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The latest findings from the largest European project in the emerging science of wastewater analysis are presented December 13th by the Europe-wide SCORE group, in association with the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA). The project analyzed wastewater in over 50 European cities in 18 European countries in March 2016 to explore the drug-taking behaviors of their inhabitants.

Since 26th of January 2017, NIVA can provide US Coast Guard testing to the English Class Society Lloyd’s Register as approved subcontracted test facility, in addition to the Norwegian Class Society DNV-GL.

On Tuesday, 27th June 2017, the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) will open its China Office.

The greatest scientific achievements have always been the most humane and the most aesthetically attractive, conveying that sense of beauty and elegance which is the essence of science at its most successful. Since 2010, Norecopa has awarded a prize for outstanding efforts to advance "the 3Rs" - Replacement, Reduction & Refinement - in connection with animal research. This year’s award has been awarded Adam Lillicrap, Research manager at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).

Crunching sounds break the silence when a steel knife cuts loose the top of a trout´s head, exposing the fish brain. Let´s join a guided tour in the Environmental Specimen Bank in Oslo.

The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) requires ships to manage their ballast water to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water and sediments. The convention entered into force September 8th 2017.

After NIVA was officially approved by the US Coast Guard and DNV-GL as a test facility subcontractor for ballast water treatment in March this year, NIVA’s ballast water team has worked intensively with Optimarin, a Norwegian provider of technology based on filtration and UV-treatment of ballast water. In November they had a breakthrough.

EU Water Framework Directive gives specific goals that Member States are obliged to reach. But in a changing climate, with increasingly frequent and extreme weather and climate events, how is water management effectuated?

NIVA has assessed the environmental status of macroalgae communities in Sognefjorden, Norway. The findings show there is reason for concern.

The risk assessment of pesticide is usually performed on individual compounds. The combination of these environmental chemicals in complex environmental mixtures may give rise to unexpected and unwanted effects. Researchers at NIVA have identified that mixtures of pesticides in Norway may indeed represent a risk to aquatic organisms.

Rapid growth of the world’s population, especially in coastal regions, adds pressure on resources and land already approaching their physical limits. As a result, scientists are exploring the design of Offshore Multi-use Platforms to combine industry and harbour activity with renewable energy, aquaculture and leisure.

Three unmanned ocean vehicles (gliders) will be deployed outside Bodø during week 10 (5 – 11 March). The vehicles will be operating on the Norwegian shelf, in Vestfjorden and outside the Lofoten and Vesterålen Islands.

The latest findings from the largest European project in the emerging science of wastewater analysis are presented today by the Europe-wide SCORE group, in association with the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA). The project analysed wastewater in 56 European cities in 19 European countries in March 2017 to explore the drug-taking behaviors of their inhabitants.

The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) with strong collaborators received a million NOK grant from the Norwegian Research Council´s BYFORSK program.

Climate change, including acidification of the oceans, will likely affect many of the plants and animals in our sea and oceans. Fresh research results indicate that kelp could be favoured by some of the changes.

NIVA scientists will be attending the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Setac) European meeting in Rome from the 14th until 17th May 2018. A list of the platform presentations and posters being presented by NIVA researchers are given below. If you are attending, please reach out to one of our scientists if you would like to discuss future collaborations with NIVA or if you have any questions about our research.

When it´s raining on the roads, slops of road dust and contaminants drain into the road trenches. What does it do to wildlife living by the road?

Despite national objectives of reduced use and substitution of hazardous substances, more than two hundred tons were still in use in transport related products in Norway in 2012. Which chemicals are they, how exposed are we humans, and do they leak out to the environment? Newly published research provides some answers.

Kelp Forests are underwater ecosystems formed in shallow waters. Although they look very much like plants, kelps are actually large brown algae. Kelp forests have been described as one of the most ecologically dynamic and biologically diverse habitats on the planet. View this short video from the Norwegian Blur Forest Network (NBFN) to be enlightened.