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26 May 2026
Understanding a Warming World: Insights from Crafoord Laureate Veerabhadran Ramanathan
When Crafoord Prize laureate Veerabhadran Ramanathan visited Lund on 18 May, he combined personal reflections with a powerful scientific message: understanding aerosols and greenho...
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28 Apr 2026
Phosphorus deficiency may exacerbate climate problems
A lack of phosphorus in forest soil could lead to an acceleration of global climate change. This is shown by new research that has investigated the complex balance between carbon d...
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14 Apr 2026
Wildfire Risk for Species under Climate Change
Wildfires are becoming more frequent and are ravaging new parts of the world due to global warming. A study led by MERGE-members and researchers from the University of Gothenburg a...
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5 Mar 2026
Large forest fire emissions are hidden underground
Researchers at Lund University have produced the most detailed map of carbon emissions from Swedish forest fires to date. The results show that the largest emissions occur below th...
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3 Mar 2026
Alexandra Pongracz on Why You Shouldn’t Miss Swedish Climate Symposium 2026
Alexandra Pongracz is a researcher at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lund University and the programme chair for the Swedish Climate Symposium (SCS). With re...
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9 Feb 2026
Tiger Teams: tackling sustainability challenges together
Whether you work in a company facing a complex sustainability challenge, manage environmental issues at a municipality, or represent an organisation with a promising sustainable de...
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27 Nov 2025
Swedish Climate Symposium 2026: Call for Abstracts now open
We are delighted to invite you to submit your abstract for the Swedish Climate Symposium: a symposium dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of climate change and its envi...
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6 Nov 2025
Mini-Documentary: Climate Modeling and Forests
How do forests shape the climate — and how does a changing climate reshape our forests? What can science reveal about the forests of tomorrow? This mini-documentary dives into the ...
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26 Sep 2025
Secondary forests could be a key factor in climate management – if we protect them in time
By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind ...
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11 Sep 2025
More reliable crop forecasts with AI and satellite data
It is now possible to generate earlier and more reliable crop yield forecasts, according to a new doctoral thesis by Xueying Li.