State of the Environment Norway is a quality-checked service presenting environmental topics and providing access to detailed scientific data. The Ministry of the Environment assigned production to environmental authorities, with editorial responsibility held by the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority. The dataset includes information on air pollution, biological diversity, climate, cultural heritage, hazardous chemicals, noise, outdoor recreation, polar regions, waste, and water.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in acid rain and ground-level ozone based on air pollution data
- Monitor biodiversity and land use changes based on biological diversity indicators
- Assess greenhouse gas emissions and ozone layer impacts based on climate and ozone data
- Evaluate hazardous waste management based on waste and recycling statistics
- Study eutrophication and chemical pollution in coastal waters based on water pollution data
Strengths
- Data has been quality checked by respective environmental agencies
- Includes over 3000 cataloged dangerous substances in the hazardous chemicals section
- Provides access to legislation, international agreements, and environmental targets
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- Norwegian Pollution Control Authority, Directorate for Nature Management, Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norwegian Mapping Authority, GRID-Arendal, Statistics Norway, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
- Collection Method
- Produced and supplied by multiple Norwegian environmental agencies and research institutes.
- Geography
- Norway, including polar regions and Svalbard