A short film from the Swedish Climate Symposium 2026 Why are meeting places like this needed to turn climate research into action? What did participants take back to their own work? We spoke with people from different organisations & got interesting answers. Watch ➡️🎥 www.merge.lu.se/article/shor...

Northern peatlands are likely to play a greater role in future climate change than previously thought. The study, led by MERGE-member @nitin83.bsky.social shows that large areas of peatland could start emitting carbon dioxide as early as the mid-2000s: www.merge.lu.se/article/peat...

When visiting Lund, Crafoord Prize laureate Veerabhadran Ramanathan shared a clear message: understanding aerosols & greenhouse gases is key to tackling climate change, but solving the crisis demands new approaches, collaboration & urgent public engagement: www.merge.lu.se/article/unde...

Swedish Climate Symposium has started - inaugurated by our vice coordinator David Wårlind. Learn more about SCS26: swedishclimatesymposium.com

New Study: Dynamics & future projections of Indian forest carbon stocks under different emission pathways using CMIP6 & LPJ-GUESS: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... By: Fathima J Fitha, Mareena Mathew, Pramit Deb Burman, Nitin Chaudhary (MERGE), Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi, Lekshmi M S, Roxy Mathew Koll

Dynamics and future projections of Indian forest carbon stocks under different emission pathways using CMIP6 and LPJ-GUESS

Dynamics and future projections of Indian forest carbon stocks under different emission pathways using CMIP6 and LPJ-GUESS, Fitha, Fathima J, Mathew, Mareena, Deb Burman, Pramit Kumar, Chaudhary, Nitin, Chaturvedi, Rajiv Kumar, M S, Lekshmi, Roxy, Mathew Koll

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Phosphorus deficiency may exacerbate climate problems This is shown by new research by MERGE-member Ben Smith, among others, that investigated the complex balance between carbon dioxide fertilisation, phosphorus deficiency and tree growth: www.merge.lu.se/article/phos...

Wildfires are becoming more frequent & ravage new parts of the world due to global warming. A study led by MERGE-members & researchers from University of Gothenburg & Chalmers shows that this change is increasing the vulnerability of thousands of plants, animals & fungi: www.gu.se/en/news/incr...

Increasing wildfires a threat to new species

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and are ravaging new parts of the world due to global warming. A study led by researchers from the University of Gothenburg shows that this change is increasing th...

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Now hiring: Postdoc in analysis of long-time series of aerosol data to evaluate land-use dependence The position is based in the Division of Combustion Physics at Lund University. Learn more and apply by 8 May --> lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Postdoctoral position in analysis of long-time series of aerosol data to evaluate land-use dependence

Description of the workplace The position is based in the Division of Combustion Physics at Lund University. The Aerosol Research Group studies atmospheric aerosol particles and their impacts on clima

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Swedish old-growth forests store 83 % more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University with BECC & @mergesweden.bsky.social members Anders Ahlström & Didac Pascual. The difference is substantially larger than previous estimates: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HtS...

Old-growth forests store a lot more carbon than managed forests

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Project assistant with a background in natural sciences wanted You will work with a programmer and stakeholders from the Swedish forestry sector to create a graphical user interface for the dynamic vegetation model LPJ-GUESS. Read more, apply or tip your network --> lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Projektassistent med naturvetenskaplig bakgrund

Arbetsuppgifter Vi strävar efter att utveckla nya verktyg som kan bidra till planeringen av framtidens hållbara och motståndskraftiga skogar. Som projektassistent kommer du, tillsammans med en prog

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Alexandra Pongracz on Why You Shouldn’t Miss Swedish Climate Symposium: – It's a rare opportunity to meet colleagues from disciplines & sectors we don’t usually meet in our work... all gathering around the same purpose: ensuring climate knowledge leads to actions & societal change: shorturl.at/Pbosk

MERGE-members Johan E. Eckdahl, @larsnieradzik.bsky.social & Louise Rütting have produced the most detailed map of carbon emissions from Swedish forest fires to date. The results show that the largest emissions occur below ground. Article in Science Advances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Reassessing boreal wildfire drivers enables high-resolution mapping of emissions for climate adaptation

Fine-scale mapping improves regional carbon accounting.

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In a great collaboration with BECC, Nature Based Future Solutions at Lund University and AI Lund - we organised "AI for Biodiversity and Climate Research" yesterday. A big thanks to all people involved!

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC@beccsweden.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Pics from yesterday's seminar "AI for Biodiversity and Climate Science". The room was filled to the last seat and we had a great day. Huge thanks to all participants and speakers!

Swedish Climate Symposium: Call for Abstracts SCS is a symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Explore the programme to see which sessions are accepting abstracts. Submit by 30 January: swedishclimatesymposium.com

Highlights from our annual meeting: inspiring presentations, a small but interesting poster session, updates from MERGE research areas, and a quiz! We also enjoyed nice food in great company. Finally, we got to thank @millerinlund.bsky.social for his 10 years as MERGE much appreciated coordinator👏

We're in Norrköping - gathered for the 2025 MERGE annual meeting! The meeting started off with a session on Climate Modeling & CMIP7 Planning, with a keynote by Fuxing Wang from SMHI.

Welcome to NOSA 2026: Impacts of Aerosol Science & Technology 👩‍🏫 Target group: experienced & early-career scientists 📅 Date: 3-5 March 🗺️ Location: Lund, Swe. 🔗 Info: www.eat.lth.se/en/nosa-2026 The Nordic Society for Aerosol Research (NOSA) provides a platform for scientists to meet & share ideas.

MERGE samarbetar med LU Land kring den digitala föreläsningsserien: Klimat och hållbar markanvändning. Välkomna på nästa föreläsning den 26/11 kl: 08.30-09.30: När arvet från luftföroreningarna möter klimatförändringen: vad händer med skogsmiljön? Anmäl dig --> www.luland.lu.se/evenemang/lu...

How do forests shape the climate — and how does a changing climate reshape our forests? What can science reveal about the forests of tomorrow? With the municipality of Lund we produced this mini documentary about climate modeling and the forest, as part of an exhibition at Skrylle outside of Lund

Climate modelling and the forest

Climate modelling and the forest

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If you happen to live in or around Lund, maybe we will see you 25 October on the Opening of Climate and Forests – A New Popular Science Exhibition at Naturum Skrylle: www.merge.lu.se/calendar/ope...

Actris Sweden infrastructure got funding to 2030. www.actris.se/node/28 Long live the air pollution measurements! In forests: Hyltemossa, Norunda, Svartberget. At sea: Östergarnsholm. In Arctic: Svalbard. Higher: with remote sensing + cloud radar. And intensively: with mobile station GoEPIC.

Secondary forests could be a key factor in climate management Analysing more than 100,000 field measurements & environmental data, an international research team, incl. Thomas Pugh, researcher in physical geography & MERGE, created maps showing how & when secondary forests bind most carbon:

New LU Land series: Climate & sustainable land use The 1st lecture (24/9) will give an introduction to the subject. Future lectures will delve deeper into various aspects of research on the interplay between climate change & changes in land use. More info (Swe): www.luland.lu.se/evenemang/lu...

🌾 AI + satellite data + LPJ-GUESS = better crop forecasts PhD thesis by Xueying Li (Dept. of Physical Geography & Ecosystem Science, LU; BECC & MERGE) shows how combining AI, satellite data & LPJ-GUESS can improve early yield predictions—key for food security in a changing climate.

Research for future food security. Improving crop yield prediction in Sweden using satellite remote sensing and the ecosystem model LPJ-GUESS. Thesis by Xueying Li, PhD at LU and MERGE-member: www.lu.se/artikel/ny-f...

How can AI help us better predict the future of our planet? That was the central question when researchers from across Europe met in Lund for the 2nd consortium meeting of AI4PEX—a Horizon Europe project focused on improving Earth System Models using new AI methods: www.merge.lu.se/article/lund...

Research Area meetings for RA1 and RA2 today and tomorrow. Presentations about the diverse ongoing research and intense discussions about the future research within MERGE!

Movie in the making! Yesterday, Moa Sporre and David Wårlind was shot for a film about modelling the impact of forests on climate, and vice versa. The film is part of a bigger collaboration with Naturum Skrylle in Lund and will be shown for all its visitors to see.

Earlier this spring, MERGE researchers met to develop the EC-Earth4 Climate Model ahead of 2028 IPCC Report: www.merge.lu.se/article/merg... Picture: Infographic of EC-Earth #ec-earth #cmip #ipcc

Congratulations to @icossweden.bsky.social who held a successful one-day celebration event yesterday on the topic of the science of changes in ecosystems, the oceans and atmosphere due to climate change.

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Thank you all who took part in our celebration of 15 yrs ICOS Sweden as research infrastructure, 30 yrs, Norunda research station, 30 yrs Östergarnsholm mast, 10 yrs Hyltemossa research station and 10 yrs Carbon Portal! We hope, you enjoyed it as much as we did! @icos-ri.eu @hyltemossa.bsky.social