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Congratulations to Zoran Perić who has just been awarded Research Associate rank at the Department of Geography at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia. The title is equivalent to a Swedish docent title and is granted by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological development to qualified scientists
Present-day biodiversity is the result of millions of years of evolutionary change. Although we can trace back in time most of the major organismal groups using fossils, the very origin of these clades is generally deemed impossible to grasp, hampering our understanding of what drives evolutionary innovations. An international team of paleontologists, including Mats Eriksson and Johan Lindgren, re
Ancient ice reveals mysterious solar storm
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/ancient-ice-reveals-mysterious-solar-storm - 2025-10-03
"Volcanic temperature changes modulated volatile release and climate fluctuations at the end-Triassic mass extinction" Authors: Kunio Kaiho, Daisuke Tanaka, Sylvain Richoz, David S. Jones, Ryosuke Saito, Daichi Kameyama, Masayuki Ikeda, Satoshi Takahashi, Md. Aftabuzzaman, Megumu Fujibayashi Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117364
Professor Andrew Knoll, Harvard University, USA, has received the Craaford Prize for his studies of the first three billion years of life on Earth. Press release
Link to paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825222000496
The Swedish Research Council and The Department of Geology have the pleasure to invite you to the inaugural lecture by Beth Parker, as holder of the Tage Erlander Guest professorship, entitled 'Groundwater: An Invisible Resource Presenting Challenges and Opportunities’ 17 of May 14.15-16 in Pangea lecture hall, Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund Program Welcome address We
Congratulations to our excellent teachers Helena Filipsson and Sven Lukas, recently appointed Excellent Teaching Practitioners (ETP).
Björn Berglund and Anton Hansson are two of the authors of a book about the eastern archipelago of Blekinge during 4000 years and which has been awarded the Local Heritage Book of the Year prize. Read more here (in Swedish): Årets hembygdsbok kommer från Blekinge A copy of the book is available for viewing on the 4th floor (publication stand) and if you’re interested in buying the book, please con
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/local-heritage-book-year-authored-geologists-lund - 2025-10-03
We congratulate Master student Elsa Muller who has received a travelling grant from the Åforsk foundation to present her theses at FORAMS 2023 in Italy and she has also received support from Oscar & Lili Lamm Foundation. Thank you Åforsk and Lamm foundations. Elsa blogs about her MSc project here https://stress3d.blogg.lu.se/
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/we-congratulate-master-student-elsa-muller - 2025-10-03
Lund University and the Department of Geology at the Science faculty now offers a PhD-course in Hydrogeological Conceptual Models for Groundwater Use and Protection. Characterisation methods and scaling considerations, 4.5 credits. When: 15-31 of March 2023 Where: Department of Geology, Lund University, Sweden Read more..
Lund University and the Department of Geology at the Science faculty now offers two days of field method demonstration and an afternoon of lectures about FLUTe-liner technology methods, in cooperation with the G360 group at University of Guelph open to consultants, authorities, entrepreneurs and others who might be interested. 1st field demonstration will focus on Multi Level Systems (MLS) includ
It is with sadness that we inform that Professor Svante Björck has passed away. Svante played an important role for the department as well as for geological research in Sweden for several decades. Svante was active in research and education, and he has inspired many students to pursue a career in geology, not least through his engagement in our introductory course in Geology. Svante was also a ver
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/professor-svante-bjorck-has-passed-away - 2025-10-03
Vale! Praeclarissime Doctor! Many congratulations to our recent PhDs, who attended the doctoral conferment ceremony
Helena Alexanderson is one of the participating researchers in a new cross-disciplinary project (theme) at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies in Lund. The theme “Coastal perspectives” will explore how the perspectives from different subject areas can contribute to improved knowledge and decision making regarding flooding risks, coastal protection measures, climate change adaptation etc.
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-cross-disciplinary-project-about-coasts - 2025-10-03
The Björn Carlsons Östersjöpris 2023 is awarded to Jacob Carstensen, Professor in Marine System Management at the Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Denmark and Daniel Conley, Professor in Biogeochemistry, at the Department of Geology, Lund University, Sweden. The prize of SEK 3 million was awarded on September 26 by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden.
New research article in Nature Geoscience: Anders Lindskog et al. explore connections between environmental changes, oxygenation, and biodiversity in ancient seas In the news flow: https://www.lu.se/artikel/kallare-klimat-och-syrerika-havsstrommar-lade-grund-moderna-marina-ekosystem Blog post about the research project: https://earthenvironmentcommunity.nature.com/posts/oxygen-and-ordovician-lif
Niklas Kappelt has been one of the ERCs editing the latest Past Global Changes magazine related to ice core research. Access the magazine The young editors: https://pastglobalchanges.org/publications/pages-magazines/pages-magazine/137462
Dr Amber Hood and Prof. Helena Alexanderson at the Lund Luminescence Laboratory have been involved with the exciting research at the Tomb of Queen Meret-Neith in Abydos, Egypt, which recently has made the news. The Meret-Neith Project is a collaboration between the German Archaeological Institute of Cairo, University of Vienna, University of Technology Vienna, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquiti
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/geoarchaeological-research-hits-news - 2025-10-03
A new study is published in Science Advances, titled: “Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens”. In a study I initiated up in Småland during one of my SGU projects, published in 2013, we discussed vegetation composition during the previous interglacial, the Eemian (129,000–116,000 years ago). Some of the pollen data from that stu
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-insights-woodland-composition-during-last-interglacial-co-authored-moller - 2025-10-03
