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Articles by Bjørnar Kjensli

Ocean acidification puts Norway in a pickle

September 30, 2013 in Environment

Research since the last IPPC climate change report has provided further proof of mounting acidification of the oceans. Norwegian experts think the fifth IPPC assessment report, to be released in Stockholm this week, should be an eye-opener.
Swedish sailors injure knees on land

June 24, 2013 in Society & Culture

The knee is the most vulnerable part of the body for elite competition sailors ― but the damage is usually done on land.
Rumble strips save lives on Swedish roads

June 22, 2013 in Society & Culture

Fatal and serious traffic accidents involving only one car are down 30 percent on Swedish freeways after rumble strips were added.
All giant squids are close kin

March 23, 2013 in Natural Sciences

The mystical leviathans living deep in oceans worldwide are all one species.
Creating sterile farmed fish

June 23, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Fish spend a great deal of energy in sexual maturation and the aquaculture industry would like to avoid that by raising sterile fish. This would also prevent runaway farmed fish from mixing their genes with wild cousins. Norwegian researchers are on the case.
Cheap hamburger could be choice steaks

June 18, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Little Norwegian beef ends up being served as steaks. With new feeding and butchering techniques the country’s cattle could provide more whole cuts and less minced or ground beef.
The chemistry of cake baking

March 24, 2012 in Health

Most cakes contain eggs, milk, flour and sugar. Now there’s a way to make them without one or more of these ingredients.
Lemmings’ loss is bounty for moss

March 23, 2012 in Natural Sciences

After a prolific lemming year their corpses can be found strewn around the mountains and woods. This is good news for mosses that have specialised in getting nutrients from these dead rodents.
Bright spots in the environmental gloom

January 22, 2012 in Environment

The climate crisis can seem insolvable, but since the 1970s we have actually solved some of our major environmental challenges.
Environmental brutes of the past

January 15, 2012 in Environment

Have humans ever lived in harmony with nature? Or are we inherently environmental brutes who mindlessly cut down huge forests – and discharge environmental toxins into the soil, the waters and the atmosphere?

Bjørnar Kjensli

Bjørnar Kjensli is a Norwegian science journalist. He writes for ScienceNordic and forskning.no - Norwegian online news magazine on science.

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