Research news
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Scientists call for action to limit emissions from Earth’s frozen regions
2019-12-12
With the release of “Cryosphere1.5° Report” they hope to urge governments to aim for 1.5°C global temperature rise as an outer “guardrail” for the planet.
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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.
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Climate models work well
2019-11-21
A new study compare climate models to geological evidence.
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Southern peak of Kebnekaise, lowest height ever measured
2019-09-10
Southern peak of Kebnekaise now stands one metre below the northern peak
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The fate of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet
2019-06-18
A new study in Science reconstructs the fate of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet at the end of the last ice age.
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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
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Doctoral thesis by Lucas Dawson
2019-06-04
Unravelling Sustainability: The complex dynamics of emergent environmental governance and management systems at multiple scales
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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.
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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.
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First long drill cores ever obtained in the Amundsen Sea
2019-04-01
Drilling took place while countless icebergs drifted through the region.
