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    Information for students and staff about the coronavirus

    Information on the coronavirus in relation to Stockholm University's activities is updated continuously.

    Information for students and staff about the coronavirus
    The Global Goal

    Succeeding at home and abroad: accounting for the international spillovers of cities’ SDG actions

    In a comment in the journal NPJ Urban Sustainability, Bolin Centre Professor Gia Destuoni  and other scientists are calling for research priorities to enable and empower cities to account for the international spillovers of their local 2030 Agenda implementation strategies.

    Succeeding at home and abroad: accounting for the international spillovers of cities’ SDG actions
    Fieldwork in Greece at Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO)

    Courses autumn term 2021 - Application period, 15 March until 15 April

    Application is made via universityadmission.se.

    Courses starting in the Autumn Term 2021
    Soil sample. Photo: Gustaf Hugelius.

    A better understanding of how soil carbon is distributed in the Arctic

    Two scientific articles bring a better understanding of the spatial variability of soil organic carbon in the Arctic permafrost region

    Read more about the results
    Sampling soils next to thermokarst lakes forming as permafrost thaws in a Russian peatland area

    10 New Insights in Climate Science 2020 - a Horizon Scan

    Top 10 insights in climate science in 2020 selected by 57 leading global researchers.

    New peer-reviewed article and policy report
    Stefano Manzoni

    Stefano Manzoni receives ERC Consolidator Grant

    The aim of the research is to answer the long-standing question: How are land use and climatic changes affecting soil fertility and the amount of carbon we can store in soil?

    More about the project
    Collapsed peatland when permafrost thaws, Tavvavuoma in northern Sweden. Photo: Britta Sannel.

    Peatland carbon stocks are more vulnerable than previously thought

    Warming temperatures and human actions threaten to turn the world’s peatlands from carbon reservoirs to carbon sources.

    New study in Nature Climate Change.
    SCEG – Student Council of Environmental and Geosciences

    SCEG's tips n' tricks for distance learning

    SCEG had a meeting where we discussed our different experiences with studying at home. We collected and wrote down some tips to share with you all. We hope they will be helpful!

    SCEG's tips n' tricks for distance learning

     

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