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    Microbiome Enables New Strategies for Healthy and Climate-Resilient Crops

    A new study shows that apple trees inherit their microbiome to the same extent as their genes. The results lay the foundation for new breeding strategies for healthy and climate-robust fruit and vegetables. DEEP researcher Ayco Tack and former DEEP researcher Ahmed Abdelfattah now at TU Graz, were co-authors of the study.

    Microbiome Enables New Strategies for Healthy and Climate-Resilient Crops

    Intensive and successful Research week on SLU's ship R/V Svea

    How does the stratification of water masses look like, how does ship traffic affect natural hydrography and how does trawling affect benthic organisms and the turnover of nutrients? October 24-30 was the Research week on R/V Svea. Three teams from six universities have come together on board during a content-rich expedition that has been going on around the clock, and where the ship's state-of-the-art equipment has been used to the maximum.

    DEEP researcher Clare Bradshaw joined the research week

    We have a new doctor at DEEP, congratulations Dr. Per Hedberg!

    Per Hedberg defended his thesis titled "Responses of benthic-pelagic coupling to environmental change" the 29th of October. Discover more about his findings here.

    We have a new doctor at DEEP, congratulations Dr. Per Hedberg!

    More bacteria associated to cyanobacteria than diatoms

    Cyanobacteria are likely to increase with global warming and excessive nutrients in the aquatic environments, and a new study by researchers at Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) shows that more bacteria are associated to them as well.

    More bacteria associated to cyanobacteria than diatoms

    European forest microclimates mapped at high resolution

    A new paper, published in Global Change Biology and co-authored by researchers from the Dept. of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences at Stockholm University, provides novel high-resolution Europe-wide maps for monthly sub-canopy temperatures. These maps are very valuable for ecological modelling and research on climate change impacts on biodiversity. The study utilized a newly established global microclimate database (SoilTemp), for which new contributions are always welcome.

    European forest microclimates mapped at high resolution

    Rescue operation: Endangered eelgrass

    Listen to this radio segment in Swedish about carbon storage in seagrass beds featuring DEEP researcher Mats Björk.

    Rescue operation: Endangered eelgrass

    P1 Naturmorgon visited Askö

    DEEP researchers Lena Kautsky, Agnes Karlsson, Nils Kautsky hosted the Askö visit of the popular P1 radio show Naturmorgon.

    P1 Naturmorgon visited Askö

    Losses of eelgrass beds give rise to large emissions of carbon and nutrients

    Losses of important eelgrass meadows in western Sweden since the 1980s have led to considerable bottom erosion and the release of carbon and nitrogen; substances that contribute to increasing climate change and eutrophication.

    Discover more about the study here

    Zooplankton can feed on cyanobacterial blooms

    Cyanobacterial blooms were until now assumed to be unpalatable for zooplankton and to sink to the sea floor. However, a new study unravels that small, rarely studied zooplankton, rotifers and ciliates, fill an important role in the Baltic Sea by grazing cyanobacteria blooms, moving carbon from phytoplankton to fish.

    Zooplankton can feed on cyanobacterial blooms

    More diverse green sulfur bacteria in the world than previously thought

    A new study based on DNA sequences shows the diversity and abundance of Chlorobia, a type of green sulfur bacteria, in several lakes and ponds around the world in Europe and North America.

    More diverse green sulfur bacteria in the world than previously thought

    PAH-levels affect the abundance of the crustacean Monoporeia affinis

    Environmental contaminants have a greater impact on the Baltic Sea's bottom community than previously known. According to a new study, consideration must be given to hazardous substances when using sediment-dwelling animals to assess how affected marine areas are by eutrophication and oxygen deficiency.

    PAH-levels affect the abundance of the crustacean Monoporeia affinis

    Extreme drought threatens forest biodiversity

    How does extreme drought affect our forests? What can we change in today's forestry to protect the important key biotopes? Follow plant ecologist Kristoffer Hylander in a research experiment to understand how extreme weather affects the forest's biological diversity.

    View the video here

    Innovation scholarship for DEEP researcher Eva Björkman

    The Stockholm Innovation Scholarship is awarded to five promising innovations. One of these is made by Eva Björkman at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences at Stockholm University.

    Innovation scholarship for DEEP researcher Eva Björkman

    Small mussels in the Baltic are getting even smaller

    Blue mussels in the Baltic Sea are getting smaller with time but bigger in numbers, according to a new study analyzing data since the 90's.

    Blue mussels eat another type of phytoplankton mix now

    A spatial regime shift to stickleback dominance

    Large numbers of three-spined stickleback have gradually taken over larger parts of the Baltic Sea’s coastal ecosystem, shows a new scientific study. Stickleback is a small prey fish common in aquatic food webs across temperate Europe. The stickleback contributes to local ecosystem ‘regime shifts’, where young-of-the-year pike and perch decline in individual bays, and these shifts gradually spread like a wave from the outer archipelago into the mainland coast.

    A spatial regime shift to stickleback dominance

    Information for students and staff about the coronavirus

    Information on the coronavirus in relation to Stockholm University's activities, questions and answers, and news related to the coronavirus.

    Information for students and staff about the coronavirus

    Important information about studies at BIG during autumn 2020

    You can find information about studies this autumn at the Department of Biology Education home page.

    Important information about studies at BIG during autumn 2020

    Unrecorded plant extinction in poor countries is driven by inequality

    Here we summarized five key points of the paper 'Inequality in plant diversity knowledge and unrecorded plant extinctions: An example from the grasses of Madagascar'.

    Unrecorded plant extinction in poor countries is driven by inequality

    New study could help predict plant species responses to climate change

    A new global study which could help to predict plant species losses and responses to climate change and warming has been published.

    Heat and cold tolerance dependent on ancestors exposure

    How tough are grasses: The cost of surviving cold and frost

    Jan-Niklas Nuppenau, PhD student at DEEP, is studying grasses growing on soils heated by volcanic activity in Iceland, to find out if they can deal with heat and cold likewise. Or are the costs of maintaining cold tolerance so high, that the ability is lost quickly when no longer needed?

    How tough are grasses: The cost of surviving cold and frost
    Apples

    Better pollination produces firmer apples that better withstand storage

    Good pollination of apple flowers can extend the time apples can be stored without rotting. Apple harvests are also bigger, producing firmer and tastier apples.

    New study from Stockholm University and Lund University

    Almost 600 plants have already gone extinct

    Almost 600 plants have been wiped out from the planet in the last 250 year shows a new study. This is twice the number of birds, mammals and amphibians combined.

    Have a look at one of the plants here

    Forests protect animals and plants against warming

    The impacts of climate warming are buffered inside forests due to the thermal insulation of forest canopies.

    Based on an international study

    The gene helping submerged plants

    Climate change threatens plants as the risks of flooding increase. A new study from Stockholm University shows that special genes are key to keeping plants from withering, remaining healthy and resistant to a lack of oxygen when they are underwater for a period of long time.

    The gene helping submerged plants

    A south Atlantic secret - expedition to Ilha da Trindade

    Linda Eggertsen is probably the first swede on the Brazilian island Ilha da Trindade, where she examines the fish and the benthic community.

    Look at the amazing wild life on the island

    Use your power to treat your colleagues well!

    Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) organized a workshop aiming to prevent the misuse of power. Now they hope that other departments at SU will follow in their footsteps.

    Improvisational theatre as a tool

    Migratory birds, insects and plants adapt differently to climate change

    A warmer climate has caused plants flowering and migratory birds arriving earlier in the year than before. Now a global study also shows that changes in the life cycles between plants and animals that depend on each other is also moving faster.

    Migratory birds, insects and plants adapt differently to climate change

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    We are now creating a blog to reach out to as many people as possible. If you want to know more about the department's latest research and what the life as a researcher looks like – follow our blog “DEEP Insights”.

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