By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 14 February 2022 Insects detected included many important species such as bees, moths, flies, beetles, wasps and ants. Photo: Photorama/Pixabay. Scientists at Lund University have discovered for the first time that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the air. Using air from three sites in Sweden, insect DNA fr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/using-airborne-dna-monitor-insect-biodiversity - 2025-04-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 28 February 2022 The researchers emphasise that the need for climate adaptation. Here a village in Demak Regency, Indonesia, surrounded by water due to rising sea levels. Photo: Aji Styawan / Getty Images Climate Visuals Grant recipient. On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publish

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-panel-world-must-act-now - 2025-04-27

By stina [dot] lundkvist [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Lundkvist) - published 18 March 2022 In the Safeguard project, researchers are working together to reverse the loss of wild pollinators in Europe. Photo: Stina Lundkvist CEC is one of 24 European research institutes and organizations that is participating in the EU-funded Safeguard project, where world-leading researchers and experts are c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-participates-international-research-project-protect-wild-pollinators - 2025-04-27

Published 16 November 2016 Charlotte Sparrenbom et. al. publish article about PFAS in Swedish drinking water. Read more.

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/charlotte-sparrenbom-et-al-publish-article-about-pfas-swedish-drinking-water - 2025-04-27

Published 21 November 2016 The ASLO Fellows are members who have advanced the aquatic sciences via their exceptional contributions to the benefit of the society and its publications, meetings, and other activities. Read more.. 

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/we-congratulate-daniel-conley-who-has-been-chosen-aslo-fellow - 2025-04-27

Published 23 January 2017 Helena Filipsson, foto Erik Thor We congratulate Helena Filipsson who has been appointed Professor.

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/we-congratulate-helena-filipsson-who-has-been-appointed-professor - 2025-04-27

Published 23 January 2017 Read it here.

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/university-has-new-strategic-plan - 2025-04-27

Published 10 February 2015 See the recent article with Daniel Conley in Nature Climate Change on Connecting the Seas of Norden.The Nordic Seas are highly sensitive to environmental change and have been extensively monitored and studied across a broad range of marine disciplines. For these reasons, the Nordic seas may serve as a pilot area for integrated policy development in response to ongoing cl

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/connecting-seas-norden - 2025-04-27

Published 30 October 2017 https://eos.org/research-spotlights/microfossils-illuminate-ancient-ocean-currents

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/spotlight-eosorg-gullaume-fontorbe-et-als-article-ancient-pacific-ocean-currents - 2025-04-27

Published 27 November 2017 Svante Björck has been elected as a Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS).“For distinguished contributions reconstructing Quaternary environments in the northern and southern hemispheres, and for leadership in the international community of Quaternary geoscientists.”AAAS: https://www.aaas.org/List of elected Fellows 2017: https://www.a

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/svante-bjorck-has-been-elected-fellow-american-association-advancement-sciences-aaas - 2025-04-27

Published 4 January 2018 In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean without oxygen has gone up more than four-fold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased more than 10-fold since 1950. Protecting sensitive species, controlling eutrophication and climate change and improving monitoring are some solutions to the problem, according to r

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/oxygen-worlds-oceans-declining-scientists-reveal-dangers-and-solutions - 2025-04-27

Published 15 March 2018 Exciting news - Hedda Andersson guest professorshipWe are very pleased to announce that Prof Anna Godhe from the University of Gothenburg has been awarded a Hedda Andersson guest professorship at our department. Godhe is a biologist by training but has a very broad background. Her main research interests include the role of phytoplankton life-cycle stages (diatoms and dinof

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/prof-anna-godhe-awarded-hedda-andersson-guest-professor - 2025-04-27

Published 16 March 2018 Svante Björck and Sherilyn Fritz have been awarded the International Paleolimnology Association (IPA) Lifetime Achievement Award.These awards will be presented at the International Paleolimnology Symposium (IPS) which will be held in Stockholm this June 18-21 (this will be a joint meeting with the International Association of Limnogeology (IAL).https://ipa-ial.geo.su.se/

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/svante-bjorck-and-sherilyn-fritz-have-been-awarded-international-paleolimnology-association-ipa - 2025-04-27

Published 24 April 2018 Svante Björck and colleagues publishes a paper in Nature: "Warm summers during the Younger Dryas cold reversal"

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/collapse-atlantic-ocean-heat-transport-might-lead-hot-european-summers - 2025-04-27

Published 4 June 2018 We are proud over our Bachelor students, who gave their poster presentations June 1 2018, hope to see you in the fall!

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/we-are-proud-over-our-bachelor-students-who-gave-their-poster-presentations-june-1-2018-hope-see-you - 2025-04-27

Published 10 September 2018 Since Sept. 1, Helena Alexanderson is also employed by the Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsö, Norway. The 20% position as professor II includes both research and teaching. Please contact Helena if you’re interested in collaboration with the University of Tromsö, which has a strong Arctic profile in e.g. Quaternary sciences and mari

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-position-and-collaboration-university-tromso - 2025-04-27

Published 2 October 2018 Photo: Lena Björk Blixt Silicon has a crucial effect on the planet’s climate A comprehensive research project on the mineral silicon and the anonymous climate heroes in the oceans, diatoms, is now starting. Every day, the tiny diatoms, which are a type of phytoplankton, absorb enormous amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. And when they die, they take the carbon with the

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/daniel-conley-has-been-awarded-nearly-eur-33-million-five-year-project-global-silicon-cycle - 2025-04-27

Published 6 December 2018 Fossilized skin forming the trailing edge of the right pelvic fin (Image: Johan Lindgren) More information here: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/remarkably-preserved-fossil-sea-reptile-reveals-skin-that-is-still-soft Article in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0775-x

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/johan-lindgren-publishes-article-nature-about-soft-tissues-jurassic-ichthyosaur - 2025-04-27

Published 14 January 2019 Amber Hood Highcock is since Jan. 1, 2019 employed as a researcher, linked to the luminescence lab, and will during the coming six months work on developing luminescence dating in archaeological contexts.

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-colleague-amber-hood - 2025-04-27

Published 17 January 2019 Per Möller and Helena Alexanderson got a new 3-year project funded from SGU, starting in 2019: "Sub-till sediments and deflation surfaces in south Sweden - what are their implication for the glacial history of this area?"

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/moller-and-helena-alexanderson-got-new-3-year-project-funded-sgu - 2025-04-27