2025-06-11

Department of Environmental Science

Scientists defend widely used definition of PFASs

In a new paper published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 22 scientists—including Professor Ian Cousins and Associate Professor Marlene Ågerstrand from the Department of Environmental Science—defend the current definition of PFASs established by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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2025-06-10

Department of Meteorology

Earth's Energy Imbalance More Than Doubled in Recent Decades. New publication by MISU

Global warming stems from the difference between incoming solar and outgoing reflected and infrared radiation, causing energy buildup and climate impacts like rising temperatures and sea levels. In 2023, this imbalance reached a new record high, twice that of the IPCC best estimate. Improved understanding and monitoring are urgently needed.

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2025-06-05

Department of Environmental Science

UTOPIA in code: charting the fate of our plastic world

In a quiet seminar room at the Department of Environmental Science, two researchers sit across from a laptop, ready to simulate the afterlife of a plastic bag that escaped into the environment—blown away from a picnic on the beach for example. How long does it stay there? What does it become? And what damage might it do in the meantime?

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2025-05-28

Department of Environmental Science

Researchers call on EU to strengthen protection against chemical mixtures in REACH revision

A group of leading scientists from across Europe, including researchers from the Department of Environmental Science, have jointly sent an open letter to the European Commission urging stronger regulatory measures against chemical mixtures in the upcoming revision of REACH—the EU’s main regulation for chemicals.

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2025-05-26

Stockholm declaration for more sustainable chemistry

Chemistry needs to become more sustainable and urgent actions are needed. That is the main message of the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future launched at the Nobel Prize Museum.

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2025-05-13

Department of Environmental Science

Master’s students define their own rules for AI use in field reports

Can students use AI tools responsibly in academic assignments? In the Environmental Field Studies course, master’s students recently got to decide for themselves.

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