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Experimental setup above canopy in an australian eucalyptus forest.
23 Nov 2020 | News

Funding to ecosystem process research

Digital illustration of a 3d-model of a building.
20 Nov 2020 | News

Thesis about harmonisation of 3D geodata for planning and building

On Friday 20th November Helen Eriksson is defending her thesis with the title "Harmonisation of 3D geodata – a prerequisite for a digital information flow for applications in the planning and building sector"
research plot n Greenland on tundra with mountain in the background.
13 Nov 2020 | News

Starting Grant to research on root dynamics in the Arctic

Grant to research on Modelling root dynamics in arctic tundra ecosystems and quantifying vegetation feedback to regional and global climate change.

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Wetlands

15 Apr 2021

"Emissions of greenhouse gases in Sweden are greatly underestimated"

Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus, has been published in DN Debatt together with Lars Tranvik, professor of limnology at Uppsala University. Lindroth and Tranvik argue that Swede...

Hakim-Abdi

6 Apr 2021

"We live in a golden age for satellite research"

Hakim Abdi is amongst other things physical geographer, researcher, and keen bird watcher, currently featured in the new issue of the Swedish astonomy magazine Populär Astronomi. S...

Solar panels. Photo by Jukka Niittymaa, from Pixabay.

26 Feb 2021

“Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why”

Zhengyao Lu, researcher at the department, has published a popular science article on The Conversation website. It's entitled “Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy b...

Two people nailing a thesis to a tree trunk installed in a library

12 Nov 2020

New thesis: GIS and spatial methods in epidemiology

Augustus Aturinde, PhD candidate, recently nailed his thesis “GIS and Health: Enhancing Disease Surveillance and Intervention through Spatial Epidemiology”.

Aerial photo of research station in Arctic environment at Hornsund, Svalbard.

4 Nov 2020

INTERACT presented at the European Polar Science Week

Margareta Johansson held an invited tak at the European Polar Science Week. The talk focused on research access in the Arctic to increase the understanding of this remote area.

Clear-cut area in boreal forest.

7 Sep 2020

Clear-cut forest areas emit greenhouse gases

The forest and forest management are a hot topic in the climate debate, but there are still uncertainties in the mapping of the forest's function as a carbon sink or carbon source....

Snow experiment site with fences on a mire, mountains in the background. Photo.

3 Sep 2020

Permafrost thawing may not cause more carbon emissions

Net carbon emissions that is in general expected to increase with thawing permafrost, did not increase according to new study in the Abisko region.

Professor Anders Lindroth. Photo.

10 Aug 2020

Anders Lindroth interviewed in “A Tale from the Woods”

Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus, is featured in the documentary A Tale from the Woods. In the documentary, Anders speaks about carbon emissions from clear cuts, as well as prov...

Degerö Stormyr in Vindeln, Sweden, one of the climate research stations which have contributed with data to the new study. PHOTO: ANDREAS PALMÉN

20 May 2020

Rising temperatures affect wetlands and disrupt the water balance

In a future warmer climate, evaporation from the northern hemisphere’s wetlands will increase significantly more than previously thought. This is shown by an international study in...

Weiming Huang

17 Apr 2020

Weiming Huang awarded fellowship for postdoc studies in Singapore

Weiming Huang, a researcher and a recent doctoral graduate at our department, has been awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Singapore plus a two-year repatriation grant ba...

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