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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A short film from the Swedish Climate Symposium 2026 Why are meeting places like this needed to turn climate research into action? What did participants take back to their own work? We spoke with people from different organisations & got interesting answers. Watch ➡️🎥 www.merge.lu.se/article/shor...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Northern peatlands are likely to play a greater role in future climate change than previously thought. The study, led by MERGE-member @nitin83.bsky.social shows that large areas of peatland could start emitting carbon dioxide as early as the mid-2000s: www.merge.lu.se/article/peat...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

When visiting Lund, Crafoord Prize laureate Veerabhadran Ramanathan shared a clear message: understanding aerosols & greenhouse gases is key to tackling climate change, but solving the crisis demands new approaches, collaboration & urgent public engagement: www.merge.lu.se/article/unde...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Swedish Climate Symposium has started - inaugurated by our vice coordinator David Wårlind. Learn more about SCS26: swedishclimatesymposium.com

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Phosphorus deficiency may exacerbate climate problems This is shown by new research by MERGE-member Ben Smith, among others, that investigated the complex balance between carbon dioxide fertilisation, phosphorus deficiency and tree growth: www.merge.lu.se/article/phos...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Wildfires are becoming more frequent & ravage new parts of the world due to global warming. A study led by MERGE-members & researchers from University of Gothenburg & Chalmers shows that this change is increasing the vulnerability of thousands of plants, animals & fungi: www.gu.se/en/news/incr...

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Increasing wildfires a threat to new species

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and are ravaging new parts of the world due to global warming. A study led by researchers from the University of Gothenburg shows that this change is increasing th...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Swedish old-growth forests store 83 % more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University with BECC & @mergesweden.bsky.social members Anders Ahlström & Didac Pascual. The difference is substantially larger than previous estimates: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HtS...

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Old-growth forests store a lot more carbon than managed forests

YouTube video by Lund University

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Project assistant with a background in natural sciences wanted You will work with a programmer and stakeholders from the Swedish forestry sector to create a graphical user interface for the dynamic vegetation model LPJ-GUESS. Read more, apply or tip your network --> lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Projektassistent med naturvetenskaplig bakgrund

Arbetsuppgifter Vi strävar efter att utveckla nya verktyg som kan bidra till planeringen av framtidens hållbara och motståndskraftiga skogar. Som projektassistent kommer du, tillsammans med en prog

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Alexandra Pongracz on Why You Shouldn’t Miss Swedish Climate Symposium: – It's a rare opportunity to meet colleagues from disciplines & sectors we don’t usually meet in our work... all gathering around the same purpose: ensuring climate knowledge leads to actions & societal change: shorturl.at/Pbosk

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

MERGE-members Johan E. Eckdahl, @larsnieradzik.bsky.social & Louise Rütting have produced the most detailed map of carbon emissions from Swedish forest fires to date. The results show that the largest emissions occur below ground. Article in Science Advances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Reassessing boreal wildfire drivers enables high-resolution mapping of emissions for climate adaptation

Fine-scale mapping improves regional carbon accounting.

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

In a great collaboration with BECC, Nature Based Future Solutions at Lund University and AI Lund - we organised "AI for Biodiversity and Climate Research" yesterday. A big thanks to all people involved!

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Swedish Climate Symposium: Call for Abstracts SCS is a symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Explore the programme to see which sessions are accepting abstracts. Submit by 30 January: swedishclimatesymposium.com

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Highlights from our annual meeting: inspiring presentations, a small but interesting poster session, updates from MERGE research areas, and a quiz! We also enjoyed nice food in great company. Finally, we got to thank @millerinlund.bsky.social for his 10 years as MERGE much appreciated coordinator👏

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We're in Norrköping - gathered for the 2025 MERGE annual meeting! The meeting started off with a session on Climate Modeling & CMIP7 Planning, with a keynote by Fuxing Wang from SMHI.

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Welcome to NOSA 2026: Impacts of Aerosol Science & Technology 👩‍🏫 Target group: experienced & early-career scientists 📅 Date: 3-5 March 🗺️ Location: Lund, Swe. 🔗 Info: www.eat.lth.se/en/nosa-2026 The Nordic Society for Aerosol Research (NOSA) provides a platform for scientists to meet & share ideas.

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

MERGE samarbetar med LU Land kring den digitala föreläsningsserien: Klimat och hållbar markanvändning. Välkomna på nästa föreläsning den 26/11 kl: 08.30-09.30: När arvet från luftföroreningarna möter klimatförändringen: vad händer med skogsmiljön? Anmäl dig --> www.luland.lu.se/evenemang/lu...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

How do forests shape the climate — and how does a changing climate reshape our forests? What can science reveal about the forests of tomorrow? With the municipality of Lund we produced this mini documentary about climate modeling and the forest, as part of an exhibition at Skrylle outside of Lund

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Climate modelling and the forest

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

If you happen to live in or around Lund, maybe we will see you 25 October on the Opening of Climate and Forests – A New Popular Science Exhibition at Naturum Skrylle: www.merge.lu.se/calendar/ope...

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Adam Kristensson @adamkristensson.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Actris Sweden infrastructure got funding to 2030. www.actris.se/node/28 Long live the air pollution measurements! In forests: Hyltemossa, Norunda, Svartberget. At sea: Östergarnsholm. In Arctic: Svalbard. Higher: with remote sensing + cloud radar. And intensively: with mobile station GoEPIC.

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ACTRIS Sweden 2027-2030 | ACTRIS Sweden

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Secondary forests could be a key factor in climate management Analysing more than 100,000 field measurements & environmental data, an international research team, incl. Thomas Pugh, researcher in physical geography & MERGE, created maps showing how & when secondary forests bind most carbon:

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Secondary forests could be a key factor in climate management – if we protect them in time

Lund University. To fulfil climate goals and avoid the most serious consequences of global heating, we need to both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and remove carbon dioxide that is already in th...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

New LU Land series: Climate & sustainable land use The 1st lecture (24/9) will give an introduction to the subject. Future lectures will delve deeper into various aspects of research on the interplay between climate change & changes in land use. More info (Swe): www.luland.lu.se/evenemang/lu...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🌾 AI + satellite data + LPJ-GUESS = better crop forecasts PhD thesis by Xueying Li (Dept. of Physical Geography & Ecosystem Science, LU; BECC & MERGE) shows how combining AI, satellite data & LPJ-GUESS can improve early yield predictions—key for food security in a changing climate.

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More reliable crop forecasts with AI and satellite data

Lund University. Meeting the food demands of a growing global population with limited agricultural resources is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Crop yields are highly sensitive to weather ...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Research for future food security. Improving crop yield prediction in Sweden using satellite remote sensing and the ecosystem model LPJ-GUESS. Thesis by Xueying Li, PhD at LU and MERGE-member: www.lu.se/artikel/ny-f...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

How can AI help us better predict the future of our planet? That was the central question when researchers from across Europe met in Lund for the 2nd consortium meeting of AI4PEX—a Horizon Europe project focused on improving Earth System Models using new AI methods: www.merge.lu.se/article/lund...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Research Area meetings for RA1 and RA2 today and tomorrow. Presentations about the diverse ongoing research and intense discussions about the future research within MERGE!

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Movie in the making! Yesterday, Moa Sporre and David Wårlind was shot for a film about modelling the impact of forests on climate, and vice versa. The film is part of a bigger collaboration with Naturum Skrylle in Lund and will be shown for all its visitors to see.

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Earlier this spring, MERGE researchers met to develop the EC-Earth4 Climate Model ahead of 2028 IPCC Report: www.merge.lu.se/article/merg... Picture: Infographic of EC-Earth #ec-earth #cmip #ipcc

EC-Earth is an Earth system model developed by a European consortium of national meteorological services and research institutes. The EC-Earth consortium was started in 2006 and has welcomed many new partners ever since. By now, EC-Earth has become a prominent state-of-the-art model within the international landscape of global climate and Earth system models. The EC-Earth consortium has contributed to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP), and will continue to do so in the future. EC-Earth is also used as a research tool in various national, European and international projects.

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Congratulations to @icossweden.bsky.social who held a successful one-day celebration event yesterday on the topic of the science of changes in ecosystems, the oceans and atmosphere due to climate change.

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating Zhengyao Lu, Researcher in Physical Geography & MERGE has published a popular science article in @theconversation.com. The @naturegeosci.bsky.social study was also published open-access: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating – new research

Moderate changes over millennia are being sped up by emissions from burning fossil fuels.

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Interview (Swe) with Zheng Duan, researcher in physical geography at Lund University & member of MERGE & @beccsweden.bsky.social Based on the research article: "Satellite Observations Reveal Widespread Color Variations in Global Lakes Since the 1980s" agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Många av världens sjöar har ändrat färg - forskning.se

Sjöar är viktiga ekosystem och livsmiljöer för vatten- och landlevande arter. De bidrar till biologisk mångfald, men är också avgörande för jordbruk och tillgång på dricksvatten. Eftersom sjöar påverk...

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Welcome to the workshop "Hidden Sinks: The Overlooked Side of Arctic Methane" We will explore the growing evidence of CH₄ sinks and their role in refining Arctic methane budget estimates. 🕣 Date: 13 - 14 May 🏢 Place: Gothenburg or zoom 📝 More info and registration: www.becc.lu.se/calendar/hid...

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