Published 6 December 2018 Fossilized skin forming the trailing edge of the right pelvic fin (Image: Johan Lindgren) More information here: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/remarkably-preserved-fossil-sea-reptile-reveals-skin-that-is-still-soft Article in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0775-x

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/johan-lindgren-publishes-article-nature-about-soft-tissues-jurassic-ichthyosaur - 2025-07-07

Published 14 January 2019 Amber Hood Highcock is since Jan. 1, 2019 employed as a researcher, linked to the luminescence lab, and will during the coming six months work on developing luminescence dating in archaeological contexts.

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-colleague-amber-hood - 2025-07-07

Published 17 January 2019 Per Möller and Helena Alexanderson got a new 3-year project funded from SGU, starting in 2019: "Sub-till sediments and deflation surfaces in south Sweden - what are their implication for the glacial history of this area?"

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/moller-and-helena-alexanderson-got-new-3-year-project-funded-sgu - 2025-07-07

Published 26 February 2019 50000-year-old peat is seen as a dark layer buried under 2 m of sediment deposited by the Scandinavian ice sheet. Thorbjörg Sigfúsdóttir investigates the sediments at Rauvospakka in Norrbotten, N Sweden. Photo: H Alexanderson, Lund University. Scientists have unearthed and pieced together evidence on more than 1,000 ancient wetland sites from across the globe, that are p

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/dating-ancient-peat-northern-sweden-contribute-new-insight-global-carbon-cycle - 2025-07-07

Published 12 March 2019 Solar storms can be far more powerful than previously thought. A new study with researchers from the dept. of Geology, has found evidence for the third known case of a massive solar storm in historical times. The researchers believe that society might not be sufficiently prepared if a similar event were to happen now. More reading: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/r

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/researchers-uncover-additional-evidence-massive-solar-storms - 2025-07-07

Published 28 March 2019 Daniel Conley, professor of biogeochemistry at the Department of Geology, Lund University, has received EUR 2.5 million (just over SEK 26 million) for a five-year project on the impact of the evolution of diatoms on the oceans. Diatoms have a significant impact on the global biogeochemical cycle of carbon, silica and other nutrients that regulate ocean productivity and ulti

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/daniel-conley-has-been-awarded-eur-25-million-five-year-project-impact-evolution-diatoms-oceans - 2025-07-07

Published 15 August 2019 https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/the-composition-of-fossil-insect-eyes-surprises-researchers

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/johan-lindgren-et-al-present-study-composition-fossil-insect-eyes-nature - 2025-07-07

Published 14 January 2020 Prof. Mary Higby Schweitzer is without doubt the foremost scientist in the field of molecular palaeobiology. Over the last two decades, she has developed detailed protocols to extract, recover and characterize ancient proteinaceous matter. Additionally, she has been able to demonstrate that collagenous sequences obtained from Late Cretaceous dinosaurs closely match those

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/prof-mary-h-schweitzer-nominated-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2025-07-07

Published 17 June 2020 The 2021 Tage Erlander visiting professorship has been awarded Beth Parker, professor in hydrogeology at Guelph University, Canada. During her time in Sweden, professor Beth Parker will be active mainly at Lund University. https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/decisions/2020-05-28-tage-erlander-visiting-professorship.html

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/beth-parker-2021-tage-erlander-visiting-professor-will-work-department-geology - 2025-07-07

Published 30 June 2020 Photo: Lena Björk Blixt   Daniel Conley is investigating the seas of ancient times. His sights are set on finding a moment in time when the chemistry of the oceans changed completely, when the diatoms became common, which changed the Earth's ecosystem. In addition to be a major food source, the algae absorb large quantities of silicon from the oceans. They absorb carbon dio

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/daniel-conley-investigating-seas-ancient-times - 2025-07-07

Published 2 December 2020 In its yearly call for infrastructure projects, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (an independent foundation for the advancement of the humanities and social sciences) has awarded 7.7 MSEK to the National Swedish Laboratory for Wood Anatomy and Dendrochronology at the Department of Geology. The project, which is based on collaboration with Humlab in Umeå and dendrochronology labo

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/old-wood-new-light - 2025-07-07

Published 11 December 2020 Charlotte Sparrenbom has been awarded the Lund students' pedagogical prize for outstanding contributions to education. The Vice Chancellor appoints three prize winners for the entire university on the basis of proposals from the student unions' nomination process. Lotta receives a diploma and a prize of SEK 25,000 for study trips in the service. Read more in Lundagård..

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/charlotte-sparrenbom-has-been-awarded-lund-students-pedagogical-prize-outstanding-contributions - 2025-07-07

By anders [dot] schersten [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Scherstén) - published 19 March 2021 The terrestrial silicon (Si) cycle determines the amount of Si transported to the oceans. In this study we use Si isotopes measured in diatoms to show how human activity influences the Si budget of Lake Tiefer See (Germany) within the last 4300 years. Deforestation and crop harvest in the catchment a

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/carla-nantke-publishes-study-where-they-track-human-activities-during-last-4300-years-studying-si - 2025-07-07

By josefin [dot] martell [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Josefin Martell) - published 29 March 2021 Press Release Scientific Study in Meteoritics & Planetary Science

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-study-shows-lake-mien-was-formed-meteoric-impact - 2025-07-07

By gert [dot] pettersson [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Gert Pettersson) - published 22 April 2021 This Friday (23 April 2021) is the official opening for submissions to the new journal Interdisciplinary Egyptology. Co-founded by Dr Amber Hood, one of our geoarchaeologists/archaeological scientists at the Department of Geology, this is an exciting new initiative that she has been working on with her

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/official-launch-new-journal-interdisciplinary-egyptology-co-founded-dr-amber-hood-one-our - 2025-07-07

By karl [dot] ljung [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Karl Ljung) - published 30 April 2021 Photo: Karl Ljung Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on Earth’s biodiversity. The findings suggest that the rate of change in an ecosystem’s plant-life increases significantly during the years following human settlement, with the most dramatic changes occurring in locations colonized in the last

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/study-reveals-extent-human-impact-worlds-plant-life - 2025-07-07

By johannes [dot] edvardsson [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Johannes Edvardsson) - published 22 June 2021 The annual dendrochronological conference TRACE 2021 (Tree-Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) has for the first time ever been hosted by a University in Scandinavia. The event, which due to the Corona pandemic was virtual, had 273 participants from 37 countries. During the days befor

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/annual-dendrochronological-conference-trace-2021-tree-rings-archaeology-climatology-and-ecology-has - 2025-07-07

By dan [dot] hammarlund [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Dan Hammarlund) - published 28 June 2021 As of 17 August Lund University will initiate a stepwise return to campus-based work and education, provided that conditions allow with regards to the pandemic. The current decisions by the Vice Chancellor on June 17 and the Dean of the Faculty of Science on  June 23 provide a time table for the return to

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/return-campus-based-activities - 2025-07-07

By charlotte [dot] moller [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Möller) - published 27 September 2021 Urueña, C., Andersson, J., Möller, C., Lundgren, L., Göransson, M, Lindqvist, J.E., Åkeson, U., 2021: Variation in technical properties of granitic rocks with metamorphic conditions. Engineering Geology. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1dlbq38lpFrh1

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/uruena-et-al-presents-first-study-illustrating-how-technical-properties-granitic-rocks-vary-function - 2025-07-07

By karl [dot] ljung [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Karl Ljung) - published 5 October 2021 The application deadline is 1 November. A digital information meeting will be held on 7 October at 12:15–13:00. https://www.science.lu.se/education/international-opportunities/outgoing-exchange/plan-your-outgoing-exchange-studies

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/time-apply-outgoing-exchange-studies - 2025-07-07