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New planning tool for climate adaptation in cities

A changing climate places great pressure on society, and creates many new challenges. To make city planning easier, a planning tool has been developed to support climate adaptation of cities and...
Updated: 19 December 2012

Ocean pH value decreasing

A research project into ocean acidification has increased knowledge about conditions in the Baltic Sea and Kattegat-Skagerrak. When the pH value falls, the whole marine ecosystem is affected.

How does the climate in the Baltic Sea vary?

How has the climate in the Baltic Sea varied over the past 150 years? How will it develop up to the year 2100? A new research project will analyse how the climate in the Baltic Sea has varied...
Updated: 29 November 2012

Greater risk of skidding in northern Sweden

When the thermometer hovers around the zero degrees Celsius mark, the risk of skidding on the roads increases. New statistics show that this type of temperature fluctuation has become more common...
Updated: 01 November 2012

Prize to article in Hydrology Research

Researchers at SMHI received the award for the best article in the journal Hydrology Research. The article describes how information from climate simulations can be adapted to develop scenarios...
Updated: 02 October 2012