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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 variations…

https://www.merge.lu.se/research- 2025-04-14

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 9 June 2015 Photo: Göran Wallin, University of Gothenburg The photosynthesis of tropical species in montane rain forest is very sensitive to high temperature which means high-altitude rain forests are particularly under threat by…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/tropical-montane-rain-forests-sensitive-temperature-increase- 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 20 September 2015 European Trend Atlas of Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Deliang Chen, MERGE researcher at the University of Gothenburg, along with colleagues from four other European universities have published a book…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/europes-extreme-weather-over-200-years-presented-new-book- 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 9 November 2015 Most African countries contribute only marginally to the increase of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. Nevertheless, Africa is the continent most vulnerable to the effects of climate…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/africas-vulnerable-ecosystem- 2021-01-26

Published 4 December 2015 Deliang Chen, photo: University of Gothenburg Professor Deliang Chen has been elected Fellow of TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries. Professor Deliang Chen,…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/deliang-chen-new-fellow-twas-world-academy-sciences- 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 21 December 2015 New data presented by researchers at Lund University and others in the journal Oceanologia show that the air along the coasts is full of hazardous nanoparticles from sea traffic. Almost half of the measured…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/sea-traffic-pollutes-our-lungs-more-previously-thought- 2021-01-26

Published 30 November 2015 On 11-12 November, the MERGE community was invited to Hotel Skansen in Båstad, Sweden to discuss the future of MERGE. Find the presentations from the meeting here. 11 November12.00 – 13.00 Lunch and…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/presentations-merge-autumn-meeting-2015- 2021-01-26

Published 29 January 2016 Photo: SLU FORMAS will give five information meetings during February and talk about their open call. For more information about a specific meeting and regional activities, see contact information under each…

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/five-information-meetings-about-formas-open-call-2016- 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