Published 31 May 2018 Lund 2-4 October 2018, Abstract submission Closes 15th June, registration is open until 15th August It is the final year of LUCCI as financed as a Linnaeus environment from the Swedish Research Council and this will be a conference looking back at the achievements as well as looking into the future of studies around carbon cycle and climate interactions.Program, information,

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/lucci-conference - 2025-07-05

Published 14 May 2018 We are looking for someone to continue the work with developing RCA-GUESS, EC-Earth and LPJ-GUESS The scientific programmer will contribute to the development and maintenance of the different models used within MERGE. Good knowledge of programming in Fortran, C++ and Unix is needed. Last day to apply is 25/6 read more in Swedish here

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-hiring-programmer - 2025-07-05

Published 21 August 2018 SVT visited ICOS station Hyltemossan and MERGE researcher Adam Kristensson explained about terpener Together with BECC researcher Thomas Holst they explain why CO2 is not the only particle to focus on.You may read and watch the piece here in Swedish (SVT local news)

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-research-highlighted-media - 2025-07-05

Published 6 September 2018 This year’s summer meeting in Höllviken used the theme ‘Land use and ecosystem-based climate adaptation’ as starting point for presentations and discussions. Inspiring talks by Terese Thoni (CEC, LU), Åsa Kasimir (Earth Sciences, GU) and Paul Miller (INES, LU) set the scene for eye-opening and fun discussions in an intense afternoon workshop led by Deniz Koca (CEC, LU),

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/climbeco-summer-meeting - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05