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 been used in the research, and the results are an important contribution to understanding temperature changes now and in the future. The Arctic is the area in the world that is heating up the fastest, through so-called

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/arctic-temperature-analysis-over-thousand-years - 2025-08-25

Thimas Holst, researcher and teacher at out department, have been awarded the pedagogical prize 2022 by the science student union LUNA. The pedagogical prize is awarded to an outstanding teacher. On the LUNA website one can read the nominating students' motivation: "From the students who nominated Thomas, it has been made very clear that he is enthusiastic about his subject, and teaching it to stu

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/thomas-holst-awarded-lunas-pedagogical-prize - 2025-08-25

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 the human body, and the rising temperatures may make certain areas very hard to live in by the end of this century. High temperatures in combination with humid air may cause extreme heat known as wet bulb temperature, o

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/killer-heat-may-make-middle-east-uninhabitable-within-century - 2025-08-25

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 policymakers, policy advisors, and climate journalists. The very first volume of FLUXES focuses on regional and year-over-year changes in carbon sinks in Europe. A brand new publication on climate issues is released by ICOS.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/fluxes-european-greenhouse-gas-bulletin-now-released-icos - 2025-08-25

Photo: Johanna Asch och Ulrika Ervander 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 experience, and two field assistants have now published a film showing some of the environment and work deep in the forests far from common roads. Pristine or very old forests are not very

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/studying-old-forests-and-carbon-uptake - 2025-08-25

Satellite photo showing the eutrophication of lake Chahu, Anhui Province, China, and the source of this photo is Landsat 8, provided by Assoc. Prof. Feng, from Southern University of Science and Technology. 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 they were poison

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/mapping-lacustrine-algal-blooms-globally - 2025-08-25

Lina Eklundh, Tomas Pugh, Anders Ahlström and Markku Rummukainen have been interviewed in different media outlets as experts in their corresponding fields.   Lina Eklund Lina Eklund, associate senior lecturer, was recently interviewed in Göteborgs-Posten about a new report which warns that extreme heatwaves could make parts of the planet uninhabitable and cause one person in ten to be a climate re

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/ines-staff-featured-media - 2025-08-25

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 researchers and teachers including researchers from our department, agreeing with the Aurora, have signed a debate article in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Many researchers and teachers from academies all over Sweden have

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/academics-debate-article-young-people-are-right-sue-state - 2025-08-25

Photo by Ulrika Ervander 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 on the way to failure, writes researches from Europe and USA in a debate article in Science. The pressure on Europe´s biomass rich old-growth forests have increased with the rising prices, and th

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/risk-failure-protecting-old-forests - 2025-08-25

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. Previous measurements have shown that the drought in 2018 reduced carbon uptake in southern forests, while northern pine forests fared better. This year's drought is now affecting ongoing measurements, and researchers a

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/drought-affects-forest-carbon-uptake-research-department-highlighted-svt-segment - 2025-08-25

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 immediate impact of meteorological drought on vegetation across Europe. The information can strengthen the information base for planning of water management and drought responsiveness. Droughts are becoming increasingly

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/recent-study-reveals-sub-seasonal-drought-sensitivity-across-europe - 2025-08-25

The first physical project meeting of the EU-funded project entitled “Intelligent Geotechnologies for Resilient Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Lao PDR (INTEGRAL), took place at Lund University the 20-21 September 2023. Intelligent geotechnologies, which integrate mapping, earth observation, geographic information systems and artificial intelligence, can play a fundamental role in sup

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/project-intelligent-geotechnologies-sustainability - 2025-08-25

Traditional wheat on the left, perennial wheatgrass on the right, with a comparison of growth over time. Perennial crops have the potential to reduce the need for ploughing and pesticides, which in turn can lead to reduced soil degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, a unique research infrastructure that has the potential to transform agriculture was inaugurated by the Department of Ph

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/can-agriculture-shift-perennial-grain-crops - 2025-08-25

Hornsund station. Photo by Joanna Perchaluk. 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 the Arctic. INTERACT has earlier published several books, and this autumn they had a film premiere, and released short films in collaboration with BBC, giving interested a great

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/interact-docu-series-and-bbc-short-films-about-arctic - 2025-08-25

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 Margareta Johansson is one of the researchers who will work in the project. Why is this polar research project needed?- The ongoing climate change is noted most clearly at our northernmost and southernmost latitudes. We ther

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/eu-lifts-polar-research-arctic-and-antarctica - 2025-08-25

photo of Ann Kull from Sydsvenskan 2015-02-25 Article with Ann Kull in Sydsvenskan (in Swedish) Read the full article hereAnn is is a lecturer and researcher at the Centre and for more information about Ann’s research see here

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/feminism-within-islam-difficult-not-impossible - 2025-08-25

Dr. Ming-Chee Ang Dr. Ming-Chee Ang (better known to the students as Ming), the centre’s post-doctoral fellow (2013-2015) and currently a research fellow, has published her doctoral dissertation-turn-monograph, Institutions and Social Mobilization: The Chinese Education Movement in Malaysia, 1951-2011, in December 2014. According to Associate Professor Goh Beng Lan (Department of Southeast Asian S

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-monograph-dr-ming-chee-ang - 2025-08-25

Tallyn Gray (UK), alumnus of the Master’s in Asian Studies A late congratulation to alumnus Tallyn Gray who received his PhD at the University of Westminsiter last summer!His dissertation “Justice and Transition in Cambodia, 1979-2014: Process, Meaning, and Narrative” has been shortlisted for the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) Book Prize 2015.Read more about Tallyn’s research her

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/alumnus-tallyn-grays-dissertation-shortlisted-icas-book-prize - 2025-08-25

Ming’s new article on “Chinese Education for Malaysians” is now published by three influential Chinese education movement organisations in Malaysia: Merdeka University Berhad, LLG Cultural Development Centre,Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies. This article, presented during the 2014 Malaysia Chinese Education Conference, has critically analysed the issues and challenges faced by the six decades

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-article-dr-ming-chee-ang - 2025-08-25

Japanese Taiwan: Colonial Rule and its Contested Legacy Postdoctoral Fellow Jens Sejrup has a chapter in the newly released book Japanese Taiwan: Colonial Rule and its Contested Legacy, edited by Andrew Morris and published by Bloomsbury Academic. Entitled "Reliving the Past: The Narrative Themes of Repetition and Continuity in Japan-Taiwan News Coverage," Jens's chapter discusses high-level Taiwa

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/chapter-dr-jens-sejrup-new-book-japan-taiwan-postcolonial-relations - 2025-08-25