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Sep 4, 2019 · Those who were vaccinated against Covid-19 had a lower mortality rate compared to those who were not vaccinated in the period from 2021 to 2023. This is shown by a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. "I was always running around looking for shirts and blood pressure cuffs that ...
Why next year is unlikely to be as warm as 2024
2 days ago · The year we are in, 2024, will be the warmest year ever recorded. The previous year, 2023, set the same record. This year, for the first time, the average temperature appears to be 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial times, reports the World Meteorological Organization and Copernicus, the EU's climate monitoring service.. Will it …
Environment - Sciencenorway.no
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The northern lights will become even more spectacular in the …
Dec 23, 2024 · The peak is not yet reached. In October, NASA announced that the solar cycle had reached what is called solar maximum. This means that the Sun's activity is at its highest point. However, the northern lights do not reach their peak until a few years after solar maximum, astrophysicist Pål Brekke explains on the website space.com. “We should have several years still with very high aurora ...
A new medicine for almost everything – is it too good to be true?
5 days ago · Initially, it was only about type 2 diabetes. Semaglutide is the active substance in the Wegovy and Ozempic injections produced by the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. Semaglutide works on diabetes by mimicking a natural hormone in the body called GLP-1. This hormone plays a key role in ...
New study: The northern Barents Sea could be seven degrees …
Nov 18, 2024 · The Barents Sea, located north of Norway, is one of the ocean areas most affected by climate change. The northern part of this sea area remains ice-covered much of the year, supporting seals, polar bears, seabirds, Arctic fish, and various small marine creatures.
Is Norway a climate laggard compared to Sweden and Denmark?
Feb 13, 2024 · In a report prepared by the Boston Consulting Group for the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) in January, it became clear that Norway is lagging behind other northern European countries when it comes to emission cuts.
Norway's Deep Sea Mineral Deposits: If there is going to be …
Dec 4, 2023 · “There's a goldmine out there. Literally. Both gold and silver,” Egil Tjåland says. Tjåland is describing the mineral deposits in the deep sea between Jan Mayen and Svalbard, about 1,000 km northwest of mainland Norway.
Can a Norwegian invention revolutionise artificial intelligence?
Feb 4, 2024 · Has created the Tsetlin chip. The invention is called the Tsetlin machine. If it lives up to its promise, it will be faster, require less computing power, and be gentler on the climate and environment than today's artificial intelligence.