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Encounters With Giant Sharks In The Arctic

It was one of these extremely rare days of calms seas far north in the world. When visiting the...

On Water And Subsidence In Mexico City

Mexico City has the best hotel shower ever. I am not one to spend a long time in the shower, but...

Citizen Science Then And Now. Want To Play The Game?

Our cabin is situated in one of the most remote places in Norway. My family got the place in the...

World Biodiversity Day: Wetlands, Biodiversity And The Role Of Earth Observations

It is somehow ingrained in my body, I think. The appreciation of biodiversity. I know I love wetlands...

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The UN and The Environment

The UN and The Environment

Aug 13 2010 | comment(s)

The last 10 years or so I have been working on various aspects of the environment. Though my main perspective has been scientific, the political framework set the scene and define the premises for even scientific discussions, particularly when it comes to funding.
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Plastiki On The Conveyor Belt

Plastiki On The Conveyor Belt

Jul 27 2010 | comment(s)

Plastiki  is made out of – you guessed it – plastic. Plastiki, the plastic bottle version of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki  , was carried from San Francisco to Sydney on a conveyor belt....and wind

I remember when water bottles were introduced on the Norwegian market. It was the most stupid idea I had ever heard of and could not imagine how anybody would be willing to loose their money on this bound to fail business project. Obviously I was wrong. Even in a clean country like Norway where fresh water is abundant everywhere there was a market for bottled water. Go figure.
Do You Believe In Global Warming? ClimateGate Revisited - Again

Do You Believe In Global Warming? ClimateGate Revisited - Again

Jul 09 2010 | comment(s)

Oil Spill From An Almost Artistic Point Of View

Oil Spill From An Almost Artistic Point Of View

Jul 03 2010 | comment(s)

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is nothing but a plain disaster. It was of course a topic at ESA's Living Planet Symposium in Bergen this week, where use of satellites to help mitigate this environmental - and economic - disaster was on the agenda. But this is not about the science nor the politics of the oil spill.


Satellites and Sea Ice

Satellites and Sea Ice

Jun 29 2010 | comment(s)

Satellites are being used to look at practically everything you can think of. Well, maybe not. But if you take a single subject like ice, it is amazing how many ways you can look at it with a surprisingly large number of satellites.

A random visit to a session or two here at the ESA Living Planet Symposium in Bergen show a small selection of ways to look at ice from space.

Sea Ice. Courtesy ESA
ESA's Living Planet gathering

ESA's Living Planet gathering

Jun 28 2010 | comment(s)

ESA and friends are celebrating the success of the Living Planet program in Bergen Norway this week. It cannot be described as anything but a success actually, with a number of new advanced and innovative Earth observation satellites in orbit performing not only on target, but exceeding expectations.

Cryosat-2 by ESA