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2012-05-09: Ett fynd som kan färga det förflutna. Johan Lindgren, forskare vid BGG, har tillsammans med kollegor från Sverige, Danmark och Tyskland publicerat nya rön i tidskriften Nature Communications som visar att melanin – ett färgpigment – kan bevaras över geologisk tid. Read more...

2012-05-07: SGU har utsett ett masterarbete från Geologiska institutionen i Lund till det bästa examensarbetet för 2011. Read more...

2012-04-26: Såväl kandidat- som masterprogrammet i geologi fick det högsta betyget ”mycket hög kvalitet” i högskoleverkets utvärdering. Read more...

News archive:

2012-02-06: The oldest land plant fossil from Sweden has been found! Kristina Mehlqvist, a phD student at the bedrock department have together with Jonas Hagström from the Natural History Museum in Stockholm, published an article about the findings. Read more...

2011-12-12: Birger Schmitz has received a most prestigious grant from the European Research Council. Birger Schmitz has received an Advanced Grant of 2.5 million Euros from the European Research Council over five years for the project "An astronomical perspective on Earth's geological record and evolution of life". This is the first ERC (European Research Counsil) grant to the Earth Sciences (in the broadest sense) in Sweden. Read more...

2011-12-07: Wallenberg Scholar to Lund. In extremely hard competition, Daniel Conley as sole researcher at Lund university qualified for one of the year ten Wallenberg Scholars. Read more...

2011-12-06: Vi har en ledig tjänst som utbildningsadministratör. Senaste ansökningsdag 2011-12-19. Read more...

2011-12-06: Vi söker en IT-tekniker. Senaste ansökningsdag 2011-12-19. Read more...

2011-10-25: Todays climate changes are unique in Earths history A common argument against global warming is that the climate has always varied. Temperatures rise sometimes and this is perfectly natural is the usual line.
However, Svante Björck, a climate researcher at Lund University, has now shown that global warming, i.e. simultaneous warming events in the northern and southern hemispheres, have not occurred in the past 20 000 years
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2011-09-16: Doctoral grant in Geobiosphere Sciences: Ordovician faunal dynamics and paleoecology Read more...

2011-09-16: Docentföreläsning i kvartärgeologi Helena Filipsson, Institutionen för geo- och ekosystemvetenskaper, håller en docentföreläsning med titeln ”Foraminiferer – vad kan dessa marina encelliga organismer lära oss om forna tiders hav?” i salen Pangea, Geocentrum II, 18 oktober kl 14.00.

2011-09-14: Mellanistida torv hittad i Skåne I senaste numret av den populärvetenskapliga tidskriften Geologiskt forum presenterar flera forskare vid institutionen ett nytt fynd av ett torvlager som troligen är från den senaste mellanistiden (ca 125 000 år sedan). Undersökningar pågår och i P1:s Naturmorgon berättar Hans Linderson bla om fynden av träbitar i torven. Klicka på "Läs mer" för att lyssna (ca 1 tim 7 min in i programmet). Read more...

2011-09-13: Fira Geologins Dag på Kulturnatten! Read more...

2011-08-22: Dead zones are spreading in coastal areas of the Baltic Sea In the latest issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology Daniel Conley together with other researchers report that oxygen has decreased in coastal areas of the Baltic Sea creating dead zones with a lack of oxygen. Read more...

2011-08-22: Doctoral student in Environmental Science - Climate variability and human impact on the Baltic Sea. The position is placed at the Dept. of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences,(Geology unit). Application deadline: 2011-10-14. Contact person: Dr Helena L. Filipsson, email: helena.filipsson@geol.lu.se Read more...

2011-08-05: Was the Polar Sea ice free 8000 years ago? Researcher from the department presents evidence in SCIENCE that the Polar Sea was ice free 8000 years ago. Read more...

2011-05-20: Lycopodium spore tablets. A new batch of lycopodium spore tablets is available for delivery.
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2011-05-02: Endogenous Proteins Found in a 70-Million-Year- Old Giant Marine Lizard. Read more...

2011-04-27: PhD scholarship in Geobiosphere sciences towards Quaternary Sciences. We now announce a PhD scholarship towards Quaternary Sciences (dead-line 15th of June). The PhD student will work in a project within glacial geology. Read more...

2011-04-26: Ny doktorandkurs för geovetare. Basement geology and sedimentary basins of south-western USA. Sista anmälningsdag är den 3 maj 2011. Read more...

2011-04-19: Associate Senior University Lecturer We now open up a position as Associate Senior University Lecturer in Quaternary Sciences towards Glacial Geology. Closing time for applications is May 9th Read more...

2011-03-31: Studenterna i geologi är mest nöjda med sina lärare enligt senaste studentbarometern (mars 2011). Read more...

2011-03-16: Kraftigt jordskalv i Japan. Ett jordskalv som uppmättes till 8,9 har inträffat utanför Japans östkust. Jordbävningar beror på rörelser i jordens yttre delar. Varför uppstår dessa rörelser och vilka geologiska processer ligger bakom? Read more...

2011-02-21: Geologer, en bristvara i samhället. Read more...

2011-01-21: On December 15 the Board of the Faculty decided to designate Mario Tassinari an honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2011 Read more...