Research group Climate Science and Quaternary Geology
We study changes in climate and the environment, both back in time and current conditions. Through climate models we also simulate future climate and environmental changes.
Group description
Climate Science and Quaternary Geology is one of our four research units at the Department.
Modern instrumental observational data are used in conjunction with information from natural archives such as lake sediments, peat bogs, ice cores, dripstones in caves, tree rings, glacial deposits, and archaeological remains to study climate and environmental changes. We also carry out simulations with climate models on supercomputers to study the behavior of the climate system under different conditions than today. It helps us to better interpret the information stored in the natural climate archives.
We study tree rings with advanced equipment carried out in collaboration with other universities and actors at The Stockholm Tree Ring Laboratory.