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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Markku Rummukainen has been featured twice in Dagens Nyheter recently, and once in Forskning & Framsteg. In one article in Dagens Nyheter, Rummukainen was interviewed about capturing and storing of carbon dioxide as a strategy for mitigating climate change. The technology is called CCS, which stands for carbon, captur

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/marku-rummukainen-featured-media-topic-climate-change - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dr Dan Metcalfe is co-author to a paper coming out in Nature on the 23rd November, based upon his work with the longest-running tropical drought experiment. The study uses measurements from an Amazon forest subjected to over 12 years of severe artificial drought to pinpoint the mechanisms of drought induced tree morta

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/article-tropical-drought-experiment-nature - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On November 20 2015, the ICOS ERIC is officially established in Brussels, one of twelve large EU research companies. This will enable a comprehensive approach to map the European greenhouse gases. "We need a system for surveying the efficiency of our climate initiatives. ICOS is the answer to that", says Anders Lindro

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/icos-eric-establishment-strong-message-towards-cop21 - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SVT reporter Calle Elfström from the news programme Rapport ("Report") interviewed ICOS Project leader and Professor Anders Lindroth on the measurements being done at the research station Norunda, which is located about 30 km north of Uppsala, Sweden. – We know from what we have been seeing for a long time that [carbo

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/swedish-television-news-program-rapport-paid-visit-icos-research-station-norunda - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recently, the media has been featuring some of the research being conducted at the department. Here are some of the articles. The world's vegetation has increasedProfessor Ben Smith has been interviewed about satellite measurements that show the earth's vegetation has increased during the last 30 years. Smith says tha

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/departments-research-media - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate senior lecturer Daniel Metcalfe was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. ERC funding is sought in international competition with scientific excellence as the sole criterion for selection. Dan Metcalfe is awarded €1.75 million over five years. Metcalfe's ERC project will provide the first global picture of how

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/dan-metcalfe-receives-erc-consolidator-grant - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The latest issue of Lund University Research Magazine features some of our Department's research being conducted in parts of Africa. Read the article here. It mentions the research conducted by the following staff members:Jonas ArdöHakim AbdiLars EklundhMarkku RummukainenMinchao Wu

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/department-research-featured-lund-university-research-magazine - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lina Eklund has been awarded the Alfort prize for her dissertation "No friends but the mountains – Understanding Population Mobility and Land Dynamics in Iraqi Kurdistan” The award is given by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. Their motivation (translated):"Lina Eklund uses methods from both cultural

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/lina-eklund-receives-award-her-thesis - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dan Metcalfe has been awarded a Formas Urgent grant for a project on the impact El Niño has on tropical forests. Dan Metcalfe, who recently was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant, has been awarded 919 000 SEK for a Formas Urgent grant entitled "The impact of the 2015 El-Niño event on tropical forests: immediate effects

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/new-grant-dan-metcalfe - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On his 50th birthday April 7th, the newspaper Sydsvenska Dagbladet features Torben Christensen and his research. Read the article here (Google translated).

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/he-conducts-research-chilly-areas - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. QS World University Rankings for 2016 places Lund University as the world's 16th by subject (Geography & Area Studies). The QS World University Rankings places Lund University as number 16 world wide in Geography & Area Studies. This is the an improvement from last year's position of 20.Lund University as a whole is r

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/ranked-16-among-geography-departments-world-wide - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ... PhD Student at INES, who visited the Forum for Research Communication on Science Festival in Gothenburg some time ago. How was the forum for science communication?It was really inspiring! There were different types of research communication, ranging from discussion groups, quick presentations, tips on different wa

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/hi-ylva-persson - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Margareta Johansson, researcher at the department, has been elected as the new Chair of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' National Committee for Global Environmental Change. Here she answers some questions regarding this. What's the purpose of the the Academy's National Committee for Global Environmental Change?–

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/margareta-johansson-elected-new-chair-royal-swedish-academy-sciences-national-committee-global - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ricardo Guillén, IT technician at the department, has been awarded The Science Student Union honorary prize. The honorary prize is awarded to an employee or a group of employees at the Faculty of Science that has made the studies easier for students or works to strengthen the student voice.The prize is partly motivate

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/ricardo-guillen-awarded-luna-honorary-prize - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Markku Rummukainen was interviewed in Sydsvenskan, Helsingborgs Dagblad, Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet during July and August. In July, Markku was featured in Swedish newspapers Sydsvenskan, Helsingborgs Dagblad and  Aftonbladet, discussing climate change, and how global warming can be mitigated.He was also interv

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/markku-rummukainen-interviewed-swedish-newspapers - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ylva van Meeningen will enter the stage in a tough competition to show her skills. Forskar Grand Prix is a competition in presenting science in the most catching way, in few minutes. The audience in Lund will be hundreds of students at Polhemsskolan in Lund, on October 7th.There will also be an expert jury of three pe

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/ylva-van-meeningen-researcher-grand-prix - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Margareta Johansson, research coordinator at our department, will receive 10 million euros of EU framework program Horisont 2020. The money is for the infrastructure project INTERACT. INTERACT aims to make available data from around 75 research stations in the Arctic.The project will run for four years. It is coordina

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/margareta-johansson-granted-millions-new-project - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The teeth of herbivorous mammals provide a detailed account of the climate in which the animals live and of local climate change. Professor Janne Rinne at the Faculty of Science at Lund University, together with his colleagues at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm and the University of Helsinki among o

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/teeth-give-away-climate-history - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ben Smith, professor at the department, was interviewed on SVT Nyheter about new research showing that the world’s plants have increased their uptake of carbon dioxide. This increase in carbon uptake has contributed to slowing the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between 2002 and 2014.Read more"Växter hjälper

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/earths-plants-absorb-more-carbon-dioxide - 2026-04-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Rapid climate change will lead to greater shortages of food, fuel, energy and animal feed in vast rural areas of eastern and southern Africa. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study from Lund University in Sweden. The two weather phenomena El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (jointly abbreviated to ENSO)

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/enso-threatens-food-supply-southern-africa - 2026-04-21