By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 7 July 2021 In urban planning, 3D models are important in simulations and as a basis for decision making. Source: Lund Municipality Lars Harrie, professor at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES) and GIS Center, has been appointed a member of the National Geodata Council, representing uni

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/government-appoints-member-geodata-council-gis-center - 2025-03-17

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 13 September 2021 Copernicus has published a dataset that shows growing seasons and vegetation productivity in great detail. Researchers from the department - Lars Eklundh, Zhanzhang Cai and Hongxiao Jin - have developed the algorithms that form the basis of the databases. Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS),

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/copernicus-publishes-dataset-researchers-our-department-contribute - 2025-03-17

Published 4 October 2021 Clear-felling, a method which is now debated. Photo: Patrik Vestin, Departmetn of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science. Forest management in the climate debate is splitting the forest community of researchers, forest owners, organisations and companies. Which way is the right way to go to make forestry work to help to counteract climate change? Several of our researche

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/our-researchers-battle-forest - 2025-03-17

By susanna [dot] olsson [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanna Olsson) - published 26 October 2021 Weiming Huang is awarded in EuroSDR Award winner 2021 for the best PhD thesis related to geoinformation science for his thesis about knowledge-based geospatial data integration and visualisation with Semantic Web technologies. The thesis was presented during the 139th EuroSDR Board of Delegates meeti

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/dr-weiming-huang-awarded-best-phd-thesis - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 16 November 2021 The increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing our climate to warm at an alarming rate. The consequent changes are unprecedented, and difficult to predict due to the complexity of the Earth system.  While we know that half of the carbon emissions released to the atmosphere

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/icos-supports-science-and-policy-making-first-comprehensive-article-describing-icos-published - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 26 October 2017 Picture of the experiment, showing warmed plots melted out of the snow. Credit: Audrey Barker-Plotkin Dan Metcalfe has written a perspective piece in Science about a recently published paper. Dr Dan Metcalfe at the department has written a perspective piece in Science about a featured paper. The pa

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/much-greater-portion-global-soil-carbon-store-could-potentially-be-vulnerable-decomposition-and - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 26 October 2017 A large "curtain" is being installed in order to reduce water input to parts of the forest. NBC News recently covered the ongoing activities associated with a VR-Uforsk funded project coordinated by Dr Dan Metcalfe. The project is installing a 30 metres high, 40 metres wide curtain in the middle of

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/dan-metcalfe-coordinating-project-cloud-forest-peru - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 8 November 2017 Anders Lindroth Anders Lindroth featured in several media outlets. Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus at the department, was interviewed in several media outlets about new research showing that earlier springs increase the forests’ ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Among other

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/earlier-spring-increases-forests-carbon-uptake - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 9 November 2017 The COP23 climate change summit in Bonn will host a session during which Margareta Johansson will present the impacts of thawing permafrost. Warming at almost twice the global average rate, the Arctic is a key region for understanding wider climate change impacts. Mitigation and adaptation strategi

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/margareta-johansson-will-give-talk-cop23 - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 14 December 2017 By Rosino ([1]) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Petter Pilesjö, Andras Persson, Ali Mansourian, and Micael Runnström have, together with researchers at the Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU) in Mozambique, received a grant to develop educationa

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/researchers-granted-sek-18-million-collaboration-project - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 20 December 2017 Forest fire. The carbon and nitrogen losses attributable to forest fires are much larger than was previously thought. This has now been shown by an extensive study that has compiled fire experiments from around the world. It is not just vegetation that is lost in forest fires. When a forest burns,

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/forest-fires-cause-unexpectedly-large-nutrient-losses - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 20 December 2017 Spruce forests. Photo: Ylva van Meeningen. Two new research projects will shortly begin at Lund University in Sweden to investigate how particle emissions from spruce forests affect the climate. The trees’ emissions of reactive hydrocarbons are thought to have a cooling effect on the climate. Almo

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/researchers-set-study-particle-emissions-coniferous-trees - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 8 March 2018 Environmental research is being done at Lund University's research station in Hyltemossa, Skåne. Photo: Tobias Biermann / ICOS. Lund University is, together with Stockholm University, offering graduate school for upper secondary school teachers, focusing on climate and the environment. The initiative

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/upper-secondary-school-teachers-offered-research-training - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 9 March 2018 Markku Rummukainen Markku Rummukainen has recently been featured in a number of media outlets because of unusually high temperatures in the Arctic. He was also recently mentioned in Effekt News Magazine because of his participation in the newly launched Swedish Climate Policy Council. Markku Rummukain

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/markku-rummukainen-interviewed-about-high-arctic-temperatures - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 15 March 2018 Tomsk State University is offering a summer course for young scientists For the fifth summer in a row, Tomsk State University offers a summer course for students, PhD students or Faculty aged 18-35. The course is called "Natural and human environment of Arctic and Alpine areas: relief, soils, permafr

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/summer-course-offered-tomsk-state-university - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 21 March 2018 Birgitta Svenningsson and Paul Miller. Paul Miller has been interviewed in "Mission is possible" together with Birgitta Svenningsson. Mission is possible is a Lund University digital research magazine about the impact research has on the world outside academia. In the preamble it's stated that a "cli

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/climate-models-point-way-towards-future - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 21 March 2018 Från the left: Edith Hammar, Johan Ekroos, Cecilia Akselsson Cecilia Akselsson has been interviewed in the Lund University research magazine "Mission is possible" together with her colleagues Edith Hammar and Johan Ekroos. The preamble states that "In recent years, ‘ecosystem services’ has become an

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/human-and-nature-symbiosis - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 22 March 2018 By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters (Arctic Tundra Uploaded by Dolovis) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Geert Hensgens has received SEK 130 000 from the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. Geert Hensgens, doctoral

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/geert-hensgens-granted-funding-research-project - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 26 March 2018 Patrik Vestin Patrik Vestin, research engineer at the department, has received the Alfort Prize of SEK 40 000 from the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. Patrik Vestin has received Alfortska prize of SEK 40,000 by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. The award is awarded f

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/patrik-vestin-awarded-his-thesis - 2025-03-17

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 16 May 2018 By Khushnood7 [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons At least three members of our staff have been interviewed in different media outlets as experts in their field. Professor Emeritus Anders Lindroth was interviewed in Dagens ETC about greenhouse gases a

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/co-workers-featured-media - 2025-03-17