Browsing Institutt for miljø- og naturvitskap by Title
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Bunching up the background betters bias in species distribution models
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Sets of presence records used to model species’ distributions typically consist of observations collected opportunistically rather than systematically. As a result, sampling probability is geographically uneven, which may ... -
Bærekraft på vitensentre: Hvordan kan ViteMeir vitensenter bidra til bærekraftig utvikling?
(Bachelor thesis, 2020)Denne bacheloroppgaven er en kvalitativ studie som tar for seg bærekraftig utvikling på vitensentre i Norge, samt hvilke tiltak et vitensenter kan gjøre for å opptre bærekraftig tilknyttet FNs bærekraftsmål. Vitensentre ... -
Bølgekraft
(Bachelor thesis, 2019)Norge er en oljenasjon som i stor grad har blitt bygd opp av olje- og gassnæringen. Dette har ført til rikdom og videre til flere velferdsgoder. Men rikdommen har kommet med en pris. Oljen bidrar direkte eller indirekte ... -
Citizen engagement in climate change adaptation
(Master thesis, 2022)Adaptation has developed as a significant topic of study and evaluation among researchers working in the field of climate change. According to the vast majority of scholarly research, the most important factor in determining ... -
Citizen-led initiatives in the German wind energy sector - a qualitative and quantitative exploration
(Master thesis, 2021)Onshore wind energy development in Germany faces a problem, the citizens do not want wind turbines in their backyard (NIMBY). Citizen-led initiatives, prominently in form of energy cooperatives, are deemed to increase the ... -
Citizen’s Engagement in Drought Adaptation Practises, Dhuseni, Nepal
(Master thesis, 2022)Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries in terms of climate change. Climate change is impacting the livelihood of people in all the sectors in Nepal especially in the rural areas in the mid hills. The mid hills regions ... -
Climate change adaptation in traditional livelihoods: A study of facilitation in Norway and Nepal
(Master thesis, 2021)The climate changes are now leading to a common understanding of the importance of adaptation to prevent disastrous outcomes on nature and people. In Norway and Nepal people engaged in reindeer herding and agriculture, ... -
Climate Change and Climate Risk Perception among Actors in the Norwegian Renewable Energy Sector
(Master thesis, 2023)This master’s thesis aims to analyse the perception of actors in the Norwegian renewable energy sector about climate risk and the consequences of climate change on the renewable energy sector. Climate risks have highly ... -
Closing the sustainable development gap: A global study of goal interactions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Meeting one sustainable development goal on human needs, social justice, or environmental limits can make it harder (or easier) to meet others. The extent to which countries succeed in reconciling these goals is context-specific ... -
Collective Action and Social Innovation in the Energy Sector: A Mobilization Model Perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This conceptual paper applies a mobilization model to Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs) in the energy sector. The goal is to synthesize aspects of sustainable transition theories with social movement theory to gain ... -
Community dynamics can modify the direction of simulated warming effects on crop yield
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Climate change affects agriculture through a range of direct and indirect pathways. These include direct changes to impacts of pests and diseases on crops and indirect effects produced by interactions between organisms. ... -
Composite landscape predictors improve distribution models of ecosystem types
(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 ... -
Concurrent MORB-type and ultrapotassic volcanism in an extensional basin along the Laurentian Iapetus margin: Tectonomagmatic response to Ordovician arc-continent collision and subduction polarity flip
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Arc-continent collision, followed by subduction polarity flip, occurs during closure of oceanic basins and contributes to the growth of continental crust. Such a setting may lead to a highly unusual association of ultrapotassic ... -
Constraining the tectonic evolution of rifted continental margins by U–Pb calcite dating
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We employ U–Pb calcite dating of structurally-controlled fracture fills within crystalline Caledonian basement in western Norway to reveal subtle large-scale tectonic events that affected this rifted continental margin. ... -
Contrasting effects from snow cover manipulation on two dwarf shrubs along an altitudinal gradient – an investigation on the phenology and performance of Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium vitis-idaea
(Master thesis, 2019)Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium vitis-idaea are key species in boreal ecosystems due to their abundance in biomass, flowering and berry production, yet we know little about how they are affected by ongoing climate change. ... -
The Contribution of Energy Communities to the Upscaling of Photovoltaics in Germany and Italy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Energy communities (EC) are among the new actors in the energy market, playing an important role in the uptake of photovoltaics (PV) in European markets. This paper estimates their aggregate contribution to the low-carbon ... -
Correlates of Commuter Cycling in Three Norwegian Counties
(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 ... -
Cryoconite – From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Cryoconite is a mixture of mineral and organic material covering glacial ice, playing important roles in biogeochemical cycles and lowering the albedo of a glacier surface. Understanding the differences in structure of ... -
Current state and call for action to accomplish findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability of low carbon energy data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)With the continued digitization of the energy sector, the problem of sunken scholarly data investments and forgone opportunities of harvesting existing data is exacerbating. It compounds the problem that the reproduction ...