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Analyses of environmental changes - Focus: Archives

Welcome to the course Analysis of Environmental Changes - Focus: Biogeochemistry held by the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science at Umeå University. My name is Johan Rydberg and I will be course coordinator. If you have any questions regarding the course, please just drop me an e-mail (johan.rydberg@umu.se). Below you will find important information about the course and Umeå university, so please read it carefully.

How to start

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  • 3. Course registration

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    To be able to sign in to register online, you need to have activated your Umu-id account.

    If you cannot attend at the introduction 20 January please inform the course organizer in advance.

  • 4. Course start

    Monday 20 January

    Time: To be announced

    Location: To be announced

    Schedule is published here no later than 30 days before the start of the course

    During the course, you will work with both practical and theoretical aspects of how the environment responds to different perturbations, both natural and anthropogenic. The course will be based on a combination of lectures, group discussions, a field study and seminars. Please note that the course will be held in English.

About the course

  • Extra information

    During the first week of the course, we will conduct field work under winter conditions. To make this an enjoyable experience thick clothes and warm and watertight booths are essential, because it will most likely be a lot of snow and around –10°C (and it can potentially be as cold as –20°C). A thermos to bring hot beverages in is also highly recommended (we will eat our lunch in the field).

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