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20 Nov 2023
Now you can submit your contribution to the Swedish Climate Symposium
On 15-17 May 2024, SMHI, the strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research invite you to the second Swedish Climate Symposium in Norrköping. A ...
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30 Oct 2023
Årligt möte och omvärldsspaning med MERGE:s och BECC:s referensgrupp
Vad är på gång i Sverige och omvärlden inom miljö- och klimatområdet och hur påverkar det myndigheter, företag, intresseorganisationer och forskning? Vilket behov av kunskap finns ...
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10 Oct 2023
Increase in forest fires may damage the crucial ozone layer
All particles that reach the atmosphere cause different chemical reactions. Particles come partly from natural sources such as volcanic eruptions and forest fires, and partly from ...
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2 Oct 2023
Reflections from ClimBEco summer meeting 2023
In September 13-15, 2023 the ClimBEco summer meeting entitled “Double up and double down: linking the global climate and biodiversity crises to bring about fast, fair and transform...
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18 Sep 2023
Research trip in the Arctic was followed by polar bears
Ice sheets, snow and the ocean as far as the eye can see. No shipping vessels or people in sight, and only polar bears for company. The icebreaker Oden sails between Svalbard and G...
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31 Aug 2023
Deforestation changed the climate in Europe during the Bronze Age
The vegetation in Europe has not always looked like it does today. Just as the ice sheet retreated in northern Europe and the population increased, man began to affect the landscap...
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1 Jun 2023
Greetings from the polar expedition ARTofMELT 2023
As the ice-breaker Odin set sail on the 7th of May, MERGE-researchers Luisa Ickes, Lovisa Nilsson and Nicolas Faure were on it!
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19 Apr 2023
Cities will need more resilient electricity networks to cope with extreme weather
Dense urban areas amplify the effects of higher temperatures, due to the phenomenon of heat islands in cities. Large investments in the electricity network will be necessary to coo...
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27 Mar 2023
Deteriorating air quality in a warmer world
Not all air pollution are created by humans. As the global average temperature rises, harmful emissions from plants increase and more desert dust is dispersed in the atmosphere. Re...
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20 Mar 2023
Markku Rummukainen on the new IPCC report: "Near-term action is crucial"
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a synthesis report summarizing the reports of recent years. Markku Rummukainen, Sweden's contact person for t...