Breadcrumb Home Ocean About us Ocean news Ocean news News related to the Ocean from the University of Gothenburg. The latest news comes at the top. News – 9 April 2021 Exploration of ocean currents beneath the 'Doomsday Glacier' News – 30 March 2021 Groundwater discharge affects water quality in coastal waters News – 29 March 2021 New wave flume lab at Kristineberg The new wave mesocosm laboratory at Kristineberg makes it possible to test how different type of waves affect plants and… News – 25 March 2021 Eelgrass will be restored using 1800 tonnes of sand A new method will investigate if coarse sand on the seabed can help the endangered eelgrass. News – 22 March 2021 The coastal landscape affects seagrass meadows' ability to mitigate climate… Seagrass meadows have a fantastic ability to store carbon dioxide. A new study from the University of Gothenburg shows that… News – 16 March 2021 Supergenes helped the European Plaice colonize the Baltic Sea CeMEB member Alan Le Moan and colleagues have published an article on the evolution of supergenes. Using the European Plaice… News – 22 March 2021 Renewed hope for Swedish coral reefs: Full seed ahead in the Coral Factory News – 18 February 2021 New piece of the puzzle increases understanding of speciation Speciation is important because it increases biodiversity. A thesis from the University of Gothenburg examines the… News – 11 February 2021 Ocean acidification puts coastal seaweed belts at risk A new publication from CeMEB present unexpected effects from ocean acidification. News – 26 January 2021 The abundance of the invasive round goby is examined by e-DNA An invasive fish called round goby is rapidly spreading along the Swedish west coast. Can this species' distribution be… News from 2020 News – 22 December 2020 Wallenberg Prolongation Grant to Sebastiaan Swart for climate research in the… Oceanographer Sebastiaan Swart at the Department of Marine Sciences has been awarded the Wallenberg Academy Fellows… News – 21 December 2020 Co-cultivation of seafood produces better harvests Growing algae, mussels and fish together is not only good for the environment, it also produces better harvests. This is… News – 21 December 2020 Isaac Santos awarded large grant for blue carbon from the Swedish Research… Isaac Santos, professor at the Department of Marine Sciences, has been awarded the Swedish Research Council's consolidation… News – 16 December 2020 Research show seagrass retains microplastics The increasing amount of microplastics in the oceans is alarming, the plastic's small size affects a wide range of organisms… News – 10 December 2020 Desalination jeopardizes the future of key species in the Baltic Sea The marine isopod Idotea balthica is an important part of the Baltic coastal food chain. A new experimental study from the… News – 14 December 2020 The new vessel Skagerak will be delivered this summer The completion of the new vessel Skagerak is progressing according to plan at the shipyard in Falkenberg. The vessel is… News – 11 December 2020 Adele Maciute recieves Dyrssen Award for best marine Master's thesis Adele Maciute recently started a PhD position at the Department of Marine Sciences. Now, she receives the Dyrssen Award 2020… News – 19 November 2020 Marlene Jahnke and Per-Olav Moksnes receive grants for research for the… Two researchers from the Department of Marine Sciences have been awarded research grants from the Swedish Research Council… News – 9 September 2020 New discovery of underwater channels linking the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ with the… Newly discovered channels under Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica can be one way that warm, salty seawater is transported under… News – 2 October 2020 Kerstin Johannesson awarded for her work with community outreach Kerstin Johannesson, professor at the Department for Marine Sciences, has been named the first recipient of the Synergy… News – 23 June 2020 Unknown currents in Southern Ocean have been observed with help of seals Using state-of-the-art ocean robots and scientific sensors attached to seals, researchers in Marine Sciences at the… News – 2 October 2020 Therese Karlsson awarded for doctoral thesis on plastic pollution in the ocean Therese Karlsson, former doctoral student at the Department of Marine Sciences, is awarded the Faculty of Science’s 2020… News – 21 October 2020 How much chemical pollutants can be found in the ocean by the Swedish west… What priority chemical contaminants can be found in the marine environment? In October, FRAM conducted a field campaign by… News – 30 October 2020 Louise Biddle, Lars Gamfeldt and Erica Leder awarded research grants from the… Three of the Department of Marine Sciences' researchers have been awarded research grants from the Swedish Research Council… News – 19 November 2020 Multi-million investment in Swedish seafood News – 8 September 2020 Marine species take a genetic leap at entrance to Baltic Sea Cod and other marine species in the Baltic Sea consist of populations genetically distinct from their cousins in the North… Find more news from the University of Gothenburg External link
