University of Gothenburg
Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Earth Sciences

Department of Earth Sciences

  2. Department of Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences is the studying of the earth and its history as well as the processes that operate in and on the Earth's surface. We study how the humans uses the earth and our common natural resources and the consequences that result from it.

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Tobias Rütting professor of biogeochemistry
News – 15 December 2020
Deforestation in tropical mountain areas increases warming
Deforestation is happening over tropical mountainous regions, giving space for agriculture to expand. This changes the land…
News – 27 November 2020
Tipping point for the climate can already be a reality in East Asia
The climate in inner East Asia may already have reached a tipping point, where recent years’ transition to abnormally hot…
Dissertation
Gustaf Peterson Becher: "Sedimentology and Geomorphology of Glacial Landforms…
Doctoral thesis defence in Natural Science.

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Our research

Our research
At the Department, we study the field of Earth System Science which consists of nature and human society and their…
Doctoral Studies
Third cycle education are for those who have a keen interest in issues in natural and earth sciences. The program gives you…

Our Educations

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The Department of Earth Sciences offers two international master's programmes our master in Earth Science or the master in…
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About us
The Department of Earth Sciences is situated in The Earth Science Center at Wavrinskys plats. We have Bachelor and Master’s…
The August Röhss chair
In 1901 August Röhss, a Swedish businessman donated 350 tSEK (which corresponds to about 21 million SEK in today’s monetary…
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