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10 Apr 2025
Rewilding - good for the planet and people
Allowing nature to cover up after human activities, known as rewilding, has several benefits. It improves the resilience of ecosystems, increases biodiversity and favours the inter...
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16 Oct 2024
Reduced carbon sink power in the Sahel
Africa, despite its large area and thus large impact on the global carbon cycle, is relatively unexplored with respect to ecosystem functions and impact on climate change. Now one ...
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7 Aug 2024
The bigger role of trees in global carbon cycling
Researcher Patrik Vestin in a " news and views " article in Nature that woody surfaces of trees may take up methane on a scale of global importance.
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30 Jul 2024
Open position: Postdoctoral fellow in Earth Observation
Postdoctoral fellow in Earth Observation of land cover and vegetation dynamics in the Middle East.
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28 Mar 2024
Open position: Postdoctoral fellow in carbon cycle modelling
The Inverse Modelling group at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), Lund University, seeks to appoint a post-doctoral fellows to work on the quantific...
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15 Mar 2024
EU lifts polar research in the Arctic and Antarctica
Over five years, the EU invests SEK 163 million in the POLARIN research project. The aim is to promote interdisciplinary research in both polar regions. Physical geographer Dr Marg...
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15 Dec 2023
INTERACT docu series and BBC short films about the Arctic
Are you curious about the Arctic, and what it is like to work there? INTERACT is a network of stations around the Arctic that is building capacity for research and monitoring in th...
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27 Oct 2023
Can agriculture shift to perennial grain crops?
Perennial crops have the potential to reduce ploughing and spraying. Lund University and SLU Alnarp have built a unique research infrastructure.
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26 Sep 2023
Project on intelligent geotechnologies for sustainability
The first meeting of the EU-funded project entitled “Intelligent Geotechnologies for Resilient Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Lao PDR".
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21 Sep 2023
Recent study reveals sub-seasonal drought sensitivity across Europe
A new study by an international group of researchers, including three scientists from the department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, offers critical insights into the ...