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/

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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 - 2025-01-31

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!

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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 - 2025-01-31

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 - 2025-01-31

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 - 2025-01-31

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 - 2025-01-31

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 - 2025-01-31

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 - 2025-01-31

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 - 2025-01-31

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 - 2025-01-31

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 - 2025-01-31

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 - 2025-01-31

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

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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 - 2025-01-31

Published 9 June 2020  

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Publicerad 3 mars 2015 Ett chockat kvartskorn från Hummeln strukturen. Carl Alwmark och kollegor presenterar nya rön i tidskrifen Geology. Forskningen visar att sjön Hummeln i Småland har bildats genom ett meteoritnedslag för ca 470 miljoner år sedan. Läs mer..

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/sjon-hummeln-i-smaland-har-bildats-genom-ett-meteoritnedslag - 2025-01-31

Publicerad 5 maj 2015 Vetenskapens Världs program om massutdöenden den 5/5 gästades av Vivi Vajda: http://www.svtplay.se/video/2899418/vetenskapens-varld/vetenskapens-varld-avsnitt-15?start=auto

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/vivi-vajda-diskuterar-massutdoenden-i-vetenskapens-varld - 2025-01-31

Publicerad 5 maj 2015 Maria Åkesson har tilldelats Oscar II:s stipendium på 4400 kr för sin avhandling "On the scope and assessment of pesticides in groundwater in Skåne, Sweden". Maria disputerade den 19 september 2014 och arbetar idag som hydrogeolog på Tyréns i Malmö. Handledare var Charlotte Sparrenbom och Dan Hammarlund (Geologiska Institutionen) samt Christel Carlsson (SGI). Stort Grattis Ma

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/maria-akesson-har-tilldelats-oscar-iis-stipendium-sin-avhandling - 2025-01-31

Publicerad 5 maj 2015 Jorunn Falkenhaug får av SGU pris för bästa examensarbete med sitt kandidatarbete "Vattnets kretslopp i området vid Lilla Klåveröd: ett kunskapsprojekt med vatten i fokus". Hon kommer att belönas med 10 000 kr vid en prisceremoni med lunch och GD den 27 maj Uppsala. Handledare Göran Persson (HP-Borrningar), Mattias Gustafsson och Peter Dahlqvist (SGU) samt Charlotte Sparrenbo

https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/jorunn-falkenhaug-far-pris-av-sgu-basta-examensarbete - 2025-01-31