26 Feb 2021

“Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why”

Zhengyao Lu, researcher at the department, has published a popular science article on The Conversation website. It's entitled “Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy b...

23 Nov 2020

Funding to ecosystem process research

The Swedish Research funding research on soil nutrient cycles and the interaction with carbon dioxide uptake in forest ecosystems. Benjamin Smith and David Wårlind from our departm...

20 Nov 2020

Thesis about harmonisation of 3D geodata for planning and building

On Friday 20th November Helen Eriksson is defending her thesis with the title "Harmonisation of 3D geodata – a prerequisite for a digital information flow for applications in the p...

13 Nov 2020

Starting Grant to research on root dynamics in the Arctic

Grant to research on Modelling root dynamics in arctic tundra ecosystems and quantifying vegetation feedback to regional and global climate change.

12 Nov 2020

New thesis: GIS and spatial methods in epidemiology

Augustus Aturinde, PhD candidate, recently nailed his thesis “GIS and Health: Enhancing Disease Surveillance and Intervention through Spatial Epidemiology”.

4 Nov 2020

INTERACT presented at the European Polar Science Week

Margareta Johansson held an invited tak at the European Polar Science Week. The talk focused on research access in the Arctic to increase the understanding of this remote area.

7 Sep 2020

Clear-cut forest areas emit greenhouse gases

The forest and forest management are a hot topic in the climate debate, but there are still uncertainties in the mapping of the forest's function as a carbon sink or carbon source....

3 Sep 2020

Permafrost thawing may not cause more carbon emissions

Net carbon emissions that is in general expected to increase with thawing permafrost, did not increase according to new study in the Abisko region.

10 Aug 2020

Anders Lindroth interviewed in “A Tale from the Woods”

Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus, is featured in the documentary A Tale from the Woods. In the documentary, Anders speaks about carbon emissions from clear cuts, as well as prov...

20 May 2020

Rising temperatures affect wetlands and disrupt the water balance

In a future warmer climate, evaporation from the northern hemisphere’s wetlands will increase significantly more than previously thought. This is shown by an international study in...

17 Apr 2020

Weiming Huang awarded fellowship for postdoc studies in Singapore

Weiming Huang, a researcher and a recent doctoral graduate at our department, has been awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Singapore plus a two-year repatriation grant ba...

23 Mar 2020

Climate change is hastening spring arrival in Sweden

During the last 16 years, global warming has led to a trend of spring arrivals occurring earlier, a new study published in International Journal of Biometeorology shows.

17 Mar 2020

3D visualization exhibition in the foyer of Geocentrum II

An exhibition set up Nils Bergendal will take place at the entrance to Geocentrum II from Monday March 16th.

9 Mar 2020

She coordinates hundreds of researchers bound for the Arctic

Margareta Johansson has been featured in several media outlets due to her commitment to coordinate the international polar project Interact.

24 Feb 2020

New study solves old climate mystery about ecosystems’ nutrient limitation

The ability of global ecosystems to absorb carbon dioxide is regulated to a large extent by the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus. With lower plant access to these nutrients, great...

14 Feb 2020

Lund University receives SEK 100 million to coordinate major polar research project

Lund University will receive SEK 100 million from the EU to coordinate the international research project Interact for another four years. Among other things, the funding is to be ...

31 Jan 2020

Increasing tropical land use is disrupting the carbon cycle

An international study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that the rapid increase in land use in the world's tropical areas is affecting the global carbon cycle ...

3 Jan 2020

Exciting internship during exchange in Svalbard

One of our students, Juliano Hanna, is on exchange in Svalbard. He is participating in a project aimed at gathering knowledge about how the Longyear River is slowly changing its pa...

20 Dec 2019

Feedback loop anticipated after the 2018 record drought decreased forests uptake of carbon dioxide

Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus, has been interviewed in Swedish TV4 news regarding effects of the 2018 drought.

20 Nov 2019

Students of the department created an exhibition

Last week, some of our students arranged a GIS day showing cartographic material made by the department's students.