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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 - 2025-11-09

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 - 2025-11-09

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 common in the managed forest areas that

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/studying-old-forests-and-carbon-uptake - 2025-11-09

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 poisoned by cyanobacteria. This is an increasing environmental problem, and recent work to create a global dataset on algal blooms shows significant changes in the last twenty years. Toxic algal blooms in water, k

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/mapping-lacustrine-algal-blooms-globally - 2025-11-09

Lina Eklundh, Tomas Pugh, Anders Ahlström and Markku Rummukainen have been interviewed in different media outlets as experts in their corresponding fields.   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 refugee by 205

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/ines-staff-featured-media - 2025-11-09

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 - 2025-11-09

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 the logging rate was alread

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/risk-failure-protecting-old-forests - 2025-11-09

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 - 2025-11-09

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 - 2025-11-09

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 - 2025-11-09

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 Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and LUCSUS, in collaboration with SLU Alnarp. The new facility, fu

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/can-agriculture-shift-perennial-grain-crops - 2025-11-09

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 opportunity to learn more about the Arctic.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/interact-docu-series-and-bbc-short-films-about-arctic - 2025-11-09

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 - 2025-11-09

Från med 1 juni i år leder Thoas Fioretos, professor i klinisk genetik vid Lunds universitet och överläkare vid klinisk genetik och patologi, Region Skåne, arbetet vid den nationella forskningsinfrastrukturen Clinical Genomics inom SciLifeLab. SciLifeLab utgör en nationell infrastruktur inom Life science och erbjuder spjutspetsteknologier och expertis till det svenska forskarsamhället. Inom infras

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-leder-arbetet-vid-scilifelabs-plattform-clinical-genomics - 2025-11-09

Professor Christer Betsholtz, professor vid Uppsala universitet och Karolinska Institutet, tilldelas 2021 års stora Nordiska pris av Eric K. Fernströms stiftelse. Det är ett av de största skandinaviska forskningspriserna inom medicin och Christer Betsholtz får utmärkelsen för sin forskning kring blodkärlens struktur och funktion. Motiveringen lyder vidare: ”Hans forskning har varit av essentiell b

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/miljonpris-till-ledande-blodkarlsforskare - 2025-11-09

Vårt DNA är mycket likt schimpansens, som evolutionärt är vår närmaste levande släkting. Nu har stamcellsforskare i Lund hittat en tidigare förbisedd del i vårt DNA, så kallat icke-kodat DNA, som tycks bidra till en skillnad som trots alla våra likheter kan förklara varför våra hjärnor fungerar olika. Studien publiceras i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Cell Stem Cell. Schimpansen är vår närmaste le

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/outforskat-dna-forklarar-skillnaden-mellan-manniska-och-schimpans - 2025-11-09

Hallå där Björn Ekman och Jesper Sundewall, ni är båda forskare inom socialmedicin och global hälsa vid Lunds universitet och ni får nu 600 000 kronor av Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys för att studera effekter av globalt hälsobistånd. Vad ska ni göra inom ert forskningsprojekt? – Vi ska analysera globalt bistånd till sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och rättigheter (SRHR) de senaste 25 åren och för

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/forskningsprojekt-ska-undersoka-effekter-av-bistand-till-sexuell-och-reproduktiv-halsa-och - 2025-11-09

Vad innebär det att få diagnosen adhd och hur kan vi som samhälle bli bättre på att stötta dem och andra sårbara barn och unga? Pia Tallberg, specialist i neuropsykologi som precis doktorerat vid Lunds universitet, har i sin forskning undersökt hur barn med adhd utvecklas över tid. För några veckor sedan disputerade Pia Tallberg med en avhandling där hon undersökt hur kognitiva funktioner (som rör

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hur-paverkas-livet-barn-med-adhd - 2025-11-09

Traditionell och stark smärtlindring med läkemedel ger ofta stora biverkningar och kan påverka förmågan att fungera i vardagen för den drabbade. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitet vidareutvecklat en helt ny stimuleringsmetod mot svår smärta som ger individanpassad smärtlindring, utan de sedvanliga biverkningarna och en i det närmaste total blockad av smärta utan att annan känsel och motorik påv

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/smartlindring-utan-biverkningar-med-sjograsmjuk-teknik - 2025-11-09

Den 15 oktober är det dags för årets professorsinstallation då 28 nya professorer installeras vid en högtidlig ceremoni som kommer att livesändas kl. 16:00. Universitetets nya professorer installeras av rektor Erik Renström. Professorer med hemvist vid Medicinska fakulteten som installeras den 15 oktober (klicka på namnet för att se profil i Lunds universitets forskningsportal):    Thomas Deierbor

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nya-professorer-installeras - 2025-11-09