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As a researcher within MERGE you have access to a wide network of colleagues within different disciplines, as well as the possibility to administrative and financial support on different issues. On these pages, we have gathered useful…

https://www.merge.lu.se/merge-researchers- 2022-12-02

MERGE is part of ClimBEco, an interdisciplinary research school focused on Climate, Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a changing world. MERGE also offer undergraduate studies and the possibility to do your thesis work within one of…

https://www.merge.lu.se/education- 2022-10-31

MERGE arranges events and meetings to make sure researchers and its stakeholders are updated on the latest research findings, and to facilitate the important cooperation and interaction within the research environment and with its…

https://www.merge.lu.se/merge-events- 2023-02-07

Published 18 February 2021 The theme of the ClimBEco annual meeting was “Multidisciplinary learning environments – seizing their opportunities and avoiding their pitfalls”. After an icebreaker that included seeing some sweet ‘corona-pets’…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/summary-climbeco-winter-meeting-2021- 2021-02-18

Published 24 April 2014 The web service on climate scenarios from SMHI See climate scenarios interactively displayed as maps and diagrams. SMHI's web service provides easy to use information to the general public as well as to decision…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/smhi-launches-new-web-service-climate-scenarios- 2021-01-26

MERGE is organised around research areas that collectively underpin a cohesive interdisciplinary research environment.  The MERGE research areas are: Development, modelling and evaluation of climate-vegetation processes (RA1) Past…

https://www.merge.lu.se/research- 2022-12-02

Published 24 June 2015 Rice in Japan. Photo: Kazuhiko Kobayashi The rapidly rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect plants’ absorption of nitrogen, which is the nutrient that restricts crop growth in most terrestrial…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/increased-carbon-dioxide-levels-air-restrict-plants-ability-absorb-nutrients- 2021-01-26

Published 25 June 2015 The SRA evaluation, new publications in Science and Global Change Biology, researchers in media, and much more. Find the latest MERGE newsletter here - and sign up for the MERGE e-mail list and get all MERGE related…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-newsletter- 2021-01-26

Published 4 September 2015 Clouds, Flickr, Mike King On November 16-17 the 1st Nordic Chapter Risk Conference will be held in Lund. The topic is The Future of Risk Analysis in the Nordic Countries. The conference is open to all researchers…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/1st-nordic-risk-conference-lund-16-17-nov- 2021-01-26

RA1 focuses on the development of Earth system models and their application to learn about the character, scope and significance of feedback mechanisms linking the biosphere and atmosphere - both globally and in contrasting regions and…

https://www.merge.lu.se/research/merge-research-areas/development-modelling-and-evaluation-climate-vegetation-processes-ra1- 2022-11-11

Published 28 October 2015 Sun over the NEEM research station in Northern Greenland. Photo by: Raimund Muscheler Solar storms and the particles they release result in spectacular phenomena such as auroras, but they can also pose a serious…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/traces-enormous-solar-storms-ice-greenland-and-antarctica- 2021-01-26

Published 9 November 2015 Africa is very vulnerable to climate change. However, challenges remain in understanding the full set of climate impacts for the region. Improved climate models may help contribute to solutions for reducing…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/improving-climate-models-reduce-vulnerability- 2021-01-26

Published 4 December 2015 Markku Rummukainen. Photo: Lund University Right now Markku Rummukainen, coordinator of MERGE, is in Paris for the COP21. His role is with the Swedish climate negotiation delegation and the EU’s negotiation…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/early-action-and-cooperation-reach-2-degree-goal- 2021-01-26

Published 5 February 2016 Behnaz Pirzamanbin PhD student Behnaz Pirzamanbin has been awarded twice for the paper "Modelling Spatial Compositional Data: Reconstructions of past land cover and uncertainties", both as winner and honorary…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/two-awards-phd-student-paper- 2021-01-26

Published 9 February 2016 Professor Deliang Chen, seen on the Tibetan Plateau. The Tibetan Plateau has long been seen as a “hotspot” for international environmental research, and there have been fears that water supplies in the major Asian…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/water-supplies-tibet-set-increase-future- 2021-01-26

Published 31 March 2016 Photo: Pixabay On 28-29 April the 2016 MERGE Spring Meeting will take place in Norrköping, focusing on CMIP6 and EC-Earth. Sign up before 12 Apri! On 28-29 April the 2016 MERGE Spring Meeting will take place in…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/sign-merge-spring-meeting-2016- 2021-01-26

Published 30 March 2016 Erik Swietlicki ACTRIS is the European Research Infrastructure for the observation of Aerosols, Clouds and Trace gases. On 10 March 2016, it was accepted as one of the EU’s strategically important research…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/swedish-researchers-build-new-european-infrastructure-atmospheric-research- 2021-01-26

Published 28 April 2016 Apply to ClimBEco research school before May 16! Interested in interdisciplinary perspectives on climate, biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing world? The application is now open for participation in the…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/call-applications-climbeco-graduate-research-school-2016-2018- 2021-01-26

MERGE involves staff from five Swedish universities and the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. MERGE is a collaboration between Lund University, University of Gothenburg, Rossby Centre/SMHI, Linneaus University, Chalmers…

https://www.merge.lu.se/modelling-regional-and-global-earth-system/participating-partners-and-departments- 2022-12-19

Published 16 June 2016 Photo: Pixabay Welcome to a workshop to find strategies and fruitful pathways for the future aerosol related work in MERGE, August 22-24. Sign up by June 23rd! The workshop will start just before lunch on August 22…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/sign-workshop-aerosol-climate-interactions- 2021-01-26