PUBLIC OUTREACH
A few selected highlights:
August 25, 2022–Nature Portfolio Earth and Environment: Lakes on Earth face critical white ice conditions
February 16, 2021 – BBC: The snowy countries losing their identity
December 6, 2020 – Letter to The Guardian: A warning on climate and the risk of societal collapse
January 28, 2019 – National Geographic: Lakes are shedding winter ice at record pace
March 10, 2017– Press release: Measurements by school pupils paved way for key research findings
May 12, 2016 – Vetenskap och Allmänhet: Att kartlägga vattnets färg
Interactions with schools including education of teachers:
Articles in newspapers, magazines, newsletters and social media on research activities and results:
- Presentation on lakes on Earth for about 110 high school students from Uppsala community; Nov 22
- Supervision of the school project (´Gymnasiearbete´) at Kathedralskolan ´Microplastic inputs into natural surface waters´; Oct 21-Mar 22
- Teacher education at Uppsala University: Cyanobacteria, Photosynthesis and Biofuel; Mar 20
- Supervision of the school project (´Gymnasiearbete´) at Celsiusskolan ´Relationship between CO2 emissions from different kind of waters and the abundance and development of mosquitoes´; Jul-Dec 18
- National wide high school project on ´Brown water´. Participation of ~200 school classes with ~3500 high school students across Sweden; widespread publicity (newspapers, webpages, journals, film); 2016. This project resulted in an international peer-reviewed publication, published in Scientific Reports in 2017
- Teacher education at Erken Laboratory: Climate change signals in lake waters; Jul 12
- Teacher education at Erken Laboratory: Global change impacts on water quality; Jun 10
- Ekudden school: Research presentation on lake ecosystems; Mar 10
- Lundellska High School: Presentation of own research and research facilities at Uppsala University; Feb 10
- Ekudden school: Research presentation in cooperation with Anita Kullen from the Royal Technical Institute; Sep 09
- Teacher education at Erken Laboratory: Global change impacts on water quality; Jul 09
- Mikaels school in Stockholm: Life as a scientist; Jan 09
- Ekuddens school: Research presentation in form of a water day at the Dept. of Environmental Assessment; Nov 06
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences day for teachers in Karlskrona: Water quality changes in Sweden; Oct 06
- Child care ages 3-5 of Uppsala community: Life in lakes and oceans; Nov 05
- Konrad-Adenauer High School in Meckenheim, Germany: Forschung auf dem kältesten, windigsten und trockensten Kontinent der Erde (in German); May 96
- Konrad-Adenauer High School in Meckenheim, Germany: Wie schnell erholt sich ein Ökosystem nach Umwelt-katastrophen? (in German); Jul 93
Articles in newspapers, magazines, newsletters and social media on research activities and results:
- Articles & social media reportages on blooms that also like it cold, published by e.g. Wisconsin Public Radio; Feb 23
- Articles & social media reportages on critical white ice conditions on lakes, published by e.g. Forschungsverbund Berlin; Nov 22
- Articles & social media reportages on browning of waters, published in e.g. VDI-Nachrichten, Spektrum.de, web.de, Stuttgarter Zeitung; Aug 22
- Debate on climate change and the lack of political actions, published in Aftonbladet; Aug 22
- Articles, newspaper & social media reportages in many different countries on the rapid ice cover loss in the Northern Hemisphere, published in e.g. Washington Post, The Toronto Star, CBC Radio, Science Daily; Oct 21
- Articles, newspaper & social media reportages in many different countries on the oxygen decline in lakes, published in e.g. The Times, Independent, Guardian, Fox, Zeit, Washington Post; ranked #25 in the world in terms of media coverage for all climate change related papers; Jun 21
- Article on changing snow and ice conditions, published in BBC Future’s Climate Emotions series; Feb 21
- Articles & social media reportages in many different countries on the risk of increased drowning when winters get warmer, published in e.g. BBC, Forbes, New York Times, Washington Post, Globe and Mail, Scientific American, Sciencedaily, Nov 20
- Articles & social media reportages in many different countries on declining calcium levels in freshwaters around the globe, published in e.g. Environmental Science and Engineering Magazine, International Institute of Sustainable Development, Water Canada, Canadian Geographic; Aug 19
- Newspaper article on warmer and browner waters that decrease fish biomass production, published in Upsala Nya Tidning; Mar 19
- Newspaper articles & social media reportages in many different countries on lakes that are shedding winter ice at record pace, published in e.g. National Geographic, Upsala Nya Tidning; Jan 19
- Newspaper article on effects of warmer winters on aquatic ecosystems, published in Södermanlands Nyheter; Apr 17
- Article on school children helping researchers, published in Origo 2, 2017, pages 19-25; Mar 17
- Newspaper articles & social media reportages in many different countries on measurements by school pupils that paved the way for key research findings, published in e.g. Extrakt, Upsala Nya Tidning, Sciencedaily, Science Newsline; Mar 17
- Newspaper articles & social media reportages in many different countries on life under lake ice being surprisingly active; Dec 16
- Newspaper articles on the citizen science project Brown Water, published in e.g. Upsala Nya Tidning, Södermanlands Nyheter, Oskarshamn Tidning, Faculty Newsletter, Nya Horisonter No.2, 2016; Oct 16
- Article on the assessment of water color in Swedish waters through citizen science, published in Vetenskap & Allmänhet; May 16
- Newspaper articles & social media reportages in many different countries about a faster warming of Earth’s lakes than its air, published in e.g. Global News, Science and Nature; Dec 15
- Newspaper articles & social media reportages in many different countries on northern lakes acting as carbon dioxide chimneys in a warming world; Nov 15
- Article describing the Global Lake Temperature Collaboration, published in LAKELINE; Nov 15
- Article on the rapid transformation of big northern lakes, published in the Newsletter Environment; Nov 15
- Article on the carbon dioxide release from lakes by sunlight, published in the EOS Buzz Newsletter; Apr 15
- Article on global warming signals in Lake Vättern, published in the Vättern Newsletter; Apr 15
- Articles on a new global database which sets the stage for research on the ecological effects of climate change, published in e.g. National Geographic; Mar 15
- Article on climate change in the Baltic Sea Area, published in the Helsinki Commission HELCOM thematic assessment in 2013, Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 137; Oct 13
- Article on the Global Lake Temperature Cooperation project, published in National Geographic; Oct 12
- Newspaper articles & newsletters on the impact of outdoor festivals on pharmaceutical occurrence in surface waters, published in e.g. Upsala Nya Tidning, Dagens Nyheter, Newsletter SLU-notiser; Jan 12
- Article on threats to our waters, published in Miljö & Utveckling p. 26-29; Dec 11
- Newspaper articles about liming and acidification of Swedish lakes; Aug 11
- Article in SLU-notiser about increased water chemical variability in lakes in a warmer world; Apr 09
- Article on ´Sötvattnens betydelse i den globala kolcykeln uppvärderas´, published in SLU-notiser; Dec 08
- Article on ´Fosforförbud i tvättmedel enkel åtgärd´, published in Miljömagasinet; Mar 08
- Article on ´Varmare klimat försvårar för Vänerns yrkesfiskare´, published in Mariestad Tidningen; Nov 07
- Newspaper articles on ´Brist på kväve i blommande sjöar´, published in e.g. Miljöforskning, Newsletter SLU-notiser; Sep 07
- Article on ´Mörkare sjöar av varmare klimat´, published in Resurs magazine; Oct 07
- Newspaper articles on the increase in the occurrence in the invasive algal species Gonyostomum semen; published in e.g. Miljörapporten, Dagens Nyheter, Göteborgs Posten; Sep 07
- Article on ´Grön sörja kan vara islossningens fel´, published in Upsala Nya Tidningen; Jun 06
- Newspaper articles on climate effects on Lake Vättern, published in e.g. Jönköping, Vadstena; Nov 05
- Article on ´Tidigare islossning´, published in Sveriges Natur Periodical No. 2/05; Mar 05
- Article on ´Extrema flöden påverkar vattenkemin´, published in the Newsletter SEAREG; Nov 04
- Article on ´Gesa identifierar riskzonerna´, published in the Newsletter of the Ministry of Agriculture; Sep 04
- Article on ´Temperaturökning påverkar islossning mer i söder än i norr´, published in SLU-notiser; Apr 04
- Article on ´Varma vinter ger tidig algförekomst´, published in the Newsletter m-plus (Miljöaktuellt); Mar 02
- Newspaper articles on increasing winter temperatures and the growth of algae, published in e.g. Uppsala Nya Tidningen; Mar 02
- Article on ´Varmare vintrar ger fler giftiga alger´, published in SLU-notiser; Feb 02
- Newspaper article on ´Forskare tar pulsen på Mälarens vatten´, published in Vestmanlands Läns Tidningen; Jul 01
- Newspaper article on ´Gifter i sjöbotten löses ut i vattnet´, published in Upsala Nya Tidningen; Oct 96
- Weyhenmeyer G. 2023. Klimatförändringar ökar risken att gå genom isen (in Swedish). Krönika, Uppsala Universitet
- Weyhenmeyer G. 2022. Lakes on Earth face critical white ice conditions. Nature Portfolio Earth and Environment
- Colliander Celik,…G. Weyhenmeyer et al. 2021. Därför krävs det stora satsningar på geografi och geovetenskap (in Swedish). Debatt i Ämneslärare
- Bendell J, G Weyhenmeyer, W Steffen et al. 2020. A warning on climate and the risk of societal collapse. Letter to The Guardian.
- Prowse, T, K. Alfredsen, S. Beltaos, B. Bonsal, C. Duguay, A. Korhola, J. Mcnamara, W.F. Vincent, V. Vuglinsky, G. Weyhenmeyer. 2011. Changing lake and River Ice Regimes: Trends, Effects and Implications. In: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the arctic (SWIPA): Climate Change and the Cryosphere. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment (AMAP), Norway. ISBN 978-82-7971-071-4.
- Weyhenmeyer, G. and I. Bloch. 2007. Mörkare sjöar ger förändrad biologi (in Swedish). Miljötrender No. 3, p 11. ISSN 1403-4743.
- Weyhenmeyer, G. 2006. Klimatförändringarnas påverkan på vattenkvalitén (in Swedish with English Summary). Sötvatten 2006, pp. 2-5. ISSN 1652-3962.
- Wallin, M. and G. Weyhenmeyer. 2002. Mälaren har blivit brun (in Swedish with English Summary). Sötvatten 2002, PP. 10-15. ISBN 91-620-8076-8.
- Weyhenmeyer, G. 2001. Varmare vintrar – ökad risk för algproblem i svenska sjöar (in Swedish). Miljötrender No. 3-4, pp 10-11. ISSN 1403-4743.
- Radio P4 and Swedish television, both local and national (Mar 03, 2023) on changing ice conditions on lakes; Mar 23
- SVT Ođđasat (May 14, 2020): Unstable lake ice conditions in northern Sweden; May 20
- Radio ´Vaken med P3´ and P4 (Feb 21, 2020): Lacking ice cover on lakes; Feb 2020
- Radio P4 and Vetenskapsradio (Jan 19, 2019): Lakes are shedding winter ice at record pace; Jan 19
- Radio P1 (Vetandens värld; Oct 18, 2016): Browning of waters; Oct 16
- TV and radio in a variety of countries: Earth’s lakes are warming faster than its air; Dec 15
- Daily news (Rapport at 19.30 on January 11, 2012) and several radio transmissions on the impact of outdoor festivals on pharmaceutical occurrence in surface waters; Jan 12
- Daily news (Rapport at 19.30 on August 1, 2011) and radio transmission on liming and acidification of Swedish lakes; Aug 11
- Presseminar for Swedish journalists; Mar 2008
- Several radio transmissions (e.g. Radio Östergötland, Radio Örebro, Radio Skaraborg) about climate effects on Lake Vättern; Nov 05
- Live transmission (Radio Uppland): Algblomning i Östersjön; Jul 05
- Daily news (Rapport at 6 pm on February, 2005): Tidigare islossning i norra och södra Sverige; Feb 05
- Interview Vetenskapsradion-Vetenskapsnyheter: Klimatförändring märks i svenska insjöar; Dec 04
- Several radio transmissions (e.g. Radio Uppland, Radio Örebro) about increasing winter temperatures and the growth of algae; Mar 02
- Participation in the Diplomatic Forum: Presentation about ongoing water research at Uppsala University to ~40 ambassadors, Stockholm; Apr 23
- Participation in the International Science Festival in Gothenburg; Apr 23
- WaterNature4Future Group: www.waternature4future.com
- Presentation for the Swedish Ice Safety Council, Stockholm; Dec 22
- Outreach activities within the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON); since 2015
- Contribution to the exhibition of ´Woman in Limnology´ which was shown in several countries; Sep 18
- Writing and distribution of popular science factsheets and videos within the EU project C-CASCADES; 2015-18
- Presentation of the use of GIS for society at the International GIS day, Uppsala; Nov 14
- Involvement in SciFest for Uppsala municipality; Mar 13
- Participation in SkogsSverige query box for the public; 2012-20
- Outreach activities within the Uppsala Water Centre; 2009-15
- Outreach activities within the Global Young Academy; 2009-12
- Participation in the debate concerning the role of young scientists for society organized by Naturvetarna, KVA and SSF; Feb 10
- Participation in the AGU’s Climate Science Question & Answer Voluntary Work for accurate media reports of the Copenhagen Climate Conference; Dec 09
- Invited seminar: ´OmvärldsDialog och Engagemang´; Aug 09
- Information of climate impacts on aquatic ecosystems on the web site of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; 2007
- Member of the Programme for Information and Cooperation from the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences at SLU, Sweden; 2005-06
- Web site about climate impacts on freshwater systems; 2003