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8 Apr 2026 | News
New funding for polar research
The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) has recommended a new national initiative in polar research for funding as part of the government programme on Strategic Research Are...

24 Mar 2026 | News
Five questions to Anna Maria Jönsson, Swedish Climate Policy Council
The Swedish Climate Policy Council released its annual report on 19 March 2026. The report provides a comprehensive review of climate policy over the government’s most recent term....

20 Mar 2026 | News
Old-growth forests store a lot more carbon than managed forests
Swedish old-growth forests store 83 percent more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University. The difference is substantially larger than previous es...

4 Mar 2026 | News
From water world to arid planet – Mars' geologic history mapped
New findings from Jezero crater reveal how bedrock formed deep within Mars' crust was uplifted, submerged under water in a lake and became altered. The results provide a new piece ...

4 Mar 2026 | News
Alexandra Pongrácz on Why You Shouldn’t Miss Swedish Climate Symposium 2026
Alexandra Pongracz is a researcher at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lund University and the programme chair for the Swedish Climate Symposium (SCS). With re...