“Educational collaboration – that’s one of the many things made possible through CIVIS. There are plenty of international networks for researchers but usually not for educators in the same way. CIVIS provides cross-border, transdisciplinary courses that allow educators to learn from best practice in different faculties and countries.”
Organic matter produced by marine algae holds up to ten times more persistent pollutants, such as PCBs, than organic matter that reaches the sea from land. This is shown in a new study led by researchers at the Department of Environmental Science published recently in Nature Communications.
An interactive map of the thousands of PFAS -contaminated sites in Europe, and an estimated two trillion euros needed to remediate just 2% of this pollution. That is just a fraction of what Stéphane Horel, journalist from Le Monde, uncovered through “The Forever Pollution Project” and her follow-up “The Forever Lobbying Project”. At the honorary doctorate seminar at Stockholm University, she explained how an investigation built on collaboration between journalists and researchers across Europe, brought one of Europe’s largest pollution crises into public view.
A large-scale, international and multidisciplinary research expedition is currently taking place at Tvären, a circular bay in the Baltic Sea near Studsvik in Södermanland, roughly 100 km south of Stockholm.
Stockholm University has been ranked 25th globally in Environmental Science & Engineering in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities by Subject, commonly known as the Shanghai Ranking. This places the University among the top institutions worldwide for research excellence in environmental science.
What happens to carbon when glaciers retreat? This is the central question for researchers heading to the fjords of south-east Greenland this week as part of the GREENCARB expedition.
Today we publish a collection of stories written by our researchers on Oden, August 15, 2026. Hanna Winge becomes stranded on an ice floe as the mist rolls in, Irene Bellagente has to repair a broken aerosol research instrument, Linnea Huusko explores the on-board gym and Matthew Shupe shares his thoughts on the mood of the crew.
In September, the Icebreaker Oden will once more set out on a journey to the Arctic region. On board, a mix of PhD students and researchers will engage in research and education, and a mission to map the seafloor. Meet MISU researcher Matthew Shupe and two MISU students who are presently preparing for the journey ahead. “This is a great opportunity to build new research capacity by bolstering the next generation of polar scientists,” Matthew explains.
How can research, policy and civic engagement help shape a more sustainable future? These questions took centre stage at Threads of Change, a student-led event that brought together students, researchers and organisations from across Stockholm Trio.
Can we deliberately influence the climate to slow warming — and should we? These are the central questions in a new interdisciplinary research project led by Frida Bender, professor of climate modelling at the Department of Meteorology.
As Arctic permafrost thaws, emissions of methane – a potent greenhouse gas – are rising. Örjan Gustafsson and his colleagues at Stockholm University are now investigating methane emissions from permafrost in the Arctic seabed. Their findings will provide a clearer picture of the global methane balance, and help societies to prepare for an increasingly vulnerable climate.
Clouds above the Pacific, soot drifting from agricultural fires, polluted sea spray rising from warming oceans. At this year’s Crafoord Prize Symposium in Geosciences in Stockholm, leading climate researchers gathered to explore one of the defining scientific questions of our time: how aerosols, clouds and other climate pollutants are reshaping Earth’s energy balance, and what that means for societies around the world.
