Published 20 September 2018 MERGE welcomes proposals for short research projects within the vision and aims of MERGE for the years 2018-19.This is a call from Lund University where partners are invited as long as a co-founding attestation is provided. The call is up to 1 million SEK and aims at a continued consolidation of the collaboration between research groups and major projects within MERGE.

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/call-open-merge-short-projects-and-merge-workshop-grants - 2025-06-29

Published 19 December 2018 A well visited full day with engaged and broad audience and speakers were the results of the first official BECC grand seminar jointly organized with MERGE. A grand seminar is defined as a full day filled with speakers and possibilities for discussions. November 26, BECC and MERGE jointly presented The Science and Politics of 1.5C. The organizers thank all participants a

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/report-science-and-politics-15c-seminar - 2025-06-29

Published 19 December 2018 During one and a half day in November the MERGE Yearly meeting 2018 went off in Växjö. The theme was MERGE research and we heard from all corners of MERGE from the very small particles in the sky to being able to identify which tree/place was on the screen. All active partners in MERGE were represented and a blend of well-needed discussions were fused in between the pres

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/summary-merge-yearly-meeting - 2025-06-29

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 1 February 2019 Professor Natascha Kljun and Station Manager Norunda measuring station Anders Båth in the Norunda forest. Photographer: Irene Lehner Growing forests can limit climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store the carbon in their biomass as they grow. How much carbon a forest stores varies

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/well-managed-forests-can-limit-climate-change - 2025-06-29

Published 20 May 2019 Deadline 21st of May MERGE welcomes proposals for1. short research projects within the vision and aims of MERGE for the years 2019-20 and2. MERGE workshops during 2019-20The "Short research project"is a call from Lund University where partners are invited as co-applicants, but will only be able to cover salary for employed personnel at Lund University. The call is up to four

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/call-open-merge-short-projects-and-merge-workshop-grants-0 - 2025-06-29

Published 26 March 2019 Three major MERGE projects have data going into the new database PANGAEA LandClim II(VR, 2017-2020).This project is a collaboration between LNU, LU (dynamic vegetation modelling and spatial statistical modelling), SU (ESM EC Earth) and SMHI (regional models RCA4 and HARMONIE). The project is a development from the former MERGE project LandClim I*, the results of which are p

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/database-pangaea-now-public - 2025-06-29

Published 15 March 2019 Members of the MERGE board Mattias Hallquist, Birgitta Svenningsson, Paul Miller, David Simpson, Ralf Döschler and Marie-Jose Gaillard are a few of those who have written the debate article due to school strike Global Strike for Future. In a debate article at Dagens Nyheter more than 270 researchers, among many of them involved in MERGE, show respect and support for the dem

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-researchers-supports-demands-youths-manifest-march-15th - 2025-06-29

Published 21 May 2019 During 7-8 of May, 80 researchers within MERGE and BECC met to learn about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and how their research can be linked, and contribute, to the implementation of the goals. We are just as far from reaching the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) as Burkina Faso. We just have different challenges.This is one of many terse quotes delivered by Ka

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/spring-meeting-2019-merge-becc-jointly-sustainable-development-goals - 2025-06-29

Published 21 August 2019 The researchers in Lund are investigating the interaction between a vegetation in change and the climate. For example, what will happen to tundra when it gets warmer? In the picture: volcano Korjakskaja Sopka in northeastern Russia. Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a uniquely detailed global climate model that will increase our understanding of c

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/unique-climate-model-includes-vegetation-developed - 2025-06-29

Published 25 October 2019 Results from MERGE is presented in Swedish media A new and improved run on the climatemodel where LPJ-GUESS has been coupled into has given results presented from SMHI. The climate expert at TV4 Susanna Baltscheffsky says that it presents a scary picture of the climatedevelolpent and that the temperature will rise much more than previously expected.You find the interview

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/nya-ron-globala-uppvarmningen-varre-befarat - 2025-06-29

Published 15 December 2019 This year’s meeting was held in Lund and contained intense discussion on MERGE future and dynamics. The meeting started with presenting the four Research areas past, present and ideas for the future. RA1 - Model development and scenarios, was summarized by Paul Miller with input from colleagues. The progress and inclusion of several processes have developed LPJ-GUESS thr

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/autumn-meeting-merge-knowledge-gaps - 2025-06-29

Published 27 January 2020 Deadline May 11 MERGE welcomes proposals for1. short research projectsfor the years 2020-21 with the MERGE Research Strategy 2020-2025 as a point of departure.2. MERGE workshops during 2020The "Short research project"is a call from Lund University where partners are invited as co-applicants, but will only be able to cover salary for employed personnel at Lund University.

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/call-open-merge-short-projects-and-merge-workshop-grants-1 - 2025-06-29

By catrin [dot] jakobsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Catrin Jakobsson) - published 22 April 2020 If you exhale on a clear day in the clean, cold air of the Arctic, you will not see your breath form the cloud we are used to seeing when the temperature drops. The reason for this is that the cloud cannot form without aerosol particles. Moa Sporre, researcher in nuclear physics at Lund Univ

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/particles-baffle-climate-researchers - 2025-06-29

Published 6 May 2020 We appreciate your participation in the online conference, which was a very successful joining of about 100 participants. April 23 and 24 were two very rewarding days, filled with interesting sessions, poster presentations, office yoga, group discussions, as well as fruitful conversations and sharing of expertise. The event allowed for interesting discussions among researchers

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/thank-you-participating-becc-merge-spring-meeting-online-science-says-conference - 2025-06-29

Published 14 September 2020 ClimBEco summermeeting in Lund. Photo: Ylva van Meeningen ClimBEco’s annual summer meeting was held this August over two consecutive days, with both online and in-person meetings in Lund, Malmö and Gothenburg. The summer meeting is one of the highlights of our graduate school, where current PhD students can meet, network and learn more about an interdisciplinary topic.

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/summary-climbeco-summer-meeting - 2025-06-29

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 13 October 2020 3D illustration of different pollen. Is it possible that a tiny pollen dredged up from a European lake can hold answers about both our past and our future? Researchers at Lund University use pollen as old as 12 000 years to predict our future climate, and to study ecological and historical change. Researchers E

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/old-pollen-seed-can-predict-tomorrows-climate - 2025-06-29

Published 18 February 2021 The theme of the ClimBEco annual meeting was “Multidisciplinary learning environments – seizing their opportunities and avoiding their pitfalls”. After an icebreaker that included seeing some sweet ‘corona-pets’ in the screens, we brought ourselves onto the level of metaphysics and the multiple ways of knowing about the world. We considered the epistemological breadth in

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/summary-climbeco-winter-meeting-2021 - 2025-06-29

Published 24 April 2014 See climate scenarios interactively displayed as maps and diagrams. SMHI's web service provides easy to use information to the general public as well as to decision makers.  The new web service presents and describes results of climate research conducted at the Rossby Centre, SMHI, with the aim to provide easy to use informaton to the general public as well as to decision m

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/smhi-launches-new-web-service-climate-scenarios - 2025-06-29

Published 15 June 2014 From September to December there will be a course about the WG1 report from IPCC: Climate Change - The Physical Science Basis. A coming course at the University of Gothenburg will review the IPCC WGI report, “Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis”.Course leaders: erik [dot] thomson [at] chem [dot] gu [dot] se (Erik Thomson) and ravikant [at] chem [dot] gu [dot] se

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/new-course-about-review-ipcc-wg1-report - 2025-06-29

Published 5 May 2021 Deadline June 11 Joint MERGE and BECC funding instrument for Short Projects MERGE Short Projects MERGE workshops MERGE welcomes proposals for 1. short research projects for the years 2021-22 with the MERGE Research Strategy 2020-2025 as a point of departure. 2. MERGE workshops during 2021 3. MERGE-BECC joint short projects for the years 2021-2022 You find the full description

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/3-merge-calls-open - 2025-06-29