Environmental monitoring and assessment news

Kolbalanser i olika typer av landskap: Stort SLU-samarbete med världsledande klimatforskare ska ge säkrare data

A new EU- funded project aims to improve our understanding of the European greenhouse gas budget through innovative modelling of the land-based carbon cycle. The new models created by the project

Marcus Wallin new director of the research infrastructure SITES

Marcus Wallin, researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), has been appointed as the new director of the national research infrastructure SITES (Swedish Infrastructure for

40 års miljöövervakning avslöjar oroande trend i Bottenhavets näringsväv

The Bothnian Sea is under increasing pressure from human activities. Increases in fishing and phosphorus have led to a decline in the health of the open sea food web – which represents a complex

Svartmunnad smörbult förändrar kustfiskbestånden i Östersjön

A small, adaptable newcomer is reshaping the coastal ecosystem of the Baltic Sea. The invasive round goby has spread rapidly along the coast. A new study from the Swedish University of Agricultural

SLU testar trålkamera – för att minska fiskfångsten

By installing a stereo video camera in the trawl, researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences want to reduce the need for trawling in acoustic fish surveys. The technology is now

Brendan McKie – new Professor of Freshwater Ecology

How much impact from human activities can a freshwater ecosystem absorb before species disappear and key ecosystem services are threatened? And how does biodiversity loss interact with other

Ny modell ger bättre koll på hummerbeståndet

The lobster stock in Sweden is at biologically sustainable levels, although there is still some risk of overfishing. This is the conclusion of the latest stock assessment, developed using an improved

Fiskbarometern-2025

At Fiskbarometern, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences presents the status and trends of fish and shellfish stocks in Swedish marine and freshwater environments. The assessments for 2024

Hur mår laxen i Östersjön?

The wild salmon in rivers in Gulf of Bothnia has been somewhat of a success story. Since the crisis in the 1990s, when the river-stocks were close to collapse, the salmon has recovered and shown

Seasonal Variations in Pollution in Swedish Watercourses

A new study conducted by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), commissioned by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV), has examined 34 Swedish watercourses to map

Rovströmmingen – en unik fisk i Östersjöns ekosystem

In the coastal areas of the Baltic Sea, unusually large herring are sometimes caught, which has long raised questions. Are these large herring a separate population, or are they individuals that have

SLU's official forest statistics are now even easier to find – available on Sweden’s and the EU’s data portals!

SLU's official statistics on the state and changes of forests produced by the Swedish National Forest Inventory have long been accessible as open data in machine-readable formats in PxWeb. Now, we’ve