Edvin Karlsson

Researcher, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

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Born: September 4, 1883, Säve parish

Died: April 28, 1932

Previous offices: member of the First Chamber

Last updated Nov 2, 2026

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Scientists pull biodiversity data from thin air using environmental DNA

New Capabilities

As of May 2026: Lead author on archived-filter biodiversity reconstruction

For most of conservation history, counting wildlife meant walking into a forest with binoculars, traps, or camera arrays. A new method does it without seeing the animal: filter the air, sequence the DNA fragments, and read off which species were nearby.

Updated May 31