Open PhD student positions in 2021

PhD student positions will be posted at 4 times during 2021 for the Department of Meteorology.

Information about classes and exams

New regulations on teaching and exams from November 24, 2020.

Teaching at MISU spring 2021

Information till studenter och medarbetare om coronaviruset

Information for students and staff about the coronavirus

Information on the coronavirus in relation to Stockholm University's activities is updated continuously.

Information from SU

Photo of Paul Crutzen. Photo: Nobelstiftelsen

Paul Crutzen – an exceptional researcher

The Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen has passed away. During his years in Stockholm, Paul Crutzen worked closely alongside Bert Bolin at MISU.

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Nature Climate Change article on "Aerosols in current and future Arctic climate"

A Nature Climate Change article by scientists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, and Stockholm University, Sweden, highlights the role of aerosols in contemporary Arctic climate change. "To improve understanding of present day and future Arctic, more detailed knowledge is needed on natural Arctic aerosol emissions, their evolution and transport, and the effects on cloud microphysics."

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Meager improvement for crops despite higher rainfall in the Sahel

A study by researchers at Stockholm University and Aalto University in Finland in Environmental Science Letters reveals that higher annual rainfall in the Sahel has not improved crop and vegetation conditions more than in a few places.

Humanitarian needs crucial for UN disaster relief after climate disasters

A new study published in PNAS finds that aid provided by the United Nations (UN) in the aftermath of climate-related disasters is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests.

Workshop February 22-23, 2021

ON VALUES, CHOICES AND UNCERTAINTIES IN CLIMATE MODELLING. Organised by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Stockholm University and KTH, we will bring together scientific and philosophical expertise with a range of short key-note talks followed by in-group discussions with a limited number of participants.

Registration and details

Study meteorology, oceanography and climate

Are you interested in working with the most important environmental issues of our time, applying mathematics, physics, and chemistry to understand the weather, oceans and the climate of the Earth?

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Figure showing paleoclimate context for future climate scenarios

Past is Key to Predicting Future Climate, Scientists Say

A group of climate experts make the case for including paleoclimate data in climate models. Such models are used globally to assess the impacts of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, predict scenarios for future climate and propose strategies for mitigation.

Past is Key to Predicting Future Climate, Scientists Say

Nordic Seas circulation overturning pathways. From Chafik et al., 2020.

Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel

A new study published in Nature Communications by Léon Chafik, Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, and collaborators shows that anticyclonic wind forcing in the Nordic Seas plays a key role in activating an unrecognized overflow path from the Norwegian slope.

New insights into causes of the North Atlantic warming hole

A new study by scientists from Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute shows multiple causes of the warming hole in the northern North Atlantic.

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Foto av Michael Tjernström när han mottager Finn Malmgrens pris

Michael Tjernström receives Finn Malmgren Award for 2020

Professor Michael Tjernström received the Finn Malmgren Award 2020 for his work within education, research and in international settings in Arctic meteorology and climatology.

How do volcanic eruptions affect El Niño?

A new study, published in the journal Science Advances, describes how a simulated volcano eruption affects the El Niño phenomenon.

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Photo from 1930s Dust Bowl in Texas. Photo: https://www.loc.gov/item/2017770620/

‘Dust bowl’ heatwaves more than twice as likely

New study shows that heatwaves like the 1930s Dust Bowl in the US are more than twice as likely due to climate change.

About the study

Havsis och fartyg i Arktis. Foto: Jan-Ola Olofsson

Understand climate change at the North and South poles

Climate change is the strongest around the North and South poles. See the film about polar research at the Department of Meteorology, SU, and other universities.

See the film about polar research

FORCeS - new project on air pollution and its effect on climate

Annica Ekman, Department of Meteorology, and Ilona Riipinen, Department of Environmental Sciences and Analytical Chemistry, are coordinating a new Horizon 2020 project on how air pollution affects climate

FORCeS - new project on air pollution and its effect on climate