“Understanding the Earth's natural climate variations, as well as the causes and consequences of today’s rapid climate change, requires multidisciplinary research. Therefore, the Bolin Centre for Climate Research was founded in Professor Bert Bolin’s honour in 2006,” says Alasdair Skelton, professor of geochemistry and petrology at the Department of Geological Sciences and, since 2013, one of the directors of the Bolin Centre for Climate Research. The idea behind the Centre was to create an environment where climate researchers from various disciplines at Stockholm University could collaborate. After a few years, it was expanded to include partners from KTH and SMHI in order to complement research on measurement data and processes using model calculations of the climate. On 1 July 2016, the Bolin Centre merged with the research programme Ekoklim.
“This autumn, the Bolin Centre will take a big step and expand to include ecological and societal effects of climate change, human impact on the climate, as well as how society can minimise the negative impact on the climate. This is something we are very happy about,” says Alasdair Skelton.
He says that the Bolin Centre has gained a unique position as a meeting place for researchers performing various types of climate measurements and researchers modelling the climate. Current collaborations on climate issues involve environmental scientists, chemists, meteorologists, oceanographers, ecologists, zoologists, hydrologists, physical geographers, biogeographers, geochemists, geologists, historians, etc. Research at the Bolin Centre involves the past, the present and the future: from a few square metres to the entire planet, and from seasons to millions of years.
Find out more about the Bolin Centre at their website: http://www.bolin.su.se
