SLU Water Forum
Deficient sanitation increases the risk of animal spread diseases in slums
Over a billion people around the world live in slums in large cities. In a study in Brazilian slums, researchers from SLU investigated the factors that affect the spread of leptospirosis from rats to
Farming of wild-caught fish
Lunch webinar: Farming of wild-caught fish aquaculture@slu.se During this seminar SLU researchers Albin Gräns and Örjan Östman will tell us about the outcome and future plans of their aquaculture
Workshop on fish health, writing support and a SLU-internal water seminar – the results of seed-money within SLU Water Forum 2020
To strengthen cooperation on water at SLU, SLU Water Forum used seed-money to fund three development projects in 2020. The three projects have now been finalized and reported. Here follows short
Seminar: Future water research at SLU – a seminar on perspectives from younger scholars
Seminar: Future water research at SLU – a seminar on perspectives from younger scholars lisa.beste@slu.se Are you interested in knowing more about the exciting water research going on at SLU and
Elisabet Lewan
cajsa.lithell@slu.se Associate Professor in Soil Sciences / Environmental Physics Research interests Agroecosystems & Climate Change Crop modelling, carbon and nitrogen flows Climate
Effects of uncontrolled urbanization on river streamflow and water quality
Urbanisation cause degradation of water quality and streamflow in rivers and streams worldwide. With the Rocha River catchment in Bolivia as an example, Benjamin Gossweiler Herrera evaluated land
Modernization of the 40-year breeding program for Arctic charr
The Swedish breeding program for Arctic charr has been run successfully for almost forty years. Breeding has been based on classic selection methods where family groups with good qualities, for
Thawing permafrost decrease the diversity of water-dwelling fungi
As the climate gets warmer, the permafrost will thaw, and enormous amounts of carbon bound in the tundra will be made available. This can impact the diversity of degrading fungi in the meltwater,
Upcoming web seminars in toxicology
Upcoming web seminars in toxicology Join us for an open online seminar hosted by the Swedish Academic Consortium on Chemical Safety (SWACCS) with two invited speakers discussing their research in
SLUs sustainable solutions on water management
Seminar: SLU’s sustainable solutions on water management from source to sea Join us and discuss how SLU’s expertise can be used to solve emerging and existing challenges on sustainable water
World Water Week 2021
World Water Week 2021 malin.planting@slu.se Welcome to World Water Week 2021! It will take place 23-27 August under the theme Building Resilience Faster. It will be held entirely online, in a new,
BSSC reopening
Last autumn the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm had to close its entrances for the first time since the opening 129 years ago, due to restrictions in connection to the COVID-19 pandemic. But