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Image of heart carved into wood, used as illustration for article on the research project Cardiovascular Disease in Norway.

Low education increases risk of heart disease (29.04.2014)

Fewer Norwegians have suffered from cardiovascular disease in the past decade. The exception are women with low education, who have seen an increase.

This picture from 1956 shows Russian trawlers seized by the Norwegian coast guard for poaching in Norwegian waters. A United Nations treaty has since contributed to reducing such tensions over international waters.

A constitution for the Seas (22.04.2014)

An increase in world trade led to the initial regulation of the sea. Now changes in climate and the environmental create a need for new regulations.

Illustration showing beer brewing and drinking traditions in Norway in a historical perspective as part of an article about how old beer brewing traditions are being embraced by new generations.

Beer brewing: from tradition to trend (15.04.2014)

Tradition and community are important ingredients as part of the renewed interest in micro-brewing and local food culture.

Farmed fish and seafood being traded at an auction house in the Khulna region west in Bangladesh, in March 2012.

Ethical food trade in the spotlight (03.04.2014)

The SEAT research project wants to help consumers make more ethical choices when purchasing farmed fish products. The researchers hope this can be achieved by creating a dialogue between producers in Asia and consumers in Europe.

WUN Director John P. Hearn (to the left) and UiB Rector Dag Rune Olsen at the WUN conference in Cape Town in the first week of April 2014. WUN is a global research network.

UiB growing with WUN collaborations (03.04.2014)

WUN is a global research network that focuses on UiB’s priorities of international health and climate research. What’s not to like?

Stock photo image of light bulb with mountain landscape pictured inside the bulb; indicating the link between energy consumption and environmental issues.

Mapping climate and energy measures (01.04.2014)

A UiB-hosted research project aims to better understand the relationship between energy production and climate measures. The goal is to give decision-makers better tools to create climate policies that also take into account the world’s growing energy requirements.