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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of our students, Juliano Hanna, is on exchange in Svalbard. He is participating in a project aimed at gathering knowledge about how the Longyear River is slowly changing its path over time. One of our bachelor students, Juliano Hanna, who is on exchange at Svalbard, is featured in a recent article in Næringsliv No

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/exciting-internship-during-exchange-svalbard - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that the rapid increase in land use in the world's tropical areas is affecting the global carbon cycle more than was previously known. By studying data from a new satellite imaging system, the researchers also found that the biomass in tropic

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/increasing-tropical-land-use-disrupting-carbon-cycle - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University will receive SEK 100 million from the EU to coordinate the international research project Interact for another four years. Among other things, the funding is to be used to send more polar researchers to the Arctic, make data available using artificial intelligence and reduce the research stations’ clim

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/lund-university-receives-sek-100-million-coordinate-major-polar-research-project - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The ability of global ecosystems to absorb carbon dioxide is regulated to a large extent by the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus. With lower plant access to these nutrients, greater volumes of carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere, instead of being absorbed by forests and other ecosystems. A new study has now charte

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/new-study-solves-old-climate-mystery-about-ecosystems-nutrient-limitation - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Margareta Johansson has been featured in several media outlets due to her commitment to coordinate the international polar project Interact. Margareta Johansson, research coordinator at the department, was interviewed regarding her coordinating role in the international polar project, Interact.Johansson talked, among

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/she-coordinates-hundreds-researchers-bound-arctic - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An exhibition set up Nils Bergendal will take place at the entrance to Geocentrum II from Monday March 16th. Nils Bergendal, artist with photography as his main interest, has long been interested in 3D visualization. Stereo images taken from aircraft are an important way to gather information for natural geographers,

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/3d-visualization-exhibition-foyer-geocentrum-ii - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the last 16 years, global warming has led to a trend of spring arrivals occurring earlier, a new study published in International Journal of Biometeorology shows. Researchers, among others Lars Eklundh, Anna Maria Jönsson and Hongxiao Jin, have concluded that during the last 16 years, the arrival of spring has

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/climate-change-hastening-spring-arrival-sweden - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Weiming Huang, a researcher and a recent doctoral graduate at our department, has been awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Singapore plus a two-year repatriation grant back to Sweden from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The project aims to connect and integrate different sources of data in order to

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/weiming-huang-awarded-fellowship-postdoc-studies-singapore - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a future warmer climate, evaporation from the northern hemisphere’s wetlands will increase significantly more than previously thought. This is shown by an international study involving researchers from Lund University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The availability of water is one of the most

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/rising-temperatures-affect-wetlands-and-disrupt-water-balance - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus, is featured in the documentary A Tale from the Woods. In the documentary, Anders speaks about carbon emissions from clear cuts, as well as provides a glimpse of the ICOS research station in Hyltemossa. Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus, has been interviewed in the documentary A T

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/anders-lindroth-interviewed-tale-woods - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Net carbon emissions that is in general expected to increase with thawing permafrost, did not increase according to new study in the Abisko region. Massive permafrost thaw in snow experimentIn 2005, Margareta Johansson started a snow manipulation experiment on Storflaket mire in the Abisko area to record how increased

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/permafrost-thawing-may-not-cause-more-carbon-emissions - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The forest and forest management are a hot topic in the climate debate, but there are still uncertainties in the mapping of the forest's function as a carbon sink or carbon source. In a new study, led by Patrik Vestin at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, the researchers have made measurements

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/clear-cut-forest-areas-emit-greenhouse-gases - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Margareta Johansson held an invited tak at the European Polar Science Week. The talk focused on research access in the Arctic to increase the understanding of this remote area. Arctic research infrastructureMargareta Johansson, researcher at the department and coordinator of the Arctic research infrastructure INTERACT

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/interact-presented-european-polar-science-week - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Augustus Aturinde, PhD candidate, recently nailed his thesis “GIS and Health: Enhancing Disease Surveillance and Intervention through Spatial Epidemiology”. Augustus Aturinde is a PhD candidate at our department, who came here through a bi-lateral scholarship by SIDA and Makerere University that targeted teaching staf

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/new-thesis-gis-and-spatial-methods-epidemiology - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Grant to research on Modelling root dynamics in arctic tundra ecosystems and quantifying vegetation feedback to regional and global climate change. Research on climate change in tundra ecosystemsWenxin Zhang, researcher at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, has been awarded a Starting Grant fr

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/starting-grant-research-root-dynamics-arctic - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Friday 20th November Helen Eriksson is defending her thesis with the title "Harmonisation of 3D geodata – a prerequisite for a digital information flow for applications in the planning and building sector" Interview with Helen Eriksson, author of the thesisTell us short about who you are and how you came to be a do

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/thesis-about-harmonisation-3d-geodata-planning-and-building - 2026-05-07

The Swedish Research funding research on soil nutrient cycles and the interaction with carbon dioxide uptake in forest ecosystems. Benjamin Smith and David Wårlind from our department got the funding, as part of a larger research group.   The project aims to increase understanding of how CO2 interacts with phosphorus in forest ecosystems (Application title in Swedish: Interaktioner av fosforcykeln

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/funding-ecosystem-process-research - 2026-05-07

Zhengyao Lu, researcher at the department, has published a popular science article on The Conversation website. It's entitled “Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why”. Zhengyao Lu, a researcher at the department, has published a popular science article in The Conversation on how plans to use solar panels in the Sahara can affect the climate.

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/solar-panels-sahara-could-boost-renewable-energy-damage-global-climate-heres-why - 2026-05-07

Hakim Abdi is amongst other things physical geographer, researcher, and keen bird watcher, currently featured in the new issue of the Swedish astonomy magazine Populär Astronomi. So what has physical geography to do with space? Hello Hakim... ...why is a Physical geographer featured in an astronomy magazine? This interview / profile comes after the Swedish Astronomical Society's festival called "A

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/we-live-golden-age-satellite-research - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus, has been published in DN Debatt together with Lars Tranvik, professor of limnology at Uppsala University. Lindroth and Tranvik argue that Sweden's net emissions of greenhouse gases are much higher than society expects. In the method that the UN uses to calculate the amount of carbo

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/emissions-greenhouse-gases-sweden-are-greatly-underestimated - 2026-05-07