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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 - 2026-01-19
We are proud over our Bachelor students, who gave their poster presentations June 1 2018, hope to see you in the fall!
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 marine geology.
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-position-and-collaboration-university-tromso - 2026-01-19
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 them. Daniel Conley, a professor of biogeochemistry a
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 - 2026-01-19
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 - 2026-01-19
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 - 2026-01-19
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 real-life observations, as shown in a study now published in PNAS. Work done at the
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/dating-ancient-peat-northern-sweden-contribute-new-insight-global-carbon-cycle - 2026-01-19
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/researchers-uncover-addit
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/researchers-uncover-additional-evidence-massive-solar-storms - 2026-01-19
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 ultimately the planet's clim
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 - 2026-01-19
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 of extant birds, and as su
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/prof-mary-h-schweitzer-nominated-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2026-01-19
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 - 2026-01-19
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 Maria!
https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/maria-akesson-har-tilldelats-oscar-iis-stipendium-sin-avhandling - 2026-01-19
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 Sparrenbom (Geologiska Institut
https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/jorunn-falkenhaug-far-pris-av-sgu-basta-examensarbete - 2026-01-19
Helena Alexanderson har blivit antagen till Naturvetenskapliga fakultetens Pedagogiska akademi och har därmed fått titeln Excellent Teaching Practioner (ETP-lärare). Vi gratulerar!!
https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/helena-alexanderson-utnamnd-till-excellent-teaching-practioner-etp-larare - 2026-01-19
Department of Geology organizes a full day symposium on the theme “Climate development and ocean dynamics during the last glacial - interglacial cycle” as a tribute to Professor Svante Björck and his research in Quaternary Science for more than 40 years because of his retirement from the Chair in Quaternary Geology on February 2015 02 28.Program
I projektet Landscapes Lost undersöker Anton Hansson de urskogar från stenåldern som finns bevarade på havsbottnen utanför Skånes östkust. Målet är att få ökad kunskap om hur landskapet har förändrats under de senaste 10 000 åren. Läs mer om Anton och projektet i Naturvetaren.
https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/han-letar-skog-pa-havets-botten - 2026-01-19
Intervju med Mikael Calner för P4 Radio Gotland 2015-08-12
https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/geologiska-institutionen-borrar-400-miljoner-ar-ner-i-gotlands-berggrund - 2026-01-19
I samband med geologins dag i Sverige (12:e september) kommer Jorunn Falkenhaug, som vunnit SGU's pris för bästa examensarbete 2015 att prata om vattnets kretslopp (9.00), och Charlotte Sparrenbom (lektor vid Geologiska Institutionen) att prata om vattenkvalitet (13.00). Detta äger rum på Lilla Klåveröd, Söderåsen och arrangemanget ordnas av HPborrningar. Fler föreläsningar erbjuds varje heltimme
https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/foredrag-om-vatten-pa-geologins-dag-den-129 - 2026-01-19
