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MERGE is one of 12 strategic research areas at Lund University now highlighted in a new research magazine. ‘Mission is possible’ is a digital research magazine that provides thematically organised information about the impact research has on the world outside academia. Read article about MERGE here.
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/mission-possible - 2026-01-01
A three-kilometre-long cylinder of ice sheds light on what the climate was like one hundred thousand years ago. The ice contains traces of periods of higher or lower temperatures on Earth, but also of whether there were violent volcanic eruptions and high solar activity. By understanding the climate of the past, researchers can develop better models to predict the climate of the future. “In our re
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/tracing-climate-back-100-000-years-greenland - 2026-01-01
Where did all the carbon on earth really come from? How do you discuss climate change and mass extinctions without scaring children? and What positive examples do we have of mitigating human impact on the climate? These are some of the questions we have had to deal with in the process of collaborating with Vattenhallen Science Centre, Lund University to design their new exhibition, focused on plan
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/communicating-climate-science-global-scale-young-and-interactive-audience - 2026-01-01
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, keynote speakers and s
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/lucci-conference - 2026-01-01
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 - 2026-01-01
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 - 2026-01-01
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), triggering reflections on l
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/climbeco-summer-meeting - 2026-01-01
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. Deadline for sending in prop
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/call-open-merge-short-projects-and-merge-workshop-grants - 2026-01-01
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 and presenters of the day an
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/report-science-and-politics-15c-seminar - 2026-01-01
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 presentations. The program an
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/summary-merge-yearly-meeting - 2026-01-01
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 between tree species, the forests age, weather conditions and how the forest is managed. Young growing forests store a lot of carbon, as the forest gets older the carbon sequestration capacity decreases. When trees are f
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/well-managed-forests-can-limit-climate-change - 2026-01-01
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 short projects of 250,
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/call-open-merge-short-projects-and-merge-workshop-grants-0 - 2026-01-01
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 published in e.g. Trondma
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/database-pangaea-now-public - 2026-01-01
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 demands the youths all over
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-researchers-supports-demands-youths-manifest-march-15th - 2026-01-01
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 Katherine Richardson, pr
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/spring-meeting-2019-merge-becc-jointly-sustainable-development-goals - 2026-01-01
Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a uniquely detailed global climate model that will increase our understanding of climate change. It is the first time that vegetation and land use, at this level of detail, are included in climate modeling within EC-Earth, a global climate and earth system model. It is the first time that vegetation and land use, and in particular at this
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/unique-climate-model-includes-vegetation-developed - 2026-01-01
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 with MERGEs Ralf Döscher i
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/nya-ron-globala-uppvarmningen-varre-befarat - 2026-01-01
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 through the years. Higher reso
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/autumn-meeting-merge-knowledge-gaps - 2026-01-01
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. The call is up to four sho
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/call-open-merge-short-projects-and-merge-workshop-grants-1 - 2026-01-01
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 University, focuses on how these particles affect cloud formation and how the clouds, in turn, affect the climat
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/particles-baffle-climate-researchers - 2026-01-01
