Noticias sobre Norway
Worley and Waterise enter into strategic global partnership
Worley has entered into a partnership with Waterise to deploy its subsea desalination solution to projects and communities on a global scale.
Why all voices are needed to create a Circular Economy
Professor May Thorseth stresses the need for stakeholder involvement beyond traditional solution experts. In many of the EU's H2020 projects, Responsible Research and Innovation are compulsory. ULTIMATE project research investigates people's beliefs and morals on the circular economy.
Shrinking Alpine glaciers will impact Europe’s water resources
Switzerland’s Alpine glaciers are disappearing, and the consequences may be felt throughout Europe.
Droughts in Europe in July 2022: almost half of the EU +UK territory at risk
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre today published the “Drought in Europe - July 2022” report, an assessment of Europe’s drought situation based on the European Drought Observatory.
Norwegian rivers need to be better protected
When hydroelectric power plants suddenly switch off the water, we risk killing fish fry and other living organisms in rivers. The regulations need to change, say scientists and anglers.
Is there snow in that tree? Citizen science helps unpack snow’s effect on summer water supplies
The snow that falls in the mountains is good for more than just skiing, snowshoeing and breathtaking vistas.
African Heritage Sites threatened by coastal flooding and erosion as sea-level rise accelerates
A team of climate risk and heritage experts from IHE Delft and other institutions warn that important heritage sites along the African coast are at risk from climate change in a new study published this week in Nature Climate Change.
Extreme weather in Europe costs around half a trillion euros over past 40 years
Extreme weather events like storms, heatwaves and flooding accounted for economic losses of around half a trillion euros over the past 40 years and led to between 85 000 and 145 000 human fatalities across Europe.
EBRD and EU upgrade wastewater services in Jordan
Jordanian cities of Amman and Zarqa to benefit from new wastewater treatment facility. €30 million EBRD loan and €30 million EU grant for state-of-the-art facility. New facility to benefit more than 1 million people, including Syrian refugees.
Wastewater treatment improves in Europe but large differences remain
Collection and treatment of waste water are key to reducing pressures and risks to human health and the environment, especially to rivers, lakes, and coastal waters.
Climate change risks ‘runaway’ humanitarian crisis, aid system collapse, UN warns
By Megan Rowling. Aid agencies say the needs of those hit by droughts and floods are surging and could spiral out of control, calling for more money to help the vulnerable adapt to a warmer world.
International government-led coalition calls for urgent action on pumped storage hydropower
‘Get used to blackouts’ or risk reverting to fossil fuels is the warning, unless the world scales up investment in water batteries to support fast-growing solar and wind power.
Europe experiences warmest year on record in 2020
The latest edition in an annual series of global climate reports shows that Europe experienced its warmest year in 2020 by a considerable amount.
Water ranking in Europe 2020
Europe is a very heterogeneous continent in many ways, and water is no exception.
Sacyr renews its commitment to the Spanish Handball Federation
The infrastructures and services company, which sponsors the federation since 2015, extends its support to Spanish handball for another two years.
Wetlands conservation and restoration important for climate change resilience in the Arctic
Foreign Ministers of the Arctic States (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden and the United States of America), representatives of Arctic indigenous peoples and observers meeting on 20 May 2021 in Reykjavik, Iceland for the 12th meeting of the Arctic Council adopted a number of wetland-related recommendations.
Why do people support fish species conservation in European rivers?
Different mentalities in Germany, France, Norway and Sweden.
New climate predictions increase likelihood of temporarily reaching 1.5 °C in next 5 years
There is about a 40% chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level in at least one of the next five years – and these odds are increasing with time, according to a new climate update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Researchers find Greenland glacial meltwaters rich in mercury
New research shows that concentrations of the toxic element mercury in rivers and fjords connected to the Greenland Ice Sheet are comparable to rivers in industrial China, an unexpected finding that is raising questions about the effects of glacial melting in an area that is a major exporter of seafood.
Voith Hydro and HYDROGRID successfully complete pilot phase of cooperation
Voith Hydro has taken the next step in delivering the benefits of digitalization to its customers by entering a pilot phase of cooperation with Austrian HYDROGRID.