Research

Research at the department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science is mainly focused on interdisciplinary studies of how climate and environmental changes affect the function and composition of terrestrial ecosystems. The goal is to increase understanding of the processes that take place in the exchange between the biosphere and atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere, not least under different climatic and environmental changes.

Geographic information science

GIS and remote sensing are important tools for many of our reserachers, and we are very strong in this field. The GIS Centre, connected to the Department of Physical Geography and Ecostystem Science, is developing and applying GIS services, which can be used for everything from visualization of map data for environmental monitoring to analysis of spatial and temporal patterns of economic wealth /poverty.