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Disowning a Successful Policy to Pursue Retrograde Actions?

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Disowning a Successful Policy to Pursue Retrograde Actions?

Just five years ago, Europe’s big political families came together under the leadership of the then dominant conservative parties to pursue what is responsible, the phase-out of fossil fuels. Today, a dangerous reversal is underway.

The Ocean's Changing Landscape: Insights from the 2024 State of the Ocean Report

Our oceans are undergoing significant changes, with pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss becoming increasingly urgent environmental issues. The State of the Ocean Report 2024, published by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), throws light on these challenges and emphasizes the need for immediate action. Many of the findings in

Who's that girl? New PhD in ATLANTIS

Who's that girl? New PhD in ATLANTIS

After working as a research assistant in ATLANTIS, I, Catherine Deschênes, am happy to announce that I have started a PhD in that same project. With ATLANTIS being extended a year until March 2026, an opportunity came up for me to step-up as a PhD in ATLANTIS. With a background

ATLANTIS Members Lead Two Events on Plastic Pollution

ATLANTIS Members Lead Two Events on Plastic Pollution

Earlier this month, members of the ATLANTIS project took part in two events related to plastic pollution. These events brought together researchers, PhD candidates, and the public to explore the impact of plastics on the environment and highlight the need for urgent interventions. The MAPLE Project in the Spotlight On

Reducing GHG emissions from global buildings

Reducing GHG emissions from global buildings

Demand reduction, circular economy, and substitution offer complementary emission savings A new scenario analysis for the global building stock confirms quicker and deeper emission reductions from combining biogenic building materials, lightweighting, lifetime extension, reuse/recycling, and demand reduction; compared to employing each strategy individually. In a new paper in the

Climate protection and protection against climate change

Climate protection and protection against climate change

Despite record summer heat and now record flooding, Austria's media seem to be more concerned about the costs than the benefits of climate protection. For electioneering politicians, climate action appears to be limited to crisis management. Pausing emission reductions, as they suggested before the floods, will bring new,

Defense of first ATLANTIS PhD

Defense of first ATLANTIS PhD

On Friday the 13th of September Marthe Alnes Høiberg defended her PhD thesis with the title “Towards inclusion of plastic pollution in Life Cycle Assessments: Impacts of entanglement from species to ecosystem quality level”. Marthe has written about the impacts of plastic entaglement within life cycle impact assessment and has

New publication: Characterization Factors for plastic debris entanglement

New publication: Characterization Factors for plastic debris entanglement

We are excited to announce the publication of our latest research, "Disentangling marine plastic impacts in Life Cycle Assessment: Spatially explicit Characterization Factors for ecosystem quality" in Science of the Total Environment. While many studies have addressed and reported on different impacts of plastic pollution, the Life Cycle

Publication: Effect factors for marine invasion impacts on biodiversity

Publication: Effect factors for marine invasion impacts on biodiversity

Biological invasions are considered one of the five greatest drivers to biodiversity loss. In our new article, we assess a relative impact, globally and regionally. As a result we can map out sort of a "priority map".

ATLANTIS visits second graders

ATLANTIS visits second graders

Francesca Verones and Martin Dorber visited a second class in Trondheim to teach and inform about plastic and its environmental impacts. We talked about how plastics are made, how much is thrown away and what happens with the plastic that is not properly managed. The children were very engaged and

Fossil Fuels Beyond Energy: Tracing fossil-based plastics, chemicals, and fertilizers production in China

Fossil Fuels Beyond Energy: Tracing fossil-based plastics, chemicals, and fertilizers production in China

by Meng Jiang and Edgar Hertwich Fossil Fuels Beyond Energy Fossil fuels (also referred to as fossil hydrocarbons), encompassing coal, oil, and natural gas, have long been recognized as key drivers of industrialization. Historically, around 90% of global fossil hydrocarbons have been used as fuels for electricity generation, industry, transport,

Monitoring Plastic Pollution in Frøya's Archipelago with AI

Monitoring Plastic Pollution in Frøya's Archipelago with AI

In the peaceful waters of Frøya's Archipelago, located off the coast of Norway, a silent crisis unfolds: plastic is polluting hundreds of small islands. This newly initiated project in the archipelago seeks to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor and combat the plastic pollution washing up on its

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024

Every two years, the Ocean Sciences Meeting, co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union, the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and The Oceanography Society (TOS), brings together the ocean community to exchange findings, foster connections among scientists worldwide, and advance the impact of science. The Ocean Sciences

EU's climate target within reach thanks to the European Green Deal

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EU's climate target within reach thanks to the European Green Deal

Naysayers argue nothing can be done about climate change. Anarchists argue emissions are fault of the economic system. Europe may be about to prove both sides wrong.

A global plastic treaty must include the fishing industry

A global plastic treaty must include the fishing industry

Plastic pollution is well reputed as a prevailing global environmental crisis, which has resulted in significant actions towards addressing the issue over the years, e.g., in the form of national bans on items such as plastic straws, bags and cutlery. These bans have typically targeted packaging and other single-use

The Material and Carbon Footprint of Machinery Capital: A Dual Role in Climate Change

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The Material and Carbon Footprint of Machinery Capital: A Dual Role in Climate Change

by Meng Jiang and Edgar Hertwich Our world is increasingly mechanized, with machinery and equipment being integral to both industrial processes and our daily lives. From agricultural machines to advanced technology like graphics processors and renewable energy tools like solar panels, machinery is ubiquitous. Machinery capital is essential, yet research

New publication out

New publication out

Plastic waste can not only lead to physical impacts, like entanglement or ingestion, but it is suspected, that it can also lead to toxic impacts. In this publication, Naiara Casagrande, affiliated with the ATLANTIS project, has developed effect factors for additives that are used in plastic products. The results of

Knowledge gained on marine litter through beach cleanups

Knowledge gained on marine litter through beach cleanups

Our coasts and beaches are more than just beauty. They are home to many animals and plants. They also provide jobs and income for communities and people, such as fishermen, tour guides, and hotel owners. Despite of their importance, these ecosystems are under pressure from the huge amount of marine

New ATLANTIS publication out

New ATLANTIS publication out

Our paper about the MarInvaders WebTool has finally been published in Ecosphere. We have built a tool to visualize the database that we compiled previously. We collected data for 966 aliens pecies for 225 marine ecoregions and also included over 1500 species that are threatened by invasive species. While the

"Plastic day" / "Plastdagen" in Trondheim

Guest author: Gabrielle Häberli Time: 12th of October 2023 Location: Dokkhuset, Trondheim. Plastics – incredibly useful Plastic is an umbrella term describing a wide range of materials often perceived as "non-natural". They date back more than 100 years although their production only really "took flight" as an

Dagsvik silent on the detection limit of their instrument

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Dagsvik silent on the detection limit of their instrument

The suitability of their method to investigate the presence or absence of global warming has not been demonstrated.

Climate denial published by Statistics Norway

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Climate denial published by Statistics Norway

A discussion paper released by Statistics Norway contains standard talking-points of climate denial and a crude statistical model of selected temperature measurements which is unable to detect anything. Here I show how these points are flawed and point to sources of facts and scientific findings.

An emergency brake for the climate

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An emergency brake for the climate

To limit global heating to 1.5 degrees, the EU’s Climate Advisors recommend that Europe cuts 90-95% of carbon emissions by 2040 compared to 1990. Fossil fuels should be phased out as quickly as possible.

Experience from the research visit in Norway

Experience from the research visit in Norway

From May to August 2023, Naiara Casagrande was invited to join the Industrial Ecology Programme at NTNU as a visiting PhD student. Naiara is a Ph.D. student at NOVA University of Lisbon, in Portugal, and conducts research at the Marine Research and Environmental Risk Lab (MARlab), which is part

The ISIE2023 conference in Leiden

The ISIE2023 conference in Leiden

People with interests in the field of Industrial Ecology from around the world gathered in the city of Leiden (Netherlands) from the 2nd to the 5th of July. They met for the conference set up by the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE). The overall theme was "transitions in