Final conference on chemicals in dust indoors
Should we be more concerned about how we are exposed to chemicals indoors? A conference at the end of August summarizes several years of research on how we are exposed to hormone disrupting chemicals collected in the dust of our homes. “To sum up, one can say that our two main objectives have been to investigate whether dust is a …
What causes the poor health of perch in the Baltic Sea?
Why does the amount of perch decrease in the Baltic Sea? Could it be because of compounds naturally produced by algae and cyanobacteria? Could it also explain the poor health of several other species in the Baltic Sea? That is something researchers at ACES are trying to find out during the summer. A porch on Nämdö is used as a …
Research expedition to the Arctic sets sail
The 1st of August sees the start of the Swedish-American research expedition Arctic Ocean 2018. Forty researchers from all over the world will be based and work on board the Swedish icebreaker Oden whilst moored to a moving ice floe. The overall theme of the expedition is the formation of clouds. Clouds play a very important role in the Arctic …
