Blue Carbon – climate adaptation, CO2 uptake and sequestration of carbon in Nordic blue forests
Nordic Blue Carbon report is published!
Read the published Nordic Blue Carbon report here.
StoryMap on Nordic Blue Carbon
Take a look at the StoryMap produced for the Nordic Blue Carbon Project. It summarises the findings of the project and gives an interactive overview of why Blue Forests and Blue Carbon are so important for the Nordic countries. View…
Norwegian Blue Forests Week
We are excited to announce the dates for this year’s event organised by the Norwegian Blue Forests Network. When: 9 to 13 November 2020 Where: Online, click here to see the conference What: An arena to stimulate knowledge-exchange and discussions…
Blått karbon – En fagkveld om taredyrking og karbonlagring
Tekna Havbruk og fiskehelse Bli med på et faglig dypdykk om taredyrking og karbonlagring! Taredyrking pekes på en som en av vekstnæringen i havbrukbransjen, men kan taredyrking også bidra til at Norge reduserer sine klimagassutslipp? Med storskalaproduksjon av rasktvoksende tare…
Arbeidsmøte i Granada om makroalgenes rolle i det globale karbonbudsjettet
I tre intense dager var 16 forskere fra Europa, Australia og USA samlet i Granada for å diskutere makroalgenes rolle i det globale karbonbudsjettet. Fra Blå skog-nettverket stilte NIVAs Kasper Hancke og Hege Gundersen, samt Karen Filbee-Dexter fra HI. Det…
Burial of kelp carbon in deep water sediments in Frohavet
This task has been executed by Kasper Hancke, Gunhild Borgersen, Anders Ruus and Marc Anglès d’Auriac at NIVA. The Nordic Blue Carbon (“Blått-karbon”) project was co-funded by The Norwegian Network for Blue Forests (NBFN.no) to increase the initial sample size…
How Nordic marine forests can help fight climate change
Despite the wealth of marine forests throughout the Nordics, we are yet to exploit their potential role in combating climate change. Here’s what we need to do. Research suggests that are many reasons to fall in love with marine forests,…
Marine forests – Nature’s own carbon capture and storage
Kelp forests and seagrass meadows soak up carbon dioxide and help protect our coasts against rising seas. Just two reasons why we should learn to love our marine forests. Marine forests are really something rather special, and we don’t just…