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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 ...
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13 Jun 2023
Drought affects forest carbon uptake - research at the department highlighted in SVT segment
SVT has interviewed Anders Lindroth about the long-term measurements of forest carbon uptake conducted by ICOS and researchers at the department outside Perstorp in northern Skåne....
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15 May 2023
Risk of failure protecting old forests
Old- growth forests are to a large extent unprotected to logging, and the rate of cutting them down is high, not least in Sweden. Even protected forests are at risk, and the EU is ...
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20 Dec 2022
Academics in debate article: "Young people are right to sue the state"
The Aurora group are young people who recently initiated a process against the state of Sweden for not taking action and treating the climnate crisis as a crisis. More than 1600 re...
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2 Nov 2022
INES staff featured in the media
Lina Eklundh, Tomas Pugh, Anders Ahlström and Markku Rummukainen have been interviewed in different media outlets as experts in their corresponding fields.
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20 Oct 2022
Mapping lacustrine algal blooms globally
In May and June 2020, more that 300 dead elephants were found in Botswana´s Okavango Delta. Initially it was suspected that poaching was the reason, but it was later shown that the...
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26 Sep 2022
Studying old forests and carbon uptake
Looking at old forests, in the small areas of forest lands where they are left untouched, and looking among other things at carbon dynamics. For the team this was a unique experien...
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6 Sep 2022
FLUXES - the European Greenhouse Gas Bulletin now released by ICOS
A brand new publication on climate issues is released by ICOS. The leaflet FLUXES - the European Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, aims at highlighting climate issues to an audience of poli...
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30 Aug 2022
Killer heat may make the Middle East uninhabitable within a century
The summer 2022 brought extreme heatwaves in many places globally, and the debate has a included the term "killer heat". In moist areas the high temperatures will be even harder to...
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6 Jul 2022
Thomas Holst awarded LUNA´s pedagogical prize
Thimas Holst, researcher and teacher at out department, have been awarded the pedagogical prize 2022 by the science student union LUNA.
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9 May 2022
Arctic temperature analysis over a thousand years
A research team has created a picture of historical temperatures in the Arctic, spanning over a thousand years. A new technique and a recently published database of proxy data have...
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29 Apr 2022
Investigating drought and other mechanisms behind migration and conflict in Syria
Are weather events such as drought and agricultural productions shocks the main reason for violent conflicts, or are there other mechanisms that should be more considered? A recent...
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12 Apr 2022
Increased carbon dioxide release from ecosystems despite of negative temperature trends
Despite cooling, net autumn release of carbon dioxide from ecosystems have increased, according to research from an international research group. The results come from a large stud...
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11 Apr 2022
The war has put a stop to climate projects in the Arctic
Margareta Johansson, was interviewed about climate projects that have been put on hold because of the war in Ukraine.
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4 Apr 2022
Digital maps of tomorrow improve how we find our way
Many of us have digital maps at our fingertips in our smartphones, but these maps are not adapted to guide us when walking or finding our way in new environments, for example, as t...
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23 Feb 2022
Agricultural hotspots may move in a future climate
High-yield food production is concentrated today in certain geographical areas, so-called "breadbaskets". But what will happen to these areas in a warmer climate? To secure food pr...
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11 Feb 2022
Congratulations Margareta Johansson...
...who has been nominated by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) to be the Swedish representative in the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Cryosphere working...
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17 Dec 2021
Awarded for popular science article
Associate Professor Frans-Jan Parmentier has been awarded in Norway for his article about climate and permafrost.