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During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University in Sweden has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. The boreal forests form a single biome that spans the entire Northern Hemisphere. These forests play a key role in the global climate system by absorbi

https://www.science.lu.se/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forests - 2026-05-29

This page contains support and general information on different aspects of your doctoral studies at the Faculty of Science. Short-cuts to content on this page: Overview, terms and supportGeneral syllabus and individual study planThesis and supervisionCore Curriculum – course package for general skillsDepartmental coursesGraduate schoolsInternational opportunitiesLicentiate seminar and doctoral the

https://www.science.lu.se/education/current-doctoral-students - 2026-05-29

Body shape, colour and behaviour often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright green and aggressive common wall lizard found near the Mediterranean. They discovered that a unique cell type might have played a key role in this joint evolution. Adaptation is a genetic change that results

https://www.science.lu.se/article/incredible-hulk-lizard-provides-clues-understanding-evolution - 2026-05-29

Climate researchers often emphasise the fact that reducing carbon emissions is in everyone’s best interest, and should involve all of us. But how good are they at minimising their own carbon footprint? A new study carried out jointly by Lund University and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland shows that some of them use up half their annual carbon allowance in a single week. There are ways to

https://www.science.lu.se/article/conferences-make-scientists-climate-transgressors - 2026-05-29

Course for doctoral students at the Faculty of Science. Course title in Swedish: "Introduktionskurs för doktorander" First name (required) Surname (required) Email (required) Department (required) Centre for Mathematical Sciences Department of Biology Department of Chemistry Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Department of Physics Division of Medical Radiation Physics State the semeste

https://www.science.lu.se/form/application-introduction-course-doctoral-students-7-october-2026 - 2026-05-29

Course title in Swedish: Akademiskt skrivande inom naturvetenskapliga ämnen. First name (required) Surname (required) Email (required) Department (required) Centre for Mathematical Sciences Department of Biology Department of Chemistry Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Department of Physics Division of Medical Radiation Physics State the semester and year you started your doctoral stu

https://www.science.lu.se/form/application-academic-writing-science-disciplines-weeks-39-51-2026 - 2026-05-29

Bumblebees have a great capacity to navigate despite their small brain size. This is borne out of new research conducted at Lund University in Sweden, among others. The research results can potentially benefit the development of navigation robots in crisis situations where GPS does not work, for example. According to the study, bumblebees appear capable of navigating as well as vertebrates can, an

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bumblebees-sense-direction-rivals-humans - 2026-05-29

The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to nature, not whether they live in a city or the countryside. This is the finding of a new study conducted by researchers at Lund University, Sweden. The results run counter to the assumption that growing up in the countryside automatically increases our connection to nature, and yet the study also shows that na

https://www.science.lu.se/article/socioeconomics-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2026-05-29

Øystein Opedal, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Biology, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. Congratulations, Øystein! Can you tell us a little about your project?“The project aims to better understand how plants adapt to new pollination environments, such as declining pollinator populations or local changes in the diversity of pollinator species. We know quite a lot about how p

https://www.science.lu.se/article/biologist-receives-erc-starting-grant - 2026-05-29

It takes a long time, up to several decades, before the benefits of organic farming take full effect on land that was previously cultivated conventionally, a new study from Lund University suggests. After thirty years, the plant species richness around the cultivated crop had doubled on organic farms compared to conventional farms. It is well known that organic farming benefits biodiversity and ca

https://www.science.lu.se/article/organic-farms-had-doubled-plant-diversity-only-over-time - 2026-05-29

A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has discovered a small planet that displays peculiar orbital motion. The shimmying planet, located 455 light-years from Earth, shows that planetary systems can be considerably more complex than researchers have previously thought. The newly discovered planet TOI-1408c has a mass equivalent to eight Earths and circles very close to a larger planet, t

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-discover-space-oddity-exoplanet-moving-mysterious-ways - 2026-05-29

Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,

https://www.science.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-05-29

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied how nanoplastic affects aquatic organisms in lakes and rivers. The results are surprising and the researchers are the first to show that some species are being wiped out, while others – such as cyanobacteria that contribute to algal blooms – are completely unaffected. Every year, the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans increases by between

https://www.science.lu.se/article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particles - 2026-05-29

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered thirteen new species of extinct brittle stars on the island of Gotland, Sweden. The fossils were dug out of rocks from the Silurian Period (around 444 to 419 million years ago). The species have now been named after several famous hard rock musicians and bands. Ophiuroids are a group of echinoderms closely related to starfish. Their bodies c

https://www.science.lu.se/article/extinct-brittle-stars-named-after-death-metal-bands - 2026-05-29

Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120. The search for new elements comes from the dream of finding a variant that is sufficiently stable to be long-lived and not prone to immediate decay. There is a theory in nucle

https://www.science.lu.se/article/successful-experiment-paves-way-new-element - 2026-05-29

A research team led by Lund University has developed an AI tool that traces back the most recent places you have been to. The tool acts like a satellite navigation system, but instead of guiding you to your hotel, it identifies the geographical source of microorganisms. This means you can use bacteria to determine whether someone has just been to the beach, got off the train in the city centre or

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-gps-system-microorganisms-could-revolutionise-police-work - 2026-05-29

If you decide to withdraw from your studies, we like you to let us know. This enables us, as an authority, to keep the student information system Ladok accurately updated with information on which students are currently active. Early withdrawalIf you withdraw from your studies within three weeks of starting a course and have not received any study results, you can report an early withdrawal. You w

https://www.science.lu.se/education/current-students/withdrawal-studies - 2026-05-29

Physical geographer Alex Vermeulen, who leads the work on the ICOS Carbon Portal, was the editor of a new publication on greenhouse gas flows that has received significant international recognition. It was recently presented at the UN Climate Summit in Baku. Alex, you've been working with the Greenhouse Gas Bulletin again this year. What do the results look like?– Concentrations of all major green

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-draws-attention-dark-report-greenhouse-gases - 2026-05-29

Lund University and the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) are establishing a joint hub, focusing on water. The initiative will strengthen Lund University’s connection with the UN, and also offer a unique UN track for students. The new hub will be called Water in a Changing Environment (WICE). The initiative will run for five years and then be evaluat

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-water - 2026-05-29

On this page you can see when the faculty's doctoral courses are offered. The idea is that the courses will be given at the same weeks each year, but a more detailed plan is published here for each year. 2026WeekDateCourseWeek 925 FebruaryIntroduction course for new doctoral students (NMN007F), 0,5 creditsWeek 105 MarchEvent: ATLAS Career Fair, organised by the faculty and the Science Student Unio

https://www.science.lu.se/education/current-doctoral-students/annual-plan-doctoral-courses-offered-faculty - 2026-05-29