E-böcker / Naturvetenskap
Ögon känsliga för stjärnor : en bok om rymden
Som liten brydde sig astronomen Marie Rådbo inte nämnvärt om natthimlen. Det var först i vuxen ålder som himlen tändes upp inför henne, som hon fick ögon känsliga för stjärnor. I d ...
Wood preservation with chemicals
The Nordic Council of Ministers, the BAT Group under the Working Group for Sustainable Consumption and Production, has requested the consultant to prepare a report on Best Availabl ...
Minibok: Ett dygn på månen 1870
Trots att människan har stirrat upp på månen i tusentals år så var det först på 1960-talet som vi kunde undersöka den på plats. Långt in på 1900-talet trodde många att det faktis ...
Att räkna ut ljusets strålar: Forskningspraktik och teoribildning i fysiken
Hur går teoretisk forskning i fysik och liknande vetenskaper till? Teoretiska ämnen kan tyckas underliga och krångliga för nybörjaren och den utomstående. I Att räkna ut ljusets st ...
Marine invasive species in the Arctic
Arctic marine ecosystems are among the most productive and most vulnerable in the world, both from an economic and ecological perspective of growing accessibility. The complexity o ...
Climate change and primary industries
Climate change is expected to have a profound impact on natural resources, and thus on the primary industries (agriculture, forestry and fisheries) in the Nordic countries. Climate ...
Cephalic axial muscles of craniates and their innervations
Föreliggande bok torde vara värdefull for universitetsstuderande inom ämnet biologi samt andra utbildningslinjer som innefattar fördjupad kunskap om kraniedjurens – kraniaternas el ...
Att tänka fritt är stort; att tänka rätt är större
Det är 1700-talsradikalen Thomas Thorild, som myntat de ord, som jag satt som titel på den här boken (och som Uppsala universitet gjort till sitt valspråk). I första stund kan de v ...
Mushrooms traded as food. Vol II sec 2
Mushrooms recognised as edible have been collected and cultivated for many years. In the Nordic countries, the interest for eating mushrooms has increased.In order to ensure that N ...
Decision-making management procedures
This study report analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the procedures which are followed when designating marine Natura 2000 sites and when deciding what fisheries management m ...
Road to regulation of endocrine disruptors and combination effects
Discussions regarding regulation of endocrine disruptors (EDs) and combination effects are ongoing in Europe. Among the central topics of discussion are establishment of criteria f ...
Fisheries Management and Global Warming
The FIMAGLOW project is a Nordic project with the aim to study possible drivers and impacts of global warming on Arctic fisheries. Two workshops has been held, serving to identify ...
Människan, Gud och vetenskapen : åtta forskare som förändrat vår självbild
Många är de vetenskapsmän vilkas upptäckter stridit mot vedertagna uppfattningar och som därför hamnat på kollisionskurs med samhälle och kyrka. Det har varit personer som i grunde ...
Ecosystem Services in Forests
A Nordic Workshop on “Ecosystem Services in Forests – how to assess and value them” was held in Oslo Thursday the 13th of September 2012. During the day, 13 presentations were made ...
Nordic Climate Policy
The Nordic countries are often seen as green both in terms of a good environment and being capable of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This report is concerned with the dev ...
The land-use sector within the post-2020 climate regime
The land-use sector serves key environmental and social functions and supports the livelihoods of around a half of the world’s population. Despite its importance, however, the clim ...
Equity and spectrum of mitigation commitments in the 2015 agreement
To what extent and how can equity be operationalized in a spectrum of mitigation commitments? We approach this question through academic literature review and analysis of Parties’ ...
Addressing resource efficiency through the Ecodesign Directive
The European Union has initiated a number of initiatives to improve resource efficiency in Europe. The Ecodesign Directive is one of the policy instruments that could aid the trans ...
Villivihannekset - aloittelijan opas
Puutarhuri ja villivihannesneuvoja Teija Saarisen oppaassa sukelletaan luonnon omaan puutarhaan, joka on täynnä terveellisiä ja herkulliselta maistuvia kasveja. Ravinteikkaita ja m ...
En liten text om världsfrågorna
Boken är mycket sammansatt. Författaren John Martin Krauklis för oss först genom de svåra kapitlen om vetenskap för att sluta vid direkt religiösa frågor. Varje kapitel tar upp en ...
Controlling Emissions from Wood Burning
This report has been produced by the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) under a grant from the Nordic Council of Ministers under its Arctic Cooperation Program, as ...
Articles treated with antibacterial agents
Do we need antibacterial garbage bags? A wide range of antibacterial consumer articles can be found on the Internet. Mostly there is no information on the antibacterial agents used ...
Two approaches to pricing pollution
In comparison is the commonly used Cap and Trade method with an alternative and novel method for pricing pollution: The aim was to conduct a practical approach to clarify advantage ...
Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
The EU’s Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency obliges Member States to develop programmes to encourage small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to improve energy efficiency b ...
Contingency Planning for Animal Diseases
Outbreaks of infectious animal diseases within the last 10 - 15 years in areas with intensive livestock production have shown how vulnerable the production systems can be when conf ...