil U.; Enri, Simone Ravetto; Roeder, Anna; Roscher, Christiane; Saastamoinen, Marjo; Tack, Ayco J.M.; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Vose, Gregory E.; Wandrag, Elizabeth M.; Wingler, Astrid; Buckley, Yvonne M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  When plants establish outside their native range, their ability to adapt to the new environment is influenced by both demography and dispersal. However, the relative importance of these two factors is poorly understood. ...

• Assessing restoration success by predicting time to recovery- But by which metric? 

  Rydgren, Knut; Auestad, Inger; Halvorsen, Rune; Hamre, Liv Norunn; Jongejans, Eelke; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Sulavik, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  1. Restoration of degraded ecosystems may take decades or even centuries. Accordingly, information about the current direction and speed of recovery provided by methods for predicting time to recovery may give important ...

• Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet 

  Cook, Joseph M.; Tedstone, Andrew J.; Williamson, Christopher; McCutcheon, Jenine; Hodson, Andrew J.; Dayal, Archana; Skiles, McKenzie; Hofer, Stefan; Bryant, Robert; McAree, Owen; McGonigle, Andrew; Ryan, Jonathan; Anesio, Alexandre M.; Irvine-Fynn, Tristram D.L.; Hubbard, Alun Lloyd; Hanna, Edward; Flanner, Mark; Mayanna, Sathish; Benning, Liane G.; van As, Dirk; Yallop, Marian; McQuaid, James B.; Gribbin, Thomas; Tranter, Martyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is the largest single contributor to eustatic sea level and is amplified by the growth of pigmented algae on the ice surface, which increases solar radiation absorption. This ...

• The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx) 

  Halbritter Rechsteiner, Aud Helen; De Boeck, Hans J.; Eycott, Amy Elizabeth; Reinsch, Sabine; Robinson, David A.; Vicca, Sara; Berauer, Bernd; Christiansen, Casper Tai; Estiarte, Marc; Grünzweig, José M.; Gya, Ragnhild; Hansen, Karin; Jentsch, Anke; Lee, Hanna; Linder, Sune; Marshall, John; Peñuelas, Josep; Schmidt, Inger Kappel; Stuart-Haëntjens, Ellen; Wilfahrt, Peter; Vandvik, Vigdis; Abrantes, Nelson; Almagro, María; Althuizen, Inge; Barrio, Isabel C.; te Beest, Mariska; Beier, Claus; Beil, Iilka; Berry, Z. Carter; Birkemoe, Tone; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Blonder, Benjamin; Blume-Werry, Gesche; Bohrer, Gil; Campos, Isabel; Cernusak, Lucas S.; Chojnicki, Bogdan H.; Cosby, Bernhard J.; Dickman, Lee T.; Djukic, Ika; Filella, Iolanda; Fuchslueger, Lucia; Gargallo-Garriga, Albert; Gillespie, Mark Andrew; Goldsmith, Gregory R.; Gough, Christopher; Halliday, Fletcher W.; Hegland, Stein Joar; Hoch, Gunter; Holub, Petr; Jaroszynska, Francesca Orinda Holl; Johnson, Daniel M.; Jones, Scott B.; Kardol, Paul; Keizer, Jan J.; Klem, Karel; Konestabo, Heidi Sjursen; Kreyling, Jürgen; Kröel-Dulay, György; Landhäusser, Simon M.; Larsen, Klaus S.; Leblans, Niki; Lebron, Inma; Lehmann, Marco M.; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Lenz, Armando; Linstädter, Anja; Llusià, Joan; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Malyshev, Andrey V.; Mänd, Pille; Marshall, Miles; Matheny, Ashley M.; McDowell, Nate; Meier, Ina C.; Meinzer, Frederick C.; Michaletz, Sean T.; Miller, Megan L.; Muffler, Lena; Oravec, Michal; Ostonen, Ivika; Porcar-Castell, Albert; Preece, Catherine; Prentice, Iain C.; Radujković, Dajana; Ravolainen, Virve; Ribbons, Relena; Ruppert, Jan C.; Sack, Lawren; Sardans, Jordi; Schindlbacher, Andreas; Scoffoni, Christine; Sigurdsson, Bjarni D.; Smart, Simon M; Smith, Stuart; Soper, Fiona; Speed, James David Mervyn; Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne; Sydenham, Markus A. K.; Taghizadeh-Toosi, Arezoo; Telford, Richard J.; Tielborger, Katja; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Urban, Otmar; van der Ploeg, Martine; Van Langenhove, Leandro; Večeřová, Kristýna; Ven, Arne; Verbruggen, Erik; Vik, Unni; Weigel, Robert; Wohlgemuth, Thomas; Wood, Lauren K.; Zinnert, Julie; Zurba, Kamal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Climate change is a world‐wide threat to biodiversity and ecosystem structure, functioning and services. To understand the underlying drivers and mechanisms, and to predict the consequences for nature and people, we urgently ...

• Correlates of Commuter Cycling in Three Norwegian Counties 

  Nordengen, Solveig; Ruther, Denise Christina; Riiser, Amund; Andersen, Lars Bo; Solbraa, Ane Kristiansen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Globally, there is an increasing challenge of physical inactivity and associated diseases. Commuter cycling is an everyday physical activity with great potential to increase the health status in a population. We aimed to ...

• A long-term dataset of climatic mass balance, snow conditions, and runoff in Svalbard (1957-2018) 

  Van Pelt, Ward; Pohjola, Veijo; Pettersson, Rickard; Marchenko, Sergey A.; Kohler, Jack; Luks, Bartlomiej; Hagen, Jon Ove Methlie; Schuler, Thomas; Dunse, Thorben; Noel, Brice; Reijmer, Carleen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  The climate in Svalbard is undergoing amplified change compared to the global mean. This has major implications for runoff from glaciers and seasonal snow on land. We use a coupled energy balance–subsurface model, forced ...

• Modelling the effect of surface hoar formation on the temperature gradient and vapor pressure gradient in a snowpack 

  Lundberg, Just Cristian; Storebakken, Brage; Zieritz, Natalia (Bachelor thesis, 2019)

  Buried surface hoar layers and faceted crystals are both typical persistent weak layers for initiating an avalanche. Faceted crystals are formed under large vapor pressure gradients which are made by large temperature ...

• Hydrologiske målingar i Anestølselva, Sogndal 

  Eide, Samuel; Hatland, Camilla T.M. (Bachelor thesis, 2019)

  Hydrologiske målingar vart gjort i Anestølselva i Sogndalsdalen, Sogndal kommune, i perioden 20. juni til 7. november 2018. Det vart gjort hastigheitsmålingar med ein flügel (OTT C31 Current Meter) i eit fast, markert ...

• Silicon isotopes in Arctic and sub-Arctic glacial meltwaters: the role of subglacial weathering in the silicon cycle 

  Hatton, Jade E.; Hendry, Katharine R.; Hawkings, Jonathan R.; Wadham, Jemma L.; Opfergelt, Sophie; Kohler, Tyler J.; Yde, Jacob C.; Stibal, Marek; Zarsky, Jakub D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Glacial environments play an important role in high-latitude marine nutrient cycling, potentially contributing significant fluxes of silicon (Si) to the polar oceans, either as dissolved silicon (DSi) or as dissolvable ...

• Sedimentære signaler av hydrografiske endringer i Hafslovatnet, Vest-Norge, over de siste 40 år 

  Mong, Asbjørn; Sjøblom, Marie A. Nordqvist; Storsveen, Thea M. Hansen (Bachelor thesis, 2019)

  Hafslovatnet, inkludert Tverrbergvatnet og Straumavatnet, ligger i Luster kommune, Vest-Norge. Her har det siden 1980-årene blitt rapportert om gjengroing og erosjon i vassdraget, uten at det er påvist noen spesifikk årsak. ...

• Signaler fra avsetning av forurensede stoffer i og rundt Hafslovatnet (Vest-Norge) over de siste 40 årene 

  Hassum, Malin; Røyrvik, Martin Patelis (Bachelor thesis, 2019)

  Analyse av jordprøvene påviste forurensing i Botn og ved Soget ved Hafslovatnet, Luster kommune, Vest-Norge. Feltobservasjoner avgrenset en søppelfylling ved Soget på en annen plass enn der hvor Miljødirektoratet mistenkte ...

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