Map of the target area for the expedition ARTofMELT Oden is placed north east of Greenland.

2023-03-27

ARTofMELT2023 expedition will study the arrival of summer in the Arctic

The fast-changing Arctic climate is determined by a balance between heat imported from the south, most of it in the atmosphere, and energy lost to space by radiation at the top of the Arctic atmosphere. In May the expedition ARTofMELT2023 (Atmospheric Rivers and the Onset of Sea Ice Melt 2023), led by researchers from Stockholm University, is embarking on a research expedition to the central Arctic Ocean. The aim is to gather unique observations of the processes that govern the transition from winter to summer in the high Arctic. The time when the Arctic ice starts melting.

Krishnakant Budhavant and Prof Örjan Gustafsson at the station in the Maldives

2023-03-21

Measurements reveal the impact of air pollution on climate and health in southern Asia

Researchers from Stockholm University are involved in the operation of two strategically placed measurement stations in the Maldives and Bangladesh, which capture air pollutants that affect people’s health and the climate. These pollutants come from diverse sources across the Indian subcontinent, which the research is seeking to pinpoint.

Atmosphere and Weather Climate and Environment

2023-01-27

Department of Meteorology

Ozone layer recovery on track

The phase out of banned ozone-depleting substances has resulted in the ozone layer now being on track to recovery, the Scientific Assessment Panel to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances reports.

Photo: European Space Agency
(Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)

2023-01-20

Department of Meteorology

Multidisciplinary marine science effort to secure future sustainable water resources on Gotland

The Formas Scientific Council has awarded SEK 14.5 million to Inga Monika Koszalka, to lead a multidisciplinary project on forecasts of algae blooms, and their impact on water resources on Gotland.

Climate and Environment Oceans and Lakes

2023-01-16

Department of Meteorology

MISU professor appointed as member of the Council for Research Infrastructure, RFI

The Swedish Research Council’s Board has appointed Professor Gunilla Svensson, Dept of Meteorology, Stockholm University, as one of six new members of the Council for Research Infrastructures, RFI, for the period 2023–2025.

2023-01-13

Department of Meteorology

Two Swedish Research Council grants awarded to MISU scientists for atmospheric research

Professor Michael Tjernström and Associate professor Thorsten Mauritsen have each been awarded research grants from the Swedish Research Council for Meteorology and Atmospheric research.

Atmosphere and Weather Climate and Environment Oceans and Lakes

Probing Northern Niche. Photo Annika Granebeck.

2022-12-21

Tarfala Research Station

New master student grant at Tarfala Research Station, TRS

Master students are welcome to apply to cover field work cost at TRS for a master thesis.

Atmosphere and Weather Climate and Environment Geology, Geography and Landscapes Oceans and Lakes

2022-12-06

Successful investment in ocean research network

The Baltic Sea Fellows initiative, a network of young Baltic Sea researchers from several disciplines, was launched to strengthen the environmental Baltic Sea research at Stockholm University. The results of this year's awarded research grants from the Swedish Research Council and Formas show that it is going well. The group of researchers has raised over 25 million Swedish crowns this year.

Oceans and Lakes Geology, Geography and Landscapes Climate and Environment Plants, Animals and Nature

Course coordinator Inga Koszalka, researcher in Oceanography at the Department of Meteorology and one of Stockholm University's Baltic Sea Fellows, is pleased to report that the drifters have moved in the way she predicted, and the signals are arriving as they should. Photo: Michaela Lundell

2022-11-22

Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre

Oceanography in practice

The newly built drifter balances at the end of the four-metre-long boat hook. In a few seconds it will be launched and tested for the first time. At best, it will provide measurement data and can soon be picked up again. At worst, it disappears, forever.

Climate and Environment Oceans and Lakes

2022-11-14

Satellite MATS takes its first image of the upper atmosphere

On November 9th, it was time for MATS to take the first images of the atmosphere. At 10:32 CET, MATS was approaching Esrange Space Center – a centre for space activities and satellite communication located about 40 kilometers east of the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden. At that moment, the control center, operated by OHB Sweden that built the MATS satellite platform, came in contact with the satellite via the tracking antenna at Esrange.

Atmosphere and Weather Climate and Environment

The MATS satellite. Photo: Linda Megner/Stockholm University

2022-11-04

Department of Meteorology

Swedish research satellite to be launched into space from New Zealand

MATS (Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy) is a Swedish research satellite designed for studying atmospheric waves. MATS will be launched into orbit on 4 November from the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.

Atmosphere and Weather Climate and Environment Physics

Satellit i rymden. Foto: OHB Sweden and SNSA

2022-10-19

Department of Meteorology

Launch of the MATS satellite

The new Swedish research satellite MATS will be launched by RocketLab from the space port in Mahia, New Zealand. After several years of development and delays, lastly due to a cancelled Russian launch, the MATS satellite will finally get into orbit and start collecting data.

Astronomy and Cosmology Atmosphere and Weather Physics

Measurement of the height of Kebnekaise’s southern peak

2022-09-14

Kebnekaise’s southern peak once again lower than the northern peak

This year’s measurement confirms that the summit of Kebnekaise’s southern peak continues to be lower than that of the northern peak. However, in contrast to reports on extreme glacier mass loss in the Alps, glacier mass loss in Sweden was moderate during the summer of 2022, according to researchers at Tarfala Research Station.

Climate and Environment Geology, Geography and Landscapes

Askölaboratoriet. Foto: Anna-Karin Landin.

2022-05-20

Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre

Swedish marine research stations have joined the EMBRC

The Askö laboratory is one of the twelve Swedish marine research stations that joined the network European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) in 2022. Thanks to the collaboration, researchers within the network get access to services, facilities, and technology platforms in Skagerrak, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea, in addition to the other stations in the network.

Oceans and Lakes

Tarfala Research Station April 2022. Photo Nina Kirchner.

2022-05-11

Communication project funding to Tarfala Research Station

Formas funding to create a deeper understanding of climate change in the Arctic.

Geology, Geography and Landscapes Climate and Environment

2022-05-11

Partnership necessary to achieve sustainability goals

KI, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University on how to improve human and planetary health.

Climate and Environment Society, Democracy and Welfare

2022-05-09

More difficult than expected for glaciers to recover from climate warming

Ice shelves are floating extensions of glaciers. If Greenland’s second largest ice shelf breaks up, it may not recover unless Earth’s future climate cools considerably. This is the result of a new study, published in Nature Communication.

Climate and Environment Oceans and Lakes

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