David Nikel

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Science & Research

I help Nordic universities and research institutes communicate complex scientific research to the general public in plain English.

Science and research in Norway

I have worked with research scientists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), and SINTEF Energy.

Services:

  • Writing or editing of annual reports
  • Blog/article writing
  • Editing & proofreading
  • Writing workshops for researchers

Gemini

Gemini is an online publication in English and Norwegian that shares research news from NTNU and SINTEF.

Reveals the real greenhouse gas footprints of reservoirs – When hydropower reservoirs traps organic matter, it leads to higher local greenhouse gas emissions. But the emissions are not increased but displaced. A new tool calculates the real greenhouse gas footprints of reservoirs.

SF6: The Truths and Myths of this Greenhouse Gas – The atmospheric concentration of the highly-potent greenhouse gas SF6 has never been higher. Fingers have been pointed at the expanding renewables industry, but is that a fair assessment?

FME CenBio

In my most challenging project to date, I took responsibility for the majority of the text in the 70-page final report for the FME CenBio. This involved in-person and telephone interviews with more than 20 research scientists from across Norway and beyond to draw out the highlights from this eight-year research programme.

See the report at cenbio.no

FME BIGCCS

I wrote five feature articles for the FME BIGCCS final report. I also edited and proofread most of the other text.

Report to be published Q3 2017.

Computer Weekly

Nordics’ Glenna research cloud project underway – Researchers across the Nordic region will soon enjoy a new cloud infrastructure from which to share systems and resources and aid collaboration. Originally named the “Nordic Cloud”, Glenna – meaning “opening in the cloud” in Icelandic – is a collaboration between research councils in the five Nordic countries under the umbrella of the Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC).

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