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CORDEX workshop on climate information in Southeast Asia reaches 1 400 participants

Climate

Participants from the Southeast Asian region met online for the CORDEX SEA Outreach and Capacity Building Workshop 15-17 November 2021.

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CORDEX-MAIRS-FE "Climate Change Downscaling Simulations and Regional Research Applications in Asia" workshop

Climate

In December 2021, CORDEX, MAIRS-FE and Future Earth joined forces to organize a workshop on "Climate Change Downscaling Simulations and Regional Research Applications in Asia”.

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CORDEX workshop for thirteen African countries

The CORDEX office at SMHI, the National Institute of Meteorology in Mozambique, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, the University of Cape Town in South Africa and the University of Yaounde in Cameroon jointly organized a workshop that gathered thirty participants from thirteen …

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Berit Arheimer appointed SMHI's Professor of Hydrology

Hydrology

“Berit Arheimer has a very high level of scientific and pedagogical competence. She has a broad international network and solid experience in strategic research management. In the role as professor, she will have the opportunity to further develop SMHI's hydrological research,” says SMHI's Director …

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New publication shows latest scientific knowledge on climate change in the Baltic Sea

OceanographyClimate

To provide a better understanding of the effects of climate change in the Baltic Sea, Baltic Earth and HELCOM have recently published the first Baltic Sea Climate Change Fact Sheet. The publication compiles the latest available science in the region on climate change and its impact. 

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Researchers show a faster decline of Arctic sea ice in the future with a new methodology

The Arctic's declining sea ice may melt away earlier than research to date has shown. As early as around 2035, the Arctic could be ice-free in summer at a high greenhouse gas emission scenario, and before 2050 at a low emission scenario. Two of SMHI's researchers have analysed the future Arctic sea …

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Final fanfare for the project that developed a flood warning system for West Africa

HydrologyClimate

In the joint research and development project FANFAR, SMHI and partners in 17 West African and three European countries have created an Early Warning System that provides a better opportunity for West African societies to act and minimize flood impacts. The system is now in use and the Nigerian …

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More algal blooms and new species of phytoplankton in Swedish seas

OceanographyClimate

The ongoing phenomenon of climate change is having an impact on marine ecosystems. Researchers from SMHI can show that there is now a greater occurrence of certain types of algal blooms than 40 years ago, and that new species of phytoplankton have become established. This has consequences not only …

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Research places the unusual Swedish summer of 2018 in a climate perspective

ClimateRossby Centre

Climate researchers from SMHI’s Rossby Centre, Stockholm University and Max Planck Institute for Meteorology have studied the probability of another summer resembling the extremely warm Swedish summer of 2018. They confirm, from a historical perspective, this was a very unusual summer. Ongoing …

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Research into how the climate is being affected by the pandemic

MeteorologyClimateAir QualityRossby Centre

The locking down of societies as a result of the ongoing corona pandemic has led to a reduction in global emissions of carbon dioxide during 2020. Governments are using both short-term emergency packages and more long-term restart packages in order to stimulate socio-economic development. …

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