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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 a

Lead authorship for upcoming IPBES report

Francesca Verones was selected as lead author for the upcoming IPBES report on Biodiversity and business. This report aims to provide an assessment of the impacts, as well as the dependence, that businesses and biodiversity have. The goal is to identify methods and indicators with which these impacts can be

Group retreat and midterm evaluations of two ATLANTIS PhDs

Group retreat and midterm evaluations of two ATLANTIS PhDs

From 12-14 April 2023 the entire Industrial Ecology Programme went on a group retreat to Oppdal, approximately two hours away from Trondheim. Apart from team building and social activities, the aim was to hold the midterm evaluations of 8 PhD students of the Industrial Ecology Programme, among them Fei Song

Plastics: some history, benefits and challenges

Plastics: some history, benefits and challenges

Polymers have transformed our lives. We have been benefiting from them since approximately 1600 BC when natural rubber was first discovered[1]. A polymer is a material that consists of many repeated smaller subunits known as monomers. The way these monomers are arranged results in the formation of different kinds

COP15 to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity: Quick history and relation to ATLANTIS

COP15 to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity: Quick history and relation to ATLANTIS

Global biodiversity has declined rapidly in the past decades, the WWF’s Living Planet Report of 2022 stated that wildlife populations declined on average 69% since 1970. In light of this issue, the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) was

CONSENCE on the move!

CONSENCE on the move!

In 2022, the CONSENCE project was on the move. Literally! As the global coronavirus pandemic eased (-ish), came the first opportunity to attend conferences and share some of our first results! The first stop was the 32nd annual European meeting of SETAC (the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) [1]

Research stay with the Center for Marine Debris Research

Research stay with the Center for Marine Debris Research

During the fall semester of 2022, Marthe Høiberg got the opportunity to do a research stay with the Center for Marine Debris Research (CMDR) on Oahu, Hawai'i. The research center is part of Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU) and they conduct interdisciplinary research on plastic pollution in the field and their

ATLANTIS at the EcoBalance 2022

ATLANTIS at the EcoBalance 2022

EcoBalance is a conference held in Japan every second year since 1994, it has a strong focus on LCA and its application in industries. This year, the 15th EcoBalance, was hosted in Fukuoka, and themed ´Shifting Paradigms with Life Cycle Thinking´. Two members from the ATLANTIS project, me (Fei Song)

82nd Swiss LCA discussion forum on addressing the issue of plastic pollution: status quo and the way forward

82nd Swiss LCA discussion forum on addressing the issue of plastic pollution: status quo and the way forward

The ATLANTIS team organized the 82nd Swiss LCA discussion forum

Participation at the 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC)

Participation at the 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC)

Naiara Casagrande, who is affiliated with ATLANTIS, attended the 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC) with a group of research from NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal. The conference took place from the 18th to the 23rd of September 2022 in Busan, Republic of Korea. This was the first to be

Marine plastic pollution in Trondheims neighbourhood

Marine plastic pollution in Trondheims neighbourhood

When thinking about marine plastic litter, which has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, many people may think first about piles of waste in Africa or Asia. However, the pollution can be closer than you think. As the crow flies it is less than 100 km from Trondheim

Research visit in Hawaii

Research visit in Hawaii

Francesca Verones spent July and August 2022 on Oahu and Big Island, Hawaii for a research visit to continue working on the issues of how plastic pollution is affecting the marine ecosystem. She focused especially on how plastic and invasive species are perceived to impact important marine ecosystem services in

ATLANTIS at the Copenhagen SETAC conference

ATLANTIS at the Copenhagen SETAC conference

Several members of the ATLANTIS project attended the SETAC Europe 32nd annual meeting in Copenhagen this year. We presented our recent progress in the development of characterisation factors for life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) and the MarINvaders toolkit and database, meanwhile we were inspired by other researchers and met associates

New publication: Global distribution of potential impact hotspots for marine plastic debris entanglement

New publication: Global distribution of potential impact hotspots for marine plastic debris entanglement

An important component of the ATLANTIS project is the development of global models for impacts of plastic debris on marine ecosystems, in accordance with the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) framework. As a means towards achieving this goal, we have developed an indicator of potential macroplastic entanglement impact levels, which

PhD candidate modelling impacts of marine invasive species

PhD candidate modelling impacts of marine invasive species

"My goal is to distinguish introduction pathways of invasive species in marine environments and quantify the impacts of invasive species on marine ecosystems"

First ATLANTIS workshop

First ATLANTIS workshop

On 24 March 2021 the first, virtual, ATLANTIS workshop was held. The workshop had almost 30 attendees and a very diverse speaker list from around the world. After a general introduction into the project, life cycle assessment and the current framework for including plastic waste into life cycle impact assessment

Announcement of the first ATLANTIS workshop

We are excited to announce the first workshop for the ATLANTIS project on 24th March 6pm CET. The aim of this online workshop is to present the project and some preliminary results to an audience of interested persons, to inform stakeholders about the ongoing work, but also to get feedback

Presentation in the Sano Sustainability Webinar Series

Presentation in the Sano Sustainability Webinar Series

Francesca has been invited to present the ATLANTIS project and the MariLCA initiative on 17 March 2021 , 11:15 GMT. This is a webinar series from the African Waste Academy, presenting each week a different speaker connected to the issue of plastic waste in the ocean. For more information see

Plastic in fisheries and aquaculture floods to Norwegian sea

Plastic in fisheries and aquaculture floods to Norwegian sea

Which item in your life can be a common pollutant? If you were being questioned, you may immediately think of Plastic. Yes, plastic is very widely used in our life and pollution due to plastic has been an emerging, global environmental problem in the past few decades. Among all the

New PhD candidate: modelling impacts of energy systems on biodiversity in Norway

New PhD candidate: modelling impacts of energy systems on biodiversity in Norway

Hei! My name is Dafna Gilad and I just recently joined the Industrial Ecology Programme [https://www.ntnu.edu/indecol/industrial-ecology-programme] in the Department of Energy and Process Engineering at NTNU. With background in ecology and conservation biology, the promotion of wildlife conservation has always been important to me: I

The ocean plastic pollution from a Norwegian perspective

The ocean plastic pollution from a Norwegian perspective

There is no doubt that the increasing plastic pollution of the world's oceans has also reached Norway. Plastic bottles, fishing nets and countless other plastic items can now be found even on the most remote coastline stretches in the far north of Norway and are no longer only a problem

SANO Excursion 1H2021

SANO Excursion 1H2021

… is calling on master’s students, PhD candidates and other young researchers in South Africa and in Norway to join forces in combating plastic waste and preventing marine pollution. To succeed in this fight, before it is too late, we need more data and new knowledge as a foundation for