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

Published 26 February 2019 50000-year-old peat is seen as a dark layer buried under 2 m of sediment deposited by the Scandinavian ice sheet. Thorbjörg Sigfúsdóttir investigates the sediments at Rauvospakka in Norrbotten, N Sweden. Photo: H Alexanderson, Lund University. Scientists have unearthed and pieced together evidence on more than 1,000 ancient wetland sites from across the globe, that are p

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/dating-ancient-peat-northern-sweden-contribute-new-insight-global-carbon-cycle - 2025-04-27

Published 12 March 2019 Solar storms can be far more powerful than previously thought. A new study with researchers from the dept. of Geology, has found evidence for the third known case of a massive solar storm in historical times. The researchers believe that society might not be sufficiently prepared if a similar event were to happen now. More reading: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/r

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/researchers-uncover-additional-evidence-massive-solar-storms - 2025-04-27

Published 28 March 2019 Daniel Conley, professor of biogeochemistry at the Department of Geology, Lund University, has received EUR 2.5 million (just over SEK 26 million) for a five-year project on the impact of the evolution of diatoms on the oceans. Diatoms have a significant impact on the global biogeochemical cycle of carbon, silica and other nutrients that regulate ocean productivity and ulti

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/daniel-conley-has-been-awarded-eur-25-million-five-year-project-impact-evolution-diatoms-oceans - 2025-04-27

Published 15 August 2019 https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/the-composition-of-fossil-insect-eyes-surprises-researchers

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/johan-lindgren-et-al-present-study-composition-fossil-insect-eyes-nature - 2025-04-27

Published 14 January 2020 Prof. Mary Higby Schweitzer is without doubt the foremost scientist in the field of molecular palaeobiology. Over the last two decades, she has developed detailed protocols to extract, recover and characterize ancient proteinaceous matter. Additionally, she has been able to demonstrate that collagenous sequences obtained from Late Cretaceous dinosaurs closely match those

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/prof-mary-h-schweitzer-nominated-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2025-04-27

Published 4 March 2020 Our Master Programme in Geology (start 31st of August) will be open for late applications from the 6th of April to the 31st of May: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-lu-NAGEL-BERG https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-lu-NAGEL-BIGE https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-lu-NAGEL-KVRT

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/our-master-programme-geology-start-31st-august-will-be-open-late-applications-6th-april-31st-may - 2025-04-27

Published 25 March 2020 Dr. John Cherry received the world's most prestigious water award, the Stockholm Water Prize for his lifelong contributions to groundwater science, education, practice and for translating his well-earned stature into a passionate and highly effective advocacy for groundwater science.    Please see the live video announcement from Sweden by the Stockholm International Water

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/first-time-groundwater-researcher-receives-stockholm-water-price - 2025-04-27

Published 9 June 2020  

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/graduation-speech-faculty-leadership - 2025-04-27

Av sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - publicerad 13 november 2020 Stort grattis till Cheng Luan, forskningsingenjör från Kina och postdok i forskargruppen Diabetes – Öcellspatofysiologi, som prisas av den kinesiska regeringen för sin framstående forskning. "Ett av de största ögonblicken i mitt liv" säger Cheng Luan om utmärkelsen. Bild: Tove Gilvad – Jag glömmer aldri

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/kinesiskt-pris-framstaende-forskning - 2025-04-27

Av olle [dot] dahlback [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Olle Dahlbäck) - publicerad 13 november 2020 Zaal Kokaia fick på lite distans, i den corona-tid vi lever i, ta emot Bengt Falcks pris av Medicinska fakultetens dekanus Erik Renström. Foto: Olle Dahlbäck Zaal Kokaia, professor i neurologi vid Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper i Lund och Stamcellscentrum (SCC), är årets pristagare av Bengt Falc

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/strokeforskare-far-bengt-falcks-pris - 2025-04-27