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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We congratulate Helena Filipsson who has been appointed Professor.
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/we-congratulate-helena-filipsson-who-has-been-appointed-professor - 2026-10-09
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https://www.geology.lu.se/article/university-has-new-strategic-plan - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 i
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/connecting-seas-norden - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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://ww
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 moni
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/oxygen-worlds-oceans-declining-scientists-reveal-dangers-and-solutions - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 r
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/prof-anna-godhe-awarded-hedda-andersson-guest-professor - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 Associ
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are proud over our Bachelor students, who gave their poster presentations June 1 2018, hope to see you in the fall!
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 stron
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-position-and-collaboration-university-tromso - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Scientists have unearthed and pieced together evidence on more than 1,000 ancient wetland sites from across the globe, that are presently covered by fields, forests and lakes. Although vanished from the Earth’s surface, these buried sites could explain some of the differences between global carbon cycle models and rea
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/dating-ancient-peat-northern-sweden-contribute-new-insight-global-carbon-cycle - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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.
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/researchers-uncover-additional-evidence-massive-solar-storms - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 obtai
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/prof-mary-h-schweitzer-nominated-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2026-10-09
