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Climate change makes cod grow

May 7, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

North Sea cod are growing far more than expected. The explanation lies in global warming.

How agriculture came to Scandinavia

April 30, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

The great archaeological riddle of how agriculture spread to Northern Europe now seems to have been solved.

Halibut pierced by mysterious ’projectile parasite’

April 7, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown parasite that attacks the Greenland halibut by piercing the fillet. The fish almost looks as if it were shot with a rifle.

Less Salmonella in outdoor and organic herds

March 26, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

A study surprisingly reveals a lower incidence of Salmonella bacteria in outdoor and organic pig herds than in conventional herds.

Diverse herrings are super survivors

March 9, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

New research reveals how herring genes vary with the environment. The discovery could make it easier to protect the herring stock against future challenges such as climate change.

Old spawners important for salmon rivers

February 27, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Super-veterans among salmon are keys to the survival of river stocks in hard times.

Farmed salmon retains good fats

February 22, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Norwegian farmed salmon is still a good source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, even though these fish are now fed more vegetable oils than previously.

Waking plankton from hibernation

February 15, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

They are the motor of the ecosystem in the oceans of the high North. But we don’t know much about where plankton are during the sunless winters or how they waken in spring.

The mysterious Arctic skate

February 13, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

A hundred-kilo barn door with two sharp “penises” glides above the seabed in Norwegian fjords, prowling for a female. Meet the Arctic skate, an ancient and secretive fish.

On the track of the world’s first farmer

January 31, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

The very first farmer may have lived in a barren mountain landscape in Turkey over 10,000 years ago.

Genes reveal animal history

January 24, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Reindeer living way up north today are immigrants from the south. This is revealed by their genes, which also divulge other secrets of these animals’ shared history with humankind for thousands of years.

The crucial choice to cultivate the land

January 23, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Agriculture gave us cities and pyramids but it can also lead to poorer health. Why did humans choose to go down this road?

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