Insects, such as the honey bee, play a fundamental part in pollination of both wild plants and in agriculture and thereby a large part in the food supply for mankind. Declining numbers have been observed for both honey ...

The Koster Islands consists of two archipelago islands situated west of Strömstad, on the westcoast of Sweden. A popular tourist destination, the islands’ population can rise to over 6 000 on a hot summer day, in contrast ...

Palsas are mounds of permafrost and or peat/mineralsoil that occurs in areas with discontinuos permafrost. Palsas has a natural development but in recent decades in step with the global warming, an increased degradation ...

This study investigates the RA-granite (also known as Kärra Granite), which form a northsouth trending intrusive body traversing Gothenburg. The spatial distribution of the radioactive elements K, U and Th in RA-granite ...

In the City of Gothenburg, there is a constant development of the city's space and landscape in order to create the best environment for the population and its visitors. Gothenburg's goal is to develop a city that increases ...

Verified studies show a trend in warming of global mean temperatures. This warming trend affects the Arctic region with longer growing seasons and increased photosynthetic activity which is linked to greening. Changes ...

The mean sea level is expected to increase globally, with local variations, due to climate change and according to IPCC´s scenario RCP 8,5 this will mean an increase of 0,7 meter in Gothenburg, with the isostasy included. ...

Palsas are unique features limited to the boundaries of the Arctic, where a frozen core through ice segregation and buoyancy forces an uplift in peat mires. The area of palsas in the world is decreasing and the EU has ...

In the summer of 2018 Sweden was hit by a long-term drought that heavily affected the forest with forest fires that lasted for several months. After the summer a lot of time and resources were spent on forest fire ...

Climate change is an extremely topical issue in world politics currently discussed throughout various arenas and levels. According to climate reports written by the IPCC, the World Health Organization, (WHO) and the UN ...