Research at Uppsala University
New biomarkers can lead to breakthrough in diabetes research
18 February 2021. With the discovery of two new biomarkers, Olof Eriksson, researcher in translational imaging, may le ...
Producing more sustainable hydrogen
12 February 2021. Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, ...
The professor wanting to contribute to peace on Earth
25 January 2021. Isak Svensson is, as he describes it, a product of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Si ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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THE ACCELERATOR-BASED ION TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM - AB-ITC
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
The present project will meet the swedish national scientific, industrial and societal demands within high-quality material analysis by sustaining and advancing the role of the Tandem laboratory at Uppsala ...
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Ancient DNA of Nordic environments reveals tree response to climate change
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31
This project aims at investigating plant dynamics and forest development in the past (the last 130 000 years) and using this information to assist scientists modelling geographical range shifts in response ...
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Atmospheric rivers - key features for understanding extreme hydrometeorological events
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Atmospheric rivers are long narrow bands of large integrated water vapor transport in the troposphere. At land fall they are usually associated with extreme conditions in terms of wind and precipitation ...
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BigOx: Understanding and predicting long-term oxygen decline in northern lakes using big data
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Oxygen is essential for the health of lake ecosystems, but global climate warming may severely deplete oxygen concentrations by increasing microbial respiration rates and stifling atmospheric exchange. ...
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Climate and ancient societies in Bronze Age Peloponnese (Greece)
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
The rich archaeological and paleoenvironmental records from the Peloponnese peninsula (Greece) are investigated to provide an integrated understanding of the role of climate and climate change for Bronze ...
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Forest ditch cleaning and its effect on mobilization of an old soil carbon store
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Large areas (20%) of the Swedish forest land have been artificially drained by ditching during the past centuries to increase timber production. When these ditches age, ditch cleaning must often be conducted ...
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Domesticated landscapes of the Peloponnese: Social-environmental dynamics from the Final Neolithic to the Roman era (4000 BCE-300 CE)
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Landscapes are multifaceted archives combining natural forming processes with cultural practises and land use strategies of past generations. The aim of the project is to explore the rich archives of the ...
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Dynamics of magma-sediment interaction with implications to paleo-climate change
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a period of global warming some 55 Ma, was triggered by multiple injections of isotopically light carbon into the atmosphere. Methane venting due to magma intrusion ...
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Impacts of recent El-Niño Southern Oscillation ( ENSO) on the Water-Food-Energy Nexus in South Asia
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
India’s agriculture, economy, water resources and societal well-being heavily rely on the Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR). But ISMR is strongly influenced by the El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO ...
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Equator-to-Pole Gradients in Marine Phytoplankton Evolution during Past Climate Changes
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Current global warming, associated with the rapid release of CO2 by burning of fossil fuels, impacts ecosystems both on land and in the ocean, most notably in polar regions. Marine phytoplankton play a ...
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Moving beyond the age-depth paradigm in palaeoceanography
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Deep sea sediment archives form the backbone of global palaeoclimate understanding. Such palaeoclimate reconstructions rest upon the geological law of superposition; sediment core layers become older with ...
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The Transformative Potential of Extreme Weather Events: Triggers for Disaster Risk Reduction and Development [TRAMPOLINE]
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Extreme weather events, floods and droughts—problems that are likely to become more frequent and extreme due to climate change— inflict major losses and disproportionally affect lower income countries, ...
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Extremhändelser i kustzonen - en multidiciplinär ansats för bättre beredskap
Research project from 2018-12-01 to 2022-11-30
The overarching scientific questions to be addressed in this project are: To what extent does climate change alter the occurrence of extreme events, including storms, storm surges as well as heavy precipitation ...
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Improving predictions of fresh water loss from Arctic glaciers by optimizing melt water refreezing schemes in firn
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
There are several forms of uncertainties in the predictive modeling of glacial mass balance. One of these uncertainties is to what degree melt water will refreeze, advect latent heat into, and stay as ...
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Global glacier thickness and volume estimation
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Glaciers outside the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are at present, despite their small volume (200,000 glaciers on Earth. A range of remote sensing and in situ observations of surface conditions and ...
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Hydrological droughts now and in the future: Swedish hotspots of hazard, vulnerability, and risk
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Hydrological droughts can have severe consequences for nature and society. This includes impacts on agriculture, water supply, energy production, building infrastructure, and ecosystems. Climate models ...
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Integrated carboN and TracE Gas monitoRing for the bALtic sea
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
A consortium of 8 partners join forces to integrate the different components of ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System). ICOS is organized along three thematic centers (atmospheric, ecosystem and ocean ...
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Integration of climate seasonal prediction and ecosystem impact modeling for an efficient adaptation of water resources management to increasing climate extreme events
Research project from 2017-09-01 to 2019-12-31
Climate Extreme Events (CEE), such as heat waves, droughts and floods, stress ecosystems and compromise their capacity to provide key services related to water quality and use. Such events are expected ...
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Introducing surface waves in Earth-System Models
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Ocean surface waves are important for a number of reasons; they need to be well modelled for shipping and wave energy, coastal management, but they also influence mass flux (aerosols and gases) and are ...
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Large-Scale Organisation of Extreme Weather over Europe and North America
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Understanding the drivers of extreme weather events and improving their predictability is of crucial societal and economic value. The present project will develop an innovative approach to the problem ...
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Marine Micrometeorological and Air-Sea exchange field station
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2016-12-31
About 70% of the Earth?s surface is covered by oceans, but still knowledge about many aspects of air-sea interaction is lacking. Processes over sea is crucial in a number of application ranging from weather ...
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New scale-extrapolation method for estimating global water resources under a changing climate
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Estimation of world water resources under a changing climate is a key scientific issue for many environmental research areas with profound socio-economic significance. A new purely data-based scale-extrapolation ...
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New scale-extrapolation method for estimating world water resources under a changing climate
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Estimation of world water resources under a changing climate is a key scientific issue for many environmental research areas with profound socio-economic significance. A new purely data-based scale-extrapolation ...
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Next generation isotope analysis in field research
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2019-12-31
The project will investigate new technology and methodology for the next generation of isotope ratio measurements in the field of environmental science, with special focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) evasion ...
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Polar lows under climate change: a multi-scale coupling chain over the Arctic
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Polar lows, intense mesoscale cyclones over high-latitude oceans, pose considerable risk to the Arctic activities. With climate change, the increased commercial activity is expected to largely increase ...
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Rapid ice quality changes in the Northern Hemisphere and consequences for the achievement of several global sustainable development goals
Research project from 2020-12-01 to 2024-11-30
The main goal of this project is to provide a mechanistic understanding of lake ice property changes in a warmer world and to predict and forecast effects on nature and society. A few studies are available ...
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Reducing uncertainties in hydrological climate change impact research to allow for robust streamflow simulations
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Much of the present effort to understand and project climate change impacts on water resources is based on complex serial modeling chains, which typically involve choosing a greenhouse gas emission scenario ...
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Surface wave impact on air-sea interaction: from micro- to global-scale
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Air-sea interaction represents the energy transfer between the ocean and the atmosphere. Thus, it plays a key role when simulating climate change and hazardous weather. Surface waves, which exist at the ...
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Swedish Marine ICOS station, expensive scientific equipment
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2018-12-31
About 70% of the Earth?s surface is covered by oceans, but still knowledge about many aspects of air-sea interaction is lacking. Processes over sea is crucial in a number of application ranging from weather ...
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Sverige-Korea: Solar Fuel Devices for H2 Generation and CO2 Reduction
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Sverige-Korea: Solar Fuel Devices for H2 Generation and CO2 Reduction ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
Limited transmission of COVID-19 from open schools but teachers were affected
12 February 2021. Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite uncertainty regarding th ...
New clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells
8 February 2021. The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear. Researche ...
Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
8 January 2021. Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 emplo ...
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