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  • SEED Mini Conference with doctoral students in focus

    Photo: Maria Malmström
    Published Dec 20, 2024

    The work of the doctoral students at the department was the theme of this year's SEED Mini Conference.

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  • They are the winners of the Best Poster award at SEED Mini Conference

    Photo: Chi An Gramfors Englund
    Published Dec 20, 2024

    The SEED Mini Conference on Nov 5th 2024 concluded with an award ceremony for the "Best Poster" competition.

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  • Words of praise at Ela Plaza's pension withdrawal

    Head of Department Maria Malmström thanks Professor Elzbieta Plaza (Ela) with flowers and the department's gift. Foto: Chi An Gramfors Englund.
    Published Dec 10, 2024

    Professor Elzbieta Plaza was congratulated on her retirement at the SEED Mini Conference on November 5, with words of praise for her significant contributions over the years.

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  • SEED expert says to avoid playing with jelly fish

    Published Nov 14, 2024

    There have been a lot of jellyfish this year, and it is common for children to play with them. However, it should be avoided, according to PhD. Fredrik Gröndahl, docent and associate professor at SEED...

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  • Fredrik Gröndahl is interviewed in VA-guiden

    Published Nov 14, 2024

    New way to fight algae bloom.

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  • Blue Food receives funding until 2028

    Published Nov 14, 2024

    Blue Food - Centre for future seafood is granted funding to for another four years by the Swedish Research Council Formas.

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  • Three SEED researchers have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers

    Pexels
    Published Nov 14, 2024

    Three young researchers from Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers. The funded research...

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  • To compete globally, Europe’s seafood farmers may get boost from AI research

    Man dressed in boating clothes holds up a starfish
    “We are trying to find ways to be more and more competitive," says Fredrik Gröndahl, director of the Blue Food Seafood Centre. Several AI projects are in the works, with the aim of boosting competitiveness in the global sea farming industry. (Photo: Charlotte Rosell )
    Published Nov 13, 2024

    In the global seafood market, European aquaculture could expect a boost from AI solutions developed by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

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  • Seaweed could be set to fashion the future

    Seaweed close to a wall.
    Seaweed is a raw material that could form the basis of future clothing. Here, a seaweed bed in Iceland.
    Published Oct 23, 2024

    How about a dress or trousers made from seaweed? A Nordic research and collaboration project is looking at how one of the ocean's raw materials can be used to make the fashion industry more sustainabl...

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  • Gia Destouni is awarded the Baltic Sea Award

    Professor Gia Destouni is awarded for her research on the Baltic Sea. Photo: SU/Ingmarie Andersson
    Professor Georgia Destouni is awarded for her research on the Baltic Sea. Photo: SU/Ingmarie Anderss
    Published Sep 26, 2024

    Professor Georgia (Gia) Destouni has been awarded the Baltic Sea Award for her significant research contributions and guiding efforts to combat eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.

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  • Article in Aktuell hållbarhet

    Published Sep 05, 2024

    Debate article by Göran Finnveden and Markus Larsson

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  • Climate debate article i Dagens Nyheter

    Published Sep 05, 2024

    Debate article in Dagens Nyheter

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  • New method against summer plague

    A green porridge on the surfas´ce of the water.
    A new method to collect the algae and sanitize the water during algal blooms (Photo:Mostphotos)
    Published Jul 03, 2024

    A new method to combat algal bloom has been developed at KTH and will be tested this summer in the waters off Klintehamn and Tofta on Gotland. ​​​​​​​"We will trawl up accumulations of cyanobacteria ...

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  • Henrik Ernstson Honorary Senior Research Fellow at The University of Manchester

    Published May 23, 2024

    Since the beginning of the year Henrik Ernstson is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow vid The University of Manchester, U.K.

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  • New article: Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater

    Published Mar 22, 2024

    After two years of work, the article “Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater” has been published in Nature Reviews in Earth and Environment. The authors are SEED researchers Pro...

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  • Gia Destouni elected as a corresponding member of the Academy of Athens

    Professor Georgia (Gia) Destouni
    Published Mar 15, 2024

    Confirmation by Presidential Decree of the election of Professor Georgia (Gia) Destouni as a corresponding member of the Academy of Athens.

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  • "Ologiskt att ta bort flygskatten"

    Published Mar 13, 2024
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  • Henrik Ernstson awarded IJURR Best Article Prize 2023

    Published Feb 19, 2024
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  • Cities can produce more food using circular systems

    Urban farming
    Urban farming. iStock/lena_volo
    Published Feb 15, 2024

    Climate change, population growth, and urbanization increase the need for alternative and sustainable solutions for producing food. At the same time, cities have become less and less self-sufficient a...

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  • How all of Europe can get green electricity

    Portrait of researcher
    “Our study shows that it is possible to get rid of carbon dioxide emissions by switching to a renewable energy system,” says Anders Wörman, professor and research leader (Photo: Christer Gummeson).
    Published Feb 14, 2024

    Sun, wind and water are enough to supply Europe with electricity. In a study, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have shown that it is possible to replace fossil fuels with a renewable e...

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