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Blå-grön infrastruktur, rumslig fördelning & rekreation. En fallstudie om multifunktionella blå-gröna ytor i Östra Kvillebäcken
(2020-06-29)Blå-grön infrastruktur sammankopplar fragmenterade livsmiljöer, främjar biologisk mångfald och skapar multifunktionella grönytor som möjliggör för bland annat rekreation, dagvattenhantering och klimatreglering. Följande ... -
Bränder ovan gränsen för fjällnära skog i Sverige mellan 1998-2020
(2022-07-07)Klimatförändringarna förväntas bidra till fler bränder på kalfjäll och i närliggande boreala skogar. Studier har visat på en ökning av antal och storlek på bränder i dessa miljöer där brandförekomst annars är ovanligt. ... -
Continued documentation of the lithology and radioisotope concentrations of the GE1 borehole, Högsbo
(2022-09-05)During 2021, Geogruppen got a mission by Gothenburg Energy to extract a 1000-meter drillcore from the Högbo area in order to test the site for potential geothermal energy production. The site was chosen because of the ... -
A CONTINUED STRUCTURAL DOCUMENTATION OF THE GE1 DRILL CORE
(2022-09-05)Gothenburg Energy, SGU, and Gothenburg University are investigating the possibility for geothermal energy plant in the Gothenburg area. A 1 km drill core were drilled in the Högsbo area and two bachelor thesis were written ... -
A Dendrochronological Investigation of the Effects of Climate on Latewood Growth in Bohuslän, Sweden
(2023-08-16)As climate change becomes a more important issue all over the world, information about past climate is of high relevance to better understand what is changing and different from the past. Tree rings can provide information ... -
Dendrochronological investigations of forest fire, tree ring growth and climate west of Puostijärvi lake, northern Sweden
(2022-07-05)How trees respond to climatic factors such as temperature and precipitation is well documented but can be locally different when other factors play a part in the process. Forest fires have had a large influence in boreal ... -
A Dendrochronological Study of Climate Influence on Earlywood growth in Scots Pine in the Nature Reserve Halle-Vagnaren in Bohuslän, Sweden
(2023-08-18)There has been a great acceleration of global mean surface temperature increase since the 1950s, where changes in different spheres and more frequent weather and climate extremes have been observed. To be able to better ... -
Determining degree and spatial variation of tetrachloroethylene degradation in groundwater using compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of carbon at the Blekingegatan site in Helsingborg
(2023-12-12)Chlorinated solvents have been used as cleaning detergents in dry cleaners throughout the 20th century which has led to the spread of chlorinated solvents in the environment. Blekingegatan, Helsingborg, is a residential ... -
Distribution of radioactive elements in the RA-granite bedrock northeast of Säve, Sweden A comparison with the Änggårdsbergen area of Central Gothenburg
(2023-08-18)This study aims to compare data regarding the spatial distribution of radioactive elements K, U and Th in two exposed areas of the RA-granite, a 1311 ±8 Ma granitic unit unevenly enriched in these elements. Several ... -
Distribution of salinity measurements and salinity variations on shelf- and in fjord waters, around Svalbard - throughout the last century
(2020-06-29)Salinity data are an important component of the climate models that seek out to predict the climate variability. This data, of direct measurements, are scattered and needs to be assembled. This thesis set out to gather ... -
THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WEATHER RELATED DISASTERS AND MIGRATION IN ETHIOPIA
(2022-07-11)The ongoing climate change has been the driving force behind an increase of natural hazards around the world, and climate scientists have predicted that the trend will continue to rise. Increased radiative forcing leads ... -
Effekten av klimatförändringar och bete på markkol och kväve i Arktis
(2022-08-30)En av de mest påtagliga konsekvenserna av dagens klimatförändringar är påverkan på Arktisk vegetation. Cirka 50% av jordens markbundna kol återfinns i permafrosten i Arktis. När vegetationen förändras leder detta till ... -
En blöt historia, torr framtid? En lokaliseringsstudie av torvmark för våtmarksrestaurering i Tanum kommun, Västra Götaland
(2022-07-05)Dränering av våtmarker är en bidragande orsak till ökade utsläpp av växthusgaser, mer övergödning i hav och vattendrag samt minskad biologisk mångfald över hela världen. Att restaurera våtmarker kan vara en effektiv ... -
En försvinnande plats: Turisters miljöattityder och resemotivationer vid Briksdalsbreen, Norge
(2023-06-26)I takt med klimatförändringar riskerar glaciärer att inom en snar framtid försvinna. Turister söker sig till platser som riskerar att gå förlorade i hopp om att få uppleva den innan det är för sent. Tidigare forskning ... -
Environmental geology of a planned building site in Kungälv, SW Sweden: site characterization and remediation of potential concerns
(2022-09-01)Åseberget is a low-lying hill and planned building site in Kungälv, southwestern Sweden. The potential contaminants and complications of construction work are of a great concern as the area has previously been utilized ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION AND POPULATION DISPLACEMENT AS A RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
(2022-09-01)The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has established that human influence on the climate is evident and that greenhouse gas emissions are now the highest they have ever been during human history. Climate change ... -
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN TERRESTRIAL ARCTIC. A literature review focusing on a geographical and temporal perspective
(2023-08-16)There is a lack of both long-term and short-term observations, studies, and information about extreme weather events in terrestrial Arctic. Research efforts has been limited in the wide range of subjects studied relating ... -
Extreme Weather Events in the Terrestrial Arctic. A literature review focusing on the results and consequences of extreme weather events
(2023-08-21)There is a prevailing lack of long-term and short-term research and knowledge about extreme weather events in the terrestrial Arctic region. Because of this, study efforts have been limited in a wide range of subjects ... -
Façade & Atmospheric Temperature Relationship A Brick Façade Research Study
(2021-07-05)An urban environment is impacted by the urban heat island effect and as such has a higher temperature than that of surrounding rural areas, this is caused by the use of human construction materials such as concrete and ... -
Findings of acid sulfate soil in Väröbacka
(2022-06-28)Acid sulfate soil (AS soils) is naturally occurring soil, formed under waterlogged and hypoxic or anoxic conditions with high sulfide material content that produces sulfuric acid when oxidized. AS soils can be classified ...