Martin Dorber
Realfagbygget, E4-158B, Gløshaugen, Høgskoleringen 5, 7034 Trondheim
About
Martin Dorber is a senior researcher at the Industrial Ecology Programme at NTNU.
My key research interests are to understand how anthropogenic pressures (e.g., a product) are impacting biodiversity and how we can minimize these impacts for a transition into a more sustainable world.
More specifically I am focusing on the filed of life cycle assessment (LCA), where my research aim is to complement/devleop new models that are quantifying ecosystem quality damages, with focus on aquatic, marine and terrestrial biodiversity. This in turn improves the decsision-making of LCA. In addition, I am applying these models to quantify how tarde influences and chnages these impacts and how we can help to reduce biodiversity loss.
In addition, I am working for several workgroups of the UNEP-SETAC life cycle initiative on ecosystem quality within Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA).
Education
- 2019: PhD, Industrial Ecology, NTNU, Trondheim
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Quantifying biodiversity impacts of hydropower electricity production within the framework of Life Cycle Assessment
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- Master of Science, Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
- Bachelor of Science, Environmental Nature Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Ongoing Projects:
2024-2031 Integrated Hub for Energy System Analyses (InterPlay) - FME
2023-2024 WWF Science based target network (SBTN)
2023-2025 Plastic Monotoring Mausund - Monitoring mismanaged plastic waste with Camera Traps at the Froan nature reserve and surrounding area. In collaboration with Odd Arne from Eider as; Jan Borgelt and Francesca Verones from NTNU. Role: Research design and execution, fieldwork, master student supervision.
2022-2025 RAINFOREST - Co-produced transformative knowledge to accelerate change for biodiversity. Funded by Horizon Europe. Here my tasks are case-study applications, contribution to indicator development for terrestrial biodiversity. I am also formally co-supervisor of one PhD student.
2022-2025 PATTERN - Providing operational economic appraisal methods and practices for informed decision-making in climate and environmental policies. Funded by Horizon Europe. Role: Formal co-supervisor of one PhD student.
2021-2024 GLAM: Global Guidance for Life Cycle Impact Assessment Indicators and Methods. Here I am responsible for implementing the methods that are currently developed. I was active in three subtasks: vulnerability, water use and normalization subtask.
2021-2025 SusHydro - Sustainable hydropower development and reservoir management as an enabler of the renewable energy transition and an accelerator to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Funded by the Interdisciplinary Sustainable Initiatives at NTNU. Role apart from PhD supervision is to connect the field of industrial ecology with the field of ecology and energy market modelling.
2020-2025 ATLANTIS - Whales, waste and sea walnuts: incroporating human impacts on marine ecosystems within life cycle impact assessment. Funded by the European Research Commission. Here I am involved via PhD supervision (formal co-supervisor of one PhD student), model development for marine ecosystem services and case-study application.
Publications
2025
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Lebrun, Marion Naia;
Dorber, Martin;
Verones, Francesca;
Henderson, Andrew D.
(2025)
Novel Endpoint Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Terrestrial Acidification.
Ecological Indicators
Academic article
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de Visser, Sif;
Barbarossa, Valerio;
Keijzer, Tamara;
Verones, Francesca;
Dorber, Martin.
(2025)
Characterizing dam fragmentation impacts on freshwater fish within life cycle impact assessment.
Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
2024
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Gilad, Dafna;
Borgelt, Jan Simon;
May, Roelof Frans;
Dorber, Martin;
Verones, Francesca.
(2024)
Biodiversity impacts of Norway's renewable electricity grid.
Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
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Borgelt, Jan Simon;
Dorber, Martin;
Géron, Charly;
Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus;
Huijbregts, Mark A. J.;
Verones, Francesca.
(2024)
What Is the Impact of Accidentally Transporting Terrestrial Alien Species? A New Life Cycle Impact Assessment Model.
Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
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Dorber, Martin;
Scherer, Laura;
Verones, Francesca.
(2024)
Midpoint characterization factors to assess impacts of turbine water use from hydropower production.
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
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Davin, Killian Ronan;
Koslowski, Maximilian;
Dorber, Martin;
Hertwich, Edgar G..
(2024)
Examining global biodiversity accounts: Implications of aggregating characterization factors from elementary flows in multi-regional input–output analysis.
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Academic article
2023
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Verones, Francesca;
Dorber, Martin.
(2023)
Biodiversity.
Springer Nature
Chapter
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Dorber, Martin;
Panzacchi, Manuela;
Strand, Olav;
Van Moorter, Bram.
(2023)
New indicator of habitat functionality reveals high risk of underestimating trade-offs among sustainable development goals: The case of wild reindeer and hydropower.
Ambio
Academic article
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Pierrat, Eleonore;
Dorber, Martin;
de Graaf, Inge;
Laurent, Alexis;
Hauschild, Michael;
Rygaard, Martin.
(2023)
Multicompartment Depletion Factors for Water Consumption on a Global Scale.
Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
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Pierrat, Eleonore;
Laurent, Alexis;
Dorber, Martin;
Rygaard, Martin;
Verones, Francesca;
Hauschild, Michael.
(2023)
Advancing water footprint assessments: Combining the impacts of water pollution and scarcity.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
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Pierrat, Eleonore;
Barbarossa, Valerio;
Núñez, Montserrat;
Scherer, Laura;
Link, Andreas;
Damiani, Mattia.
(2023)
Corrigendum to “Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment” [Sci. Total Environ. 854 (2023) 158702] (Science of the Total Environment (2023) 854, (S0048969722058016), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158702)).
Science of the Total Environment
Errata
2022
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Borgelt, Jan;
Dorber, Martin;
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes;
Verones, Francesca.
(2022)
More than half of data deficient species predicted to be threatened by extinction.
Communications Biology
Academic article
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Næss, Jan Sandstad;
Hu, Xiangping;
Gvein, Maren Haug;
Iordan, Cristina Maria;
Cavalett, Otávio;
Dorber, Martin.
(2022)
Climate change mitigation potentials of biofuels produced from perennial crops and natural regrowth on abandoned and degraded cropland in Nordic countries.
Journal of Environmental Management (JEM)
Academic article
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Pierrat, Eleonore;
Barbarossa, Valerio;
Núñez, Montserrat;
Scherer, Laura;
Link, Andreas;
Damiani, Mattia.
(2022)
Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment .
Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
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Sanyé‑Mengual, E;
Valente, António;
Biganzoli, F;
Dorber, Martin;
Verones, Francesca;
Marques, Alexandra.
(2022)
Linking inventories and impact assessment models for addressing biodiversity impacts: mapping rules and challenges.
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
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Li, Dan;
Dorber, Martin;
Barbarossa, Valerio;
Verones, Francesca.
(2022)
Global characterization factors for quantifying the impacts of increasing water temperature on freshwater fish.
Ecological Indicators
Academic article
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Verones, Francesca;
Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus;
Núñez, Montserrat;
Rosa, Francesca;
Scherer, Laura;
Marques, Alexandra.
(2022)
Global extinction probabilities of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species groups for use in Life Cycle Assessment.
Ecological Indicators
Academic article
2021
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Leirpoll, Malene Eldegard;
Næss, Jan Sandstad;
Cavalett, Otávio;
Dorber, Martin;
Hu, Xiangping;
Cherubini, Francesco.
(2021)
Optimal combination of bioenergy and solar photovoltaic for renewable energy production on abandoned cropland.
Renewable Energy
Academic article
2020
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Dorber, Martin;
Arvesen, Anders;
Gernaat, David;
Verones, Francesca.
(2020)
Controlling biodiversity impacts of future global hydropower reservoirs by strategic site selection.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
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Dorber, Martin;
Verones, Francesca;
Nakaoka, Masahiro;
Sudo, Kenji.
(2020)
Can we locate shrimp aquaculture areas from space? – A case study for Thailand.
Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (RSASE)
Academic article
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Dorber, Martin;
Kuipers, Koen;
Verones, Francesca.
(2020)
Global characterization factors for terrestrial biodiversity impacts of future land inundation in Life Cycle Assessment.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
2019
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Dorber, Martin;
Mattson, Kim Rainer;
Sandlund, Odd Terje;
May, Roelof Frans;
Verones, Francesca.
(2019)
Quantifying
net water consumption of Norwegian hydropower reservoirs
and related aquatic biodiversity impacts in Life Cycle Assessment
.
Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
2018
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Dorber, Martin;
May, Roelof Frans;
Verones, Francesca.
(2018)
Modeling net land occupation of hydropower reservoirs in Norway for use in life cycle assessment.
Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Journal publications
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Lebrun, Marion Naia;
Dorber, Martin;
Verones, Francesca;
Henderson, Andrew D.
(2025)
Novel Endpoint Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Terrestrial Acidification.
Ecological Indicators
Academic article
-
de Visser, Sif;
Barbarossa, Valerio;
Keijzer, Tamara;
Verones, Francesca;
Dorber, Martin.
(2025)
Characterizing dam fragmentation impacts on freshwater fish within life cycle impact assessment.
Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
-
Gilad, Dafna;
Borgelt, Jan Simon;
May, Roelof Frans;
Dorber, Martin;
Verones, Francesca.
(2024)
Biodiversity impacts of Norway's renewable electricity grid.
Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
-
Borgelt, Jan Simon;
Dorber, Martin;
Géron, Charly;
Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus;
Huijbregts, Mark A. J.;
Verones, Francesca.
(2024)
What Is the Impact of Accidentally Transporting Terrestrial Alien Species? A New Life Cycle Impact Assessment Model.
Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Dorber, Martin;
Scherer, Laura;
Verones, Francesca.
(2024)
Midpoint characterization factors to assess impacts of turbine water use from hydropower production.
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
-
Davin, Killian Ronan;
Koslowski, Maximilian;
Dorber, Martin;
Hertwich, Edgar G..
(2024)
Examining global biodiversity accounts: Implications of aggregating characterization factors from elementary flows in multi-regional input–output analysis.
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Academic article
-
Dorber, Martin;
Panzacchi, Manuela;
Strand, Olav;
Van Moorter, Bram.
(2023)
New indicator of habitat functionality reveals high risk of underestimating trade-offs among sustainable development goals: The case of wild reindeer and hydropower.
Ambio
Academic article
-
Pierrat, Eleonore;
Dorber, Martin;
de Graaf, Inge;
Laurent, Alexis;
Hauschild, Michael;
Rygaard, Martin.
(2023)
Multicompartment Depletion Factors for Water Consumption on a Global Scale.
Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Pierrat, Eleonore;
Laurent, Alexis;
Dorber, Martin;
Rygaard, Martin;
Verones, Francesca;
Hauschild, Michael.
(2023)
Advancing water footprint assessments: Combining the impacts of water pollution and scarcity.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
-
Pierrat, Eleonore;
Barbarossa, Valerio;
Núñez, Montserrat;
Scherer, Laura;
Link, Andreas;
Damiani, Mattia.
(2023)
Corrigendum to “Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment” [Sci. Total Environ. 854 (2023) 158702] (Science of the Total Environment (2023) 854, (S0048969722058016), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158702)).
Science of the Total Environment
Errata
-
Borgelt, Jan;
Dorber, Martin;
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes;
Verones, Francesca.
(2022)
More than half of data deficient species predicted to be threatened by extinction.
Communications Biology
Academic article
-
Næss, Jan Sandstad;
Hu, Xiangping;
Gvein, Maren Haug;
Iordan, Cristina Maria;
Cavalett, Otávio;
Dorber, Martin.
(2022)
Climate change mitigation potentials of biofuels produced from perennial crops and natural regrowth on abandoned and degraded cropland in Nordic countries.
Journal of Environmental Management (JEM)
Academic article
-
Pierrat, Eleonore;
Barbarossa, Valerio;
Núñez, Montserrat;
Scherer, Laura;
Link, Andreas;
Damiani, Mattia.
(2022)
Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment .
Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
-
Sanyé‑Mengual, E;
Valente, António;
Biganzoli, F;
Dorber, Martin;
Verones, Francesca;
Marques, Alexandra.
(2022)
Linking inventories and impact assessment models for addressing biodiversity impacts: mapping rules and challenges.
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Academic article
-
Li, Dan;
Dorber, Martin;
Barbarossa, Valerio;
Verones, Francesca.
(2022)
Global characterization factors for quantifying the impacts of increasing water temperature on freshwater fish.
Ecological Indicators
Academic article
-
Verones, Francesca;
Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus;
Núñez, Montserrat;
Rosa, Francesca;
Scherer, Laura;
Marques, Alexandra.
(2022)
Global extinction probabilities of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species groups for use in Life Cycle Assessment.
Ecological Indicators
Academic article
-
Leirpoll, Malene Eldegard;
Næss, Jan Sandstad;
Cavalett, Otávio;
Dorber, Martin;
Hu, Xiangping;
Cherubini, Francesco.
(2021)
Optimal combination of bioenergy and solar photovoltaic for renewable energy production on abandoned cropland.
Renewable Energy
Academic article
-
Dorber, Martin;
Arvesen, Anders;
Gernaat, David;
Verones, Francesca.
(2020)
Controlling biodiversity impacts of future global hydropower reservoirs by strategic site selection.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
-
Dorber, Martin;
Verones, Francesca;
Nakaoka, Masahiro;
Sudo, Kenji.
(2020)
Can we locate shrimp aquaculture areas from space? – A case study for Thailand.
Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (RSASE)
Academic article
-
Dorber, Martin;
Kuipers, Koen;
Verones, Francesca.
(2020)
Global characterization factors for terrestrial biodiversity impacts of future land inundation in Life Cycle Assessment.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
-
Dorber, Martin;
Mattson, Kim Rainer;
Sandlund, Odd Terje;
May, Roelof Frans;
Verones, Francesca.
(2019)
Quantifying
net water consumption of Norwegian hydropower reservoirs
and related aquatic biodiversity impacts in Life Cycle Assessment
.
Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
-
Dorber, Martin;
May, Roelof Frans;
Verones, Francesca.
(2018)
Modeling net land occupation of hydropower reservoirs in Norway for use in life cycle assessment.
Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Verones, Francesca;
Dorber, Martin.
(2023)
Biodiversity.
Springer Nature
Chapter
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2025
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DocumentarySong, Fei; Verones, Francesca; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Dorber, Martin. (2025) Marine plastics profiles of european countries. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15064445 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15064445 [Internet] 2025-03-21
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PosterGilad, Dafna; Borgelt, Jan Simon; de Visser, Sif; Dorber, Martin; Gjedde, Philip; Verones, Francesca. (2025) Beyond the box: engaging science communication through board games. The 7th conference of the Norwegian Ecological Society (OIKOS) - Ecological Frontiers: Connecting Land and Sea in a Changing Climate , Bodø 2025-04-09 - 2025-04-12
2024
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Academic lectureGilad, Dafna; Borgelt, Jan Simon; May, Roelof Frans; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Quantifying Biodiversity Impacts of the Norwegian Energy System. The 3rd World Biodiversity Forum , Davos 2024-06-17 - 2024-06-20
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PosterSong, Fei; Dorber, Martin; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Verones, Francesca. (2024) Harmonizing beach litter data: A cornerstone for impact assessment. SETAC SETAC EUROPE 34TH ANNUAL MEETING , SEVILLE, SPAIN 2024-05-05 - 2024-05-09
2023
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Academic lecturePanzacchi, Manuela; Van Moorter, Bram; Sydenham, Markus A. K.; Thorsen, Neri Horntvedt; Niebuhr, Bernardo Brandão; Tveraa, Torkild. (2023) Statistical models & tools for GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT . Miljødirektoratet Grønn Infrastruktur møte 2023-12-01 -
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Academic lectureVerones, Francesca; Dorber, Martin; Pettersen, Johan Berg. (2023) Development of an Effect factor for marine plastics’ impact on cultural ecosystem service. International Society for Industrial Ecology ISIE 2023 Conference “Transitions in a world in turmoil" , Leiden, the Netherlands 2023-07-01 - 2023-07-05
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LectureVerones, Francesca; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Dorber, Martin. (2023) Development of an Effect factor for marine plastics’ impact on cultural ecosystem service. International Society for Industrial Ecology 11th International conference on industrial ecology , Leiden, the Netherlands 2023-07-02 - 2023-07-05
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Academic lectureSong, Fei; Dorber, Martin; Pettersen, Johan Berg; Verones, Francesca. (2023) Development of an effect factor for marine plastics’ impact on cultural ecosystem service. International Society for Industrial Ecology 11th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE2023) , Leiden 2023-07-02 - 2023-07-05
2022
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PosterSong, Fei; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Pettersen, Johan Berg. (2022) Suffocating the ocean: modeling the impacts of plastic debris on carbon sequestration. SETAC SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting , Copenhagen 2022-05-15 - 2022-05-19
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LectureSong, Fei; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Pettersen, Johan Berg. (2022) Development of an effect factor for marine plastics’ impact on marine carbon sequestration. LCA Discussion Forum 82nd LCA Discussion Forum Addressing the issue of plastic pollution: status quo and the way forward , Zurich 2022-11-04 - 2022-11-04
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Academic lecturePanzacchi, Manuela; Van Moorter, Bram; Kivimäki, Illka; Saerens, Marco; Strand, Olav; Tveraa, Torkild. (2022) Statistical tools to quantify cumulative impacts on nature & simulate effects of development or mitigation measures . NVE Norges Energidager 2022 , Oslo 2022-10-20 - 2022-10-21
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LectureSong, Fei; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Pettersen, Johan Berg. (2022) Integrate the impact of marine plastic debris on carbon sequestration into life cycle impact assessment . The Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan EcoBalance 2022 , Fukuoka 2022-10-30 - 2022-11-02
2019
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Academic lectureDorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca. (2019) A new framework to assess aquatic biodiversity impacts of non-consumptive water use from reservoirs in Life Cycle Assessment. ISIE 2019 2019-07-07 - 2019-07-11
2018
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PosterDorber, Martin; May, Roelof Frans; Sandlund, Odd Terje; Verones, Francesca. (2018) Impacts of flow alteration on aquatic biodiversity in Life Cycle Assessment: the case of Norwegian hydropower . Gordon Research Seminar on Industrial Ecology (GRS) , Les Diablerets 2018-05-19 - 2018-05-20
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PosterDorber, Martin; May, Roelof Frans; Sandlund, Odd Terje; Verones, Francesca. (2018) Impacts of flow alteration on aquatic biodiversity in Life Cycle Assessment: the case of Norwegian hydropower . Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology (GRC) , Les Diablerets 2018-05-20 - 2018-05-25
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PosterDorber, Martin; Sandlund, Odd Terje; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2018) Towards Sustainable Renewables - A potential biodiversity trade-off ? . Energiforskningskonferansen 2018 , Oslo 2018-05-30 - 2018-05-30
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InterviewBazilchuk, Nancy Reney; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca. (2018) Land under water: Estimating hydropower’s land use impacts. https://geminiresearchnews.com/2018/03/land-water-estimating https://geminiresearchnews.com/2018/03/land-water-estimating [Internet] 2018-03-15
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Academic lectureDorber, Martin; Arvesen, Anders; Verones, Francesca. (2018) Using life cycle impact assessment to predict site-specific ecological impacts of remaining global hydropower potentials. EcoBalance . EcoBalance 2018 2018-10-09 - 2018-10-21
2017
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Academic lectureDorber, Martin; Mattson, Kim Rainer; Sandlund, Odd Terje; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2017) Life Cycle Assessment of water consumption impacts from hydropower reservoirs on aquatic biodiversity in Norway. HydroEco 2017 Conference , Birmingham 2017-06-18 - 2017-06-23
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PosterDorber, Martin; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca. (2017) Characterization Factors for hydropower production impacts on terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity in Life Cycle Assessment . ISIE-ISSST 2017 Conference , Chicago 2017-06-25 - 2017-06-29
2016
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Academic lectureDorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; May, Roelof Frans. (2016) Terrestrial biodiversity loss in Norway due to hydropower production: A Life Cycle Assessment approach. Sfécologie 2016-International Conference of Ecological Sciences , Marseille 2016-10-24 - 2016-10-28