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Margareta Johansson, researcher at our department, was interviewed about climate projects that have been put on hold after collaborations with state institutions in Russia ceased due to the war. Margareta Johansson, research coordinator at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, was interviewed about climate projects that have been put on hold following the Government’s call to

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/war-has-put-stop-climate-projects-arctic - 2026-05-27

NGEA04 Course contents By taking this course you will increase your understanding of the physical, chemical and biological processes or events that link organisms and their environment. Through a combination of lectures and exercises you will gain both theoretical and practical understanding of ecosystems and ecosystem analysis. You will learn about ecosystem processes, ecosystem-atmosphere exchan

https://www.nateko.lu.se/education/basic-courses/ecosystems-analysis - 2026-05-27

Despite cooling, net autumn release of carbon dioxide from ecosystems have increased, according to research from an international research group. The results come from a large study of ecosystems in North America and Eurasia, which since 2004 have had a decreasing temperature trend in the autumn, despite the fact that average temperatures are rising globally. Hans Chen, climate researcher from the

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/increased-carbon-dioxide-release-ecosystems-despite-negative-temperature-trends - 2026-05-27

Update 17th May 2022: THIS WEBFORM IS CLOSED. If you wish to add anything to your participation, please contact Jonathan. Welcome to INES retreat 2022! We will gather at Milgårdarna in northwest Skåne for two days 13-14 June. INES will organise buses to leave from Lund in the morning of the 13th, and bring us back in the afternoon of the 14th. We strongly encourage everyone to participate in this

https://www.nateko.lu.se/form/ines-retreat-2022 - 2026-05-27

Are weather events such as drought and agricultural productions shocks the main reason for violent conflicts, or are there other mechanisms that should be more considered? A recent study highlights the importance of including land-use dynamics and climate change for understanding linkages between meteorological droughts, agricultural impacts, migration and conflict. In the recent article "Societal

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/investigating-drought-and-other-mechanisms-behind-migration-and-conflict-syria - 2026-05-27

A research team has created a picture of historical temperatures in the Arctic, spanning over a thousand years. A new technique and a recently published database of proxy data have been used in the research, and the results are an important contribution to understanding temperature changes now and in the future. The Arctic is the area in the world that is heating up the fastest, through so-called

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/arctic-temperature-analysis-over-thousand-years - 2026-05-27

Thimas Holst, researcher and teacher at out department, have been awarded the pedagogical prize 2022 by the science student union LUNA. The pedagogical prize is awarded to an outstanding teacher. On the LUNA website one can read the nominating students' motivation: "From the students who nominated Thomas, it has been made very clear that he is enthusiastic about his subject, and teaching it to stu

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/thomas-holst-awarded-lunas-pedagogical-prize - 2026-05-27

Working with sustainability Name: Katarina Crafoord Education: Bachelor's degree in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science from Lund University. Master's degree in Applied Climate Strategy at Lund University. When you started thinking about university studies, what were you interested in and thought you would work on after graduation? I have always been interested in the environment and sustaina

https://www.nateko.lu.se/education/students-and-alumni-stories/alumni-katarina - 2026-05-27

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 - 2026-05-27

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 - 2026-05-27

NGEA07 Course contents This course gives you an introduction to the basic physics, matematics and statistical methods used within physical geography. After the course you will have an improved insight and understanding of basic mathematical and statistical methods of physical processes in the biosphere, the atmosphere and the hydrosphere, as well as their mathematical formulation. You will be able

https://www.nateko.lu.se/education/basic-courses/theory-and-methods-physical-geography - 2026-05-27

NGEN27 The course is an elective course at second cycle level for a Degree of Master of Science (120 credits) in GIS and remote sensing and for a Degree of Master of Science (120 credits) in physical geography and ecosystem science, all specialisations. Course content Students will learn applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques for spatial modelling and analysis, including predictiv

https://www.nateko.lu.se/NGEN27 - 2026-05-27

NGEA09 Course contents This course will provide you with in-depth and applied knowledge of Earth's landscapes. You will learn about the processes by which landscapes evolve and change in different climate and space scales. The course focuses on: the Earth's surface landforms the Earths's origin and development human impact on the landscape dynamics and lasting changes You will mainly study Nordic

https://www.nateko.lu.se/education/basic-courses/land-surface-processes-and-landscape-dynamics - 2026-05-27

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 - 2026-05-27

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 - 2026-05-27

Understanding of the environmental and climate processes Research at the department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science is mainly focused on interdisciplinary studies of how climate and environmental changes affect the function and composition of terrestrial ecosystems. The goal is to increase understanding of the processes that take place in the exchange between the biosphere and atmosphe

https://www.nateko.lu.se/research - 2026-05-27

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 - 2026-05-27

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 - 2026-05-27

NGEA31 This course gives you a broad practical and theoretical knowledge for future work with digital geographical data and GIS (Geographical Information Systems). Course contents You will learn how to manage, analyse and visualise digital geographical data, and how to use these to solve geographical problems within environmental and planning applications. This applies both in a national and inter

https://www.nateko.lu.se/education/basic-courses/geographical-information-systems-basic-course - 2026-05-27

NGEN28 7,5 credits Course content The course gives a theoretical basis for application of 3D-geodata, e.g. 3D-city models and digital terrain models. The theoretical parts also provide advanced knowledge of different methods for collection of 3D data. Both methods for direct collection of 3D-geodata, GNSS/GPS and laser scanning as methods based on images, photogrammetry and structure-from-motion w

https://www.nateko.lu.se/NGEN28 - 2026-05-27