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  • “The importance of technology for our oceans”

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    Peter Sigray talking about his research in the arctic waters of Greenland
    Published Oct 04, 2024

    Water-related research at KTH covers a wide range of themes. A common denominator is the practical approach and the solution-oriented quality of projects and research areas. This makes it ideal for ex...

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  • Brigita Dejus on water-based epidemiology and an EU mission for the ocean

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    Published Oct 02, 2024

    In the latest WaterCentre@KTH lunch seminar, Doctor Brigita Dejus, Riga Technical University, Latvia, talked about the development of water-based epidemiology (WBE) in the young Baltic country. She ex...

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  • Gia Destouni is awarded the Baltic Sea Award

    Professor Gia Destouni is awarded for her research on the Baltic Sea. Photo: SU/Ingmarie Andersson
    Professor Georgia Destouni is awarded for her research on the Baltic Sea. Photo: SU/Ingmarie Anderss
    Published Sep 26, 2024

    Professor Georgia (Gia) Destouni has been awarded the Baltic Sea Award for her significant research contributions and guiding efforts to combat eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.

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  • Swedish-Colombian project on sustainable fishing presented to Colombia’s minister of science

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    Published Sep 13, 2024

    The Pacífico Econavipesca project is a collaboration between KTH, universities in Sweden and Colombia, local and reginal authorities as well as fishing associations in Guapi, Colombia. Taking advantag...

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  • Well-attended seminar on AI and water and carbon cycles with Professor Yeonjoo Kim

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    Professor Yeonjoo Kim presenting
    Published Sep 09, 2024

    Professor Yeonjoo Kim, Yonsei University, South Korea presented two examples of using artificial intelligence and process-based models to improve the prediction of water and carbon cycles in a well-at...

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  • Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Taikan Oki presented his work at KTH

    Taikan Oki during his presentation
    Photo: Karin Larsdotter, KTH Climate Action Centre
    Published Sep 06, 2024

    Professor Taikan Oki, University of Tokyo, participated in a seminar at KTH Campus on 29 August, the day after he received this year's Stockholm Water Prize from HM the King "Based on his world-renown...

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  • New blog post: Visiting Stockholm and World Water Week 2024 – a perspective from South Korea

    Published Sep 06, 2024

    “In August 2024, as part of the AI & Water Informatics Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Yonsei University, South Korea, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in World Water ...

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  • New method against summer plague

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    A new method to collect the algae and sanitize the water during algal blooms (Photo:Mostphotos)
    Published Jul 03, 2024

    A new method to combat algal bloom has been developed at KTH and will be tested this summer in the waters off Klintehamn and Tofta on Gotland. ​​​​​​​"We will trawl up accumulations of cyanobacteria ...

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  • Water conflicts more frequent - how to solve them

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    - The trend in recent years is that conflicts over water have increased. We have not recognised this in time and have let things go in the wrong direction," says Zahra Kalantari. (Photo: Christer Gummeson)
    Published Jun 17, 2024

    Water is a scarce resource,causing an increasing number of conflicts. A project at KTH Royal Institute of Technology is exploring how nations and regions can better resolve the problems.

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  • KTH-researchers meeting with the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from Colombia

    Meeting with the minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from Colombia, Yesenia Olay
    Meeting with the minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from Colombia, Yesenia Olaya Requene https://minciencias.gov.co/direccion/ministra
    Published Jun 14, 2024

    Researchers at KTH met with the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from Colombia, Yesenia Olaya Requene, during a visit by a delegation from Colombia on the 13th June 2024.

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  • Photo gallery and proceedings from the Innovations for the Blue Planet 2024 conference

    Published Jun 10, 2024

    The international conference Innovations for the Blue Planet 2024 gathered renowned speakers and participants from several countries and fields, with water as the common denominator. Now, conference p...

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  • New on-going project: RESOLVE

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    Photo: Dylan Burns, Unsplash
    Published Jun 04, 2024

    The European railways span nearly 230,000 kilometers across the continent, covering over 420,000 hectares of land and serving as a critical facilitator of human mobility and goods transportation for c...

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  • Seminar with Magnus Linton on writing for wider publics

    Published May 08, 2024

    WaterCentre@KTH proudly invites you to a seminar with Magnus Linton, non-fiction writer and editor at the Institute for Futures Studies, who elaborates seven crucial points in his book Text and Style ...

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  • Climate is one culprit in spread and growth of Middle East dust levels

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    A haze sets in over Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during a dust storm. Photo: Leo Morgan
    Published May 02, 2024

    Climate change is transforming dust storms—a natural phenomenon in the Middle East—into a more frequent and widespread threat to health and economies throughout the region, a new study shows.

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  • KTH researcher's invention saves salmon from damage at hydropower plants

    Jowan Rostami at KTH courtyard
    "It feels rewarding to contribute to the utilization of renewable resources in the forest industry while at the same time promoting biodiversity at hydropower plants," KTH researcher Jowan Rostami says.
    Published Mar 19, 2024

    Hydropower plants have major problems with migrating fish getting injured in turbines. KTH researcher Jowan Rostami has developed a unique bio-based foam material to serve as a protective barrier, red...

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  • New on-going project: NEEDED

    Published Feb 23, 2024

    The overarching aim of NEEDED is to establish a new biobased production platform by embracing microbial communities for achieving sustainable production of specific biobased chemicals from source sepa...

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  • New on-going project: SEAREFINERY

    Published Feb 21, 2024

    SEAREFINERY aims to establish a novel bio-based blue food, blue feed and blue food packaging materials production platform by embracing marine-based sources and wastes targeting five seas.

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  • New on-going project: LandEX

    Published Feb 13, 2024

    LandEX seeks to create synergies that mitigate the impacts of hydroclimatic extremes such as floods and droughts by employing nature-based solutions (NBS) and advanced hydrological modelling.

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  • Gia Destouni is elected to the US NAE and leads a groundbreaking project on African freshwater

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    Published Feb 09, 2024

    Water researcher and guest professor at KTH, Gia Destouni, has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering.

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  • New on-going project: "Puddle Jump"

    Published Jan 26, 2024

    Puddle Jump will contribute to “joined up” thinking about hydrological and other ecosystem services that can be provided by small artificial waterbodies.

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