A recently published doctoral thesis shows Monoporeia affinis benefit from eating cyanobacteria. Good news as cyanobacteria will spread northwards with the climate change.
Sediment bacteria important for the phosphorus turnover in the Baltic Sea
Thriving bacterial communities in the seabed bind phosphorus that would otherwise leak back into the water, and the presence of the bacteria in turn depend on bottom-dwelling animals mixing the sediments.
Laying the foundation for our understanding of the Baltic Sea
A van full of sampling equipment leaves Stockholm University in the morning. Twelve hours later it returns, carrying hundreds of bottles, jars and test tubes filled with water from the Baltic Sea.
Methane hydrate clogs pipelines, is difficult to extract profitably, and exists in quantities sufficient to screw up Earth’s climate. Researchers from Stockholm University, consider this confounding cage compound.
Bladderwrack in the Baltic Sea emits significant amounts of methane
New study: Methane emissions offset carbon uptake in Baltic macroalgae habitats. Restoring such ecosystems could therefore be an important nature-based solution to mitigate climate change.
Baltic Breakfast: Messing with the seabed – and below
The seabed and the bedrock could play an important role for the green transition; for mining of minerals and storing of carbon dioxide. But the environmental consequences of such activities are not fully understood.
Researchers welcome the Swedish PFAS EU-ban proposal
Researchers at Stockholm University welcome the proposal from Sweden, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Norway to ban a majority of PFAS-substances from products being used and sold within the European Union.
New waste water treatment directive beneficial to the marine environment
Researchers at Stockholm University strongly support the EU Commission's ambition to strengthen the directive, they also stress the importance of including PFAS in the list of indicator substances.
Analysis: What the Kunming-Montreal Global biodiversity framework should mean for the Baltic Sea
The new global framework for biodiversity can make a real difference for the the Baltic Sea. Although the agreement is not legally binding, 195 countries have signed it and have agreed to monitor and evaluate progress.
"The eel seems to be falling victim to a culture war"
Sweden opposes the European Commission's proposal for further restrictions on fishing for the endangered eel, arguing that Swedish eel fishing is a cultural heritage.
A recently published doctoral thesis shows Monoporeia affinis, a small, benthic amphipod and key marine species in the Baltic Sea, benefit from eating cyanobacteria. This is good news as cyanobacteria will both increase and spread northwards with the ongoing climate change. But the thesis also showed that amphipods living in the Bothnian Sea seem to be particularly sensitive to environmental toxins.
The seabed and the bedrock could play an important role for the green transition; for mining of minerals and storing of carbon dioxide. But the environmental consequences of such activities are not fully understood, showed the presentations at the last Baltic Breakfast.
Bacteria may play an important role in the development of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea, according to a new study on organically bound phosphorus in the sediments. Thriving bacterial communities in the seabed bind phosphorus that would otherwise leak back into the water, and the presence of the bacteria in turn depend on bottom-dwelling animals mixing the sediments.
Researchers at Stockholm University welcome the proposal from Sweden, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Norway to ban a majority of PFAS-substances from products being used and sold within the European Union.
Researchers at Stockholm University strongly support the EU Commission's ambition to strengthen the directive, they also stress the importance of including PFAS in the list of indicator substances.
Stockholm University offers courses in several marine sciences. Are you interested in what lives in the sea, how currents affect the transport of substances or how we can find historical information about climate change in our seabeds? 17 April is the last day for submitting your application for courses and programmes beginning in the autumn semester 2023.
Stockholm University offers courses in several marine sciences. Are you interested in what lives in the sea, how currents affect the transport of substances or how we can find historical information about climate change in our seabeds? 17 April is the last day for submitting your application for courses and programmes beginning in the autumn semester 2023.
The “Open Science – From Policy to Practice” conference will highlight different perspectives of shaping, implementing and embedding Open Science. The aim is to exchange knowledge, share best practices and to discuss how Open Science can contribute to strengthening sustainable futures and democracies in and beyond the European Union. The event will take place in Stockholm on 16-17 May 2023 and will be streamed to facilitate online participation.
The “Open Science – From Policy to Practice” conference will highlight different perspectives of shaping, implementing and embedding Open Science. The aim is to exchange knowledge, share best practices and to discuss how Open Science can contribute to strengthening sustainable futures and democracies in and beyond the European Union. The event will take place in Stockholm on 16-17 May 2023 and will be streamed to facilitate online participation.
The inauguration of professors and the doctoral conferment are academic traditions dating back to the Middle Ages. At the festive ceremony in Stockholm City Hall, new professors are installed in office and new doctors are conferred with a doctoral hat or a laurel wreath.
The inauguration of professors and the doctoral conferment are academic traditions dating back to the Middle Ages. At the festive ceremony in Stockholm City Hall, new professors are installed in office and new doctors are conferred with a doctoral hat or a laurel wreath.
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What we do
At Stockholm University, successful research and education about the marine environment has been conducted for over six decades. The Baltic Sea Centre's role is to strengthen and show this important activity. Here, researchers, environmental analysts and communicators collaborate to increase knowledge about the sea and support marine management of various environmental challenges.