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All sperm whales off the Norwegian coasts are males. Their lives are far more interesting than we imagined

Males used to be regarded as loners.

Rising concerns about marine health call for better knowledge of marine microbial communities

SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: Unlocking the mysteries of marine microbial communities can help us make better decisions on marine resource management.

Significant genetic changes in wild salmon

A considerable amount of interbreeding between escaped farmed salmon and various wild salmon stocks has occurred. This could have serious repercussions for the salmon populations, as indicated in a new study.

Who should collect, manage and have access to data from the oceans?

OPINION: Research institutions from Norway and other countries have collected a great amount of data from the northern oceans in recent years. Many people want access to this information.

Shrimp are extinct in several areas

Shrimp have been eradicated in several areas outside of Southern Norway, in the North Sea, and off the coast of Great Britain, according to Norwegian and Swedish researchers.

What do mussels do when subjected to warmer water?

Shelby Clarke picks up a cluster of mussels from a tank. She is measuring mussel death rates, she explains. Scientists are investigating how mussels will react to future heat waves.

Only 5 per cent of the ocean has been explored

“I am certain that there is life in every drop,” a researcher says.

171 trillion pieces of plastic are floating around in our oceans

In 2005, there were only 16 trillion.

What are these holes at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?

Marine scientists discovered them by accident.

Norwegian and Swedish researchers completely disagree about pike

Is pike a useful or harmful species? A new study is sounding the alarm that there are too few predatory fish in the Baltic Sea.

Researchers and the media need to stop crying ‘wolf’ about the Gulf Stream

There are many, many things we should worry about when it comes to global warming. But worrying that the Gulf Stream will stop is not one of them, says one Norwegian oceanographer.

Farmed salmon need zinc to avoid getting sick. But zinc in the ocean harms the environment

Either farmed fish health or the environment suffers.

Seabed methane release follows the rhythm of the tides

SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: Methane is constantly being released from the seabed into the ocean. A recent study in the Arctic Ocean shows that this release follows pressure changes in the sea level related to daily lunar cycles.

Norway allows widespread and destructive fishing in protected sea areas

Widespread fishing takes place in areas that are supposed to be protected. The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research claims this goes against international rules.

Who rules the Arctic seas?

SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: It's not the polar bear...

The sea along Norway’s coast has gotten darker. That’s bad news for fish, seagrass and kelp

At the same time, large numbers of moon jellyfish and helmet jellyfish have taken over many Norwegian fjords.

We have to clean up our approach to cleaning up beaches, researcher says

The commitment among Norwegians to clean up plastic trash from beaches is enormous. But at the same time, the clean-ups have become chaotic and themselves have to be cleaned up, one researcher says.

Microplastics generated by road traffic end up in the Arctic

Small plastic particles from car tyres and disc brakes swirl up, are caught up by the wind and float all the way to the Arctic.

Oceans are at their deepest in 250 million years

And they have hardly been deeper in the last 400 million years than now.

Norway's first onshore sea urchin farm up and running

Sea urchin farming could give Norway a new export commodity for gourmet restaurants in Europe and Asia, and help to save the kelp forests on Norway’s coastal seabed.

Here’s what it looks like 4000 meters below the Arctic ice

Far below the Arctic ice lies a special area with volcanic activity. What lives down there? Scientists have gone on a journey to find out.

World’s highest waves form west of Norway

The world’s tallest ocean waves are generated south of Iceland. From there, these giants roll into the Norwegian and North Seas.

The plant that went to sea

A long, long time ago one of the planet’s flowering plants did the equivalent of a 180 degree about-face, heading back to sea. Now it will never return to land.

Here comes the electric fishing boat

The world’s first electrically powered fishing boat will be presented this August in Trondheim, Norway. But more time and development is needed before it can run completely without diesel.

Researchers take tourism to a higher level

When research hooks up with the travel business, tourists can expect much more meaningful experiences. This is seen in research on whale safari tourism.

Counting copepod crap

A mind-boggling array of tasks forms the underpinning of our understanding of the factors that affect the climate, both now and as the planet warms. Danes aboard the Norwegian research vessel G.O. Sars are adding to this knowledge by counting specks of zooplankton faeces.