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News in sustainable development at KTH

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  • Hanisch on his bike
    1800 kilometres by bike in 13 days can help anyone realise how little they actually need in life.
    German exchange student arrives at KTH after bicycling 1,800 kilometres
    27 Aug 2024


    He’s the exchange student who just bicycled all the way from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Stockholm and KTH. In just under two weeks, he pedalled 1,800 kilometres and arrived in Stockholm 6 kilograms lighte...

  • Ice breaker ship in icy waters
    Research activities on Oden will continue around the clock during the six-week expedition. The midnight sun means that it will be bright even during the night shifts. “The aim of the expedition is to help build reliable models of how sea levels might change in the future,” Peter Sigray says.
    KTH Robot exploring the melting ice caps of northern Greenland
    2 Aug 2024


    The icebreaker Oden is on its way to the difficult-to-access waters and glaciers of northern Greenland. The polar expedition to the Arctic Ocean includes about 40 researchers, including a team from KT...

  • a joyful cow on a field,
    Initial laboratory tests showed a 92 to 99 per cent reduction in methane with the new feed additive. Photo: Kasper Nymann
    Will reduce emissions in cows farts
    28 Jun 2024


    KTH student Martin Blomberg and researchers have developed a new type of food additive that has the the potential to reduce methane emissions from cow burps and farts by about 90 per cent. The additiv...

  • portrait photo Weronika Tuszynska
    KTH student Weronika Tuszynska's thesis aims to assess the severity of forest fires using satellite data and artificial intelligence. Photo: Peter Asplund
    KTH students received SEK 50,000 each: Here are the results
    10 Jun 2024


    At a time when surveys such as The Nordic youth barometer show that interest among young people in sustainability issues is on the decline, there is evidence to the contrary. Like the 12 KTH students ...

  • Palácio do Planalto - Brazil's government building.
    Palácio do Planalto - Brazil's government building. Photo: Donatas Dabravolskas/Unsplash.
    How to make government information more understandable
    31 May 2024


    In a polarized time when facts from researchers and politicians can be misinterpreted or distorted, the need for comprehensible knowledge dissemination is increasing. KTH student Tiago Maranhao Barret...

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