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6 Aug 2024
Forests destroyed by wildfires emit carbon long after the flames die
Wildfires release large amounts of climate-warming CO₂. The forest recovers slowly and the burned area continues to release CO₂ for several years.
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20 Jun 2024
Melting Arctic sea-ice affects precipitation patterns
A new international study shows that ice loss in the Arctic is leading to increased evaporation from Arctic marginal seas, such as the North Sea, and that the increased atmospheric...
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18 Jun 2024
Weather attribution – climate scientist Wilhelm May helps us get to grips with the concept
Have you noticed that when scientists are asked whether or not a particular extreme weather event is due to climate change, they usually respond with something like "It fits the pa...
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23 May 2024
Voices from the Swedish Climate Symposium
After a year of intensive work by many involved, the Swedish Climate Symposium with its close to 400 participants, has come to an end. Now an evaluation of the conference awaits, b...
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17 Apr 2024
Two Lund researchers and MERGE members receive prestigious EU grant
Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will receive EUR 2.5 mill...
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8 Feb 2024
60.000 views on The Conversation in two weeks – what’s the secret?
In just two weeks, Zhengyao Lu, Researcher in Physical Geography at Lund University and a member of MERGE and BECC, gained 60.000 reads of his article “Gigantic solar farms of the ...
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29 Jan 2024
Three questions to David Wårlind about Swedish Climate Symposium
On 15-17 May, the second edition of the Swedish Climate Symposium will take place in Norrköping. The symposium offers is a unique opportunity for scholars and societal actors to se...
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9 Jan 2024
Deliang Chen new ISC Fellow – recognized for promoting the public impact of science
MERGE-member Deliang Chen, world leading climate researcher and Professor of Physical Meteorology at the University of Gothenburg, has been elected International Science Council Fe...
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13 Dec 2023
Ten new insights from climate science
Human mobility in climate risk areas is increasing. The loss of mountain glaciers is accelerating. Reforming food systems can contribute to more equitable climate action. These are...
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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...
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14 Mar 2023
Half of the ships well above emission limits for nitrogen oxide
Within the activities of the EU HORIZON 2020 project SCIPPER, recordings of NOx (nitrogen oxides) emissions from vessels were remotely collected and analysed. The data originated f...