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LU Accommodation has received information that depression and mental health issues have increased during the ongoing CoVid-19 pandemic. We want to be part of helping students find information about selfcare and mental health progress. The article in The Conversation gives a few tips of how to avoid burnout, by asking yourself questions about why you study, visualizing the work and progress, puttin

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/5-tips-college-students-avoid-burnout - 2026-09-15

Here you can find links to news from Lund University regarding the situation in Ukraine. (link) Information from Lund University regarding the invasion of Ukraine (link) The Vice-chancellor blog  

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/news-lund-university-regarding-situation-ukraine - 2026-09-15

The hot water access to parts of southern Lund are currently down. The housing area of Klostergården Student House is affected. During the afternoon today, Thursday 7 April, the hot water was cut off at parts of southern Lund. Out of our areas, Klostergården Student House seems to be the only area affected. We have contacted the property owners at Klostergården Student House, and they say it is a

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/hot-water-down-klostergarden-southern-lund - 2026-09-15

A new regulation from the government that takes effect on 1 January 2023 decides how universities are allowed to supply housing to its students. This means some groups we have previously housed, are no longer eligible to get housing with us in the new year. Note however that current contracts and contracts already offered before 1 January 2023 are still valid and go by the higher precedent of "pos

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/new-regulations-regarding-possibility-universities-supply-housing - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A recent study based on data collected by, among others, researchers at our department, finds that climate change is converting permafrost areas from carbon sinks into carbon sources. Frans-Jan Parmentier, Torben Christensen, and former PhD Student Norbert Pirk, have contributed with data to a journal article publishe

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/thawing-permafrost-turns-arctic-carbon-sink-carbon-emitter - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Giuliana Zanchi (INES) and Mark Brady (CEC) have been interviewed about new research that shows the benefits of continuous cover forestry in larger areas compared to intensified biomass utilization. Mark Brady (researcher at CEC) and Giuliana Zanchi (researcher at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Sci

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/another-type-forest-management-would-provide-greater-benefits-society - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Last week, some of our students arranged a GIS day showing cartographic material made by the department's students. Last week, on November 13th 2019, the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science celebrated GIS Day.On this occasion, for the first time in the department's history, students of the departmen

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/students-department-created-exhibition - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus, has been interviewed in Swedish TV4 news regarding effects of the 2018 drought. The ICOS research station in Hyltemossa measures, among other things, the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) between the forest ecosystem and the atmosphere. During recent years, the forest has been able

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/feedback-loop-anticipated-after-2018-record-drought-decreased-forests-uptake-carbon-dioxide - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15

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 - 2026-09-15