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- New professor, Maja Schlüter 2020-06-22 Maja has been officially appointed as professor in sustainability science at Stockholm university.
- Towards a new generation of vegetation models 2020-05-12 A new study explores the most important organizing principles that control vegetation behavior and how they can be used to improve vegetation models.
- Microorganisms in permafrost might slow down methane emissions 2020-04-30 New study in Nature Climate Change
- Information for students and staff about the coronavirus 2020-03-17 The Stockholm University Senior Management Team has 16 March decided that Stockholm University, as much as possible, will change to online teaching and examination. All departments and offices at the university are encouraged to enable employees to work from home, after consultation with the responsible manager.
- Increased greenhouse gas emissions as a result of abrupt permafrost thaw 2020-02-07 A new research article, including Stockholm University scientists, shows that abrupt permafrost thaw has important consequences for keeping global warming under 1.5 °C.
- Tiny woodlands are more important than previously thought 2019-12-03 They can store more carbon in the topsoil layer, are more suitable for hunting and host fewer ticks than large forests.
- Climate models work well 2019-11-21 A new study compare climate models to geological evidence.
- Southern peak of Kebnekaise, lowest height ever measured 2019-09-10 Southern peak of Kebnekaise now stands one metre below the northern peak
- Doctoral thesis by Christos Katrantsiotis 2019-06-18 Holocene environmental changes and climate variability in the Eastern Mediterranean: Multiproxy sediment records from the Peloponnese peninsula, SW Greece
- Doctoral thesis by Lucas Dawson 2019-06-04 Unravelling Sustainability: The complex dynamics of emergent environmental governance and management systems at multiple scales
- Rapid permafrost collapse increases greenhouse gas emissions 2019-05-02 A new research report, including Stockholm University scientists, shows that abrupt permafrost thaw has important consequences for keeping global warming under 1.5 °C.
- Retrieving climate history from the Antarctic ice 2019-04-09 In Antarctica, European researchers plan to analyze essential climate data from the past 1.5 million years.
- First long drill cores ever obtained in the Amundsen Sea 2019-04-01 Drilling took place while countless icebergs drifted through the region.
- How to make Stockholm Royal Seaport greener and more sustainable 2019-03-18 Project work on how to make existing and planned neighbourhoods of the Stockholm Royal Seaport
- Ancient wetlands provide new insight into global carbon cycle 2019-02-25 More than 1,000 ancient wetland sites from across the glob have been investigated
- Ten reasons for preserving grasslands 2019-02-21 Grasslands play important roles in agricultural landscapes and provide many benefits to society.
- Permafrost warming at a global scale 2019-01-16 During the last decade permafrost temperatures have increased by 0,3 °C globally.
- Fertilization effects on plant productivity rely on cooperation between plants and microorganisms 2018-09-13 Plants grow better when they are fertilized – but is that always the case?
- Drought hits rivers first and more strongly than agriculture 2018-09-06 A new study by researchers from Germany and Sweden has revealed the development of drought impacts, like in this summer, across Europe
- Regional landscape change linked to local species loss 2018-08-27 6733 historical maps over 1940s-60s Sweden, covering 175 000 km2, have been studied.
- Another clue in the search for the missing ice age carbon 2018-08-06 For the very first time, researchers have estimated the amount of organic carbon stored within the permafrost of the Last Glacial Maximum.
- Kebnekaise’s south peak lower than the north peak in August 2018-08-06 The annual measurement shows that Kebnekaise’s south peak no longer will be Sweden’s highest point in a very near future. The forecast is that the south peak will be lower than the north peak in August.
- Sustainable development of the Swedish mountains 2018-06-29 During five years the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency financed a large scale research initiative called A Magnificent Mountain Landscape including several research projects.
- Doctoral thesis by Anna Plikk 2018-06-19 The Eemian Interglacial at Sokli, northern Finland: A multi-proxy environmental and climatic reconstruction based on a 9 m long lacustrine sediment sequence
- Doctoral thesis by Emelie Waldén 2018-06-15 Restoration of semi-natural grasslands: Impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services and stakeholder perceptions
- Doctoral thesis by Andrew Mercer 2018-06-13 Studies in Glacier Mass Balance: Measurement and its errors
- Shell-handicraft as a way to empower women and decrease poverty 2018-06-05 A new case study can provide inspiration to drive coastal systems into more sustainable paths.
- New Director visits NEO 2018-06-05 Potential for new collaborations in this region (eastern Mediterranean) with pressed environmental and socio-economic challenges.
- Doctoral thesis by Simon Jakobsson 2018-05-28 Wooded or treeless pastures?: Linking policy, farmers' decisions and biodiversity
- Grasslands on the rise 2018-04-12 Valuable ancient grasslands have declined dramatically during the last century due to the modernisation and intensification of agriculture and forestry. However, a new study by researchers at Stockholm University shows that despite these losses, new grassland is being created all the time. Along the Baltic coast, an enormous amount of potential pasture and meadow is slowly emerging from the sea.
- Large amounts of mercury in permafrost 2018-02-12 We had not expected levels to be so high also in the deep and ancient permafrost, says Gustaf Hugelius.
- The influence of climate on the Mycenaean world 2018-01-24 New results from Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO).
- Doctoral thesis by Jessica Lindgren 2017-12-05 Small remnant habitats: Important structures in fragmented landscapes
- Doctoral thesis by Josefin Thorslund 2017-12-04 Hydrological spreading of metal pollution and wetlands as nature-based solutions
- Doctoral thesis by Sandra Raúl Sitoe 2017-11-23 Environmental history in southern Mozambique: Reconstruction of flooding events, hydroclimate and sea-level dynamics since mid-Holocene
- New research project with Ninis Rosqvist 2017-11-07 A snow quality assessment tool based on new techniques and Sámi knowledge (Snow4All).
- Simulate the abrupt transition from green Sahara to a desert Sahara 2017-11-07 This project with Qiong Zhang is a collaboration with Lund University ecosystem modelling group.
- The sensitivity of global soils to warming is underestimated 2017-10-31 A new global analyses shows that the carbon stored in soils of cold regions has a stronger temperature sensitivity than expected while tropical soils seem relatively insensitive to warming.
- Georgia Destouni visited the Embassy of Sweden in Washington 2017-10-30 Sustainable Development - From Local Choices to Global Impacts
- If you want to do something about global warming, look under your feet 2017-10-12 Managed well, soil’s ability to trap carbon dioxide is potentially much greater than previously estimated, according to Stanford researchers who claim the resource could “significantly” offset increasing global emissions.
- New article in Ecology Letters 2017-08-31 Optimal metabolic regulation along resource stoichiometry gradients
- The future of semi-natural pastures in Sweden 2017-06-27 Emelie Waldén and Simon Jakobsson arranged a symposium and workshop regarding the future of semi-natural pastures in Sweden.
- Geography ranked as best subject at Stockholm University in latest QS ranking 2017-06-15 The 2018 edition of QS World University Ranking, one of the most prestigious ranking lists in the world of higher education, was presented on the 8th of June.
- Gustaf Hugelius in Nature Climate Change 2017-04-17 We used existing knowledge of how air temperature controls permafrost distribution to reveal the future sensitivity of permafrost to global warming, explains Gustaf Hugelius.
- SU in collaboration with Japan 2017-03-15 Gia Destouni has been with a delegation from Stockholm University headed by Vice-Chancellor Astrid Söderbergh Widding at the University of Tokyo in late February 2017.
- New research funding from Formas 2017-02-23 Formas supports the Swedish part of the EU/Water JPI - LEAP-projektet with 3 814 965 SEK.
- New research funding for Steve Lyon 2017-02-03 1 170 000 SEK to Steve Lyon from the Swedish Research Council for the project "Modernizing Nepal’s Groundwater Resources"
- Bolin Centre for Climate Research at the AGU conference in San Francisco 2016-12-20
- Scaling up Soil Carbon Dynamics 2016-11-18 Scaling up soil carbon dynamics from microbial cells to ecosystems for next-generation Earth System models.
- Water Management in Rice Systems 2016-11-18 Quantifying the trade-offs between ecosystem service provision and water management in rice systems.
- New partnership agreement with the Eden Reforestation Projects an NGO 2016-11-18 The Eden Projects works with poverty reduction and the restoration of important forest habitats in Madagascar.
- Future Mountains 2016-10-07 About research that makes a difference
- Climate change is studied from a wide perspective 2016-10-07 What happens to water and soil conditions, ecology and biodiversity when the temperature rises? And how are species of plants and animals affected? Researchers at the interdisciplinary research programme Ekoklim at Stockholm University are looking for answers to these questions.
- An introduction to Systems analysis and the World6 model by prof. Harald Sverdrup 2016-05-30 In this video professor Harald Sverdrup gives an introduction to systems analysis and an overview of the Word6 framework.
- New article in Nature! 2016-04-07 Paul J. Krusic and Hanna Sundqvist are co-authors to a new Nature paper.
- Fernando and Gia in Science again! 2015-12-04 The study shows that dams and irrigation raise the global human consumption of freshwater to a much higher level than previously thought.
- Gia Destouni elected for international positions 2015-08-25
- Fernando and Gia in Science 2015-06-16
- Award to NEO! 2015-06-10
- Interruption of the Gulf Stream may lead to large cooling in Europe 2015-06-05
- NEO five years! 2015-05-19
- New video about NEO! 2014-03-25 A documentary about NEO activities, focusing on education, is now published.
- Medal to Gia Destouni 2012-10-30
