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Inter-annual climatic variability over a large portion of sub-Saharan Africa is under the influence of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Extreme variability in climate is a threat to rural livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa, yet the role of ENSO in the balance between supply and demand of net primary productivity (NPP) over this region is unclear. Here, we analyze the impact of ENSO on this
In the last decade, more than 22 million ha of land have been contracted to large-scale land acquisitions in Africa, leading to increased pressures, competition, and conflicts over freshwater resources. Currently, 3% of contracted land is in production, for which we model site-specific water demands to indicate where freshwater appropriation might pose high socioenvironmental challenges. We use th
Monitoring the aquatic environment and the life of free-floating organisms remains on the borderline of our technical capabilities. Therefore, our insights into aquatic habitats, such as, abundance and behavior of organisms are limited. In order to improve our understanding of aquatic life, we have developed a low-cost inelastic hyperspectral lidar with unlimited focal depth and enough sensitivity
Agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa remains dependent on high inputs of human labor, a situation associated with direct exposure to daylight heat during critical periods of the agricultural calendar. We ask the question: how is the Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) going to be distributed in the future, and how will this affect the ability of smallholder farmers to perform agricultural a
In 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) adopted resolution 5/14, giving mandate to UN Member States to start negotiations toward an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. This report delves into the pre-session submissions by states and coalitions for the second (INC-2) and third (INC-3) rounds of negotiations, held in 2023. Once the contents of the docume
Bees are declining, which is worrisome since they both have intrinsic conservation value and play a major role as pollinators in both natural and managed ecosystems. Land use change and lack of suitable habitats are often suggested as driving forces of bee decline. To propose mitigation measures to halt bee decline, it is important to understand how land use relates to bee abundance and diversity,
Declines in insect pollinators have been linked to a range of causative factors such as disease, loss of habitats, the quality and availability of food, and exposure to pesticides. Here, we analysed an extensive dataset generated from pesticide screening of foraging insects, pollen-nectar stores/beebread, pollen and ingested nectar across three species of bees collected at 128 European sites set i
Urbanisation is accelerating across the globe, transforming landscapes, presenting organisms with novel challenges, shaping phenotypes and impacting fitness. Urban individuals are claimed to have duller carotenoid-based colouration, compared to their non-urban counterparts, the so-called ‘urban dullness’ phenomenon. However, at the intraspecific level, this generalisation is surprisingly inconsist
This article investigates the impact of climate policies on electoral support for governing parties in Sweden through mixed methods combining a sentiment analysis of news articles and regression discontinuities of voter support over time. The regression discontinuity models indicate that the effects of climate policies on government support are not robust and are spurious across different model sp
Increase in wildfires has changed parts of the landscape and ecosystems of the Mediterranean region. By using the firecapes approach, this paper aims to establish a connection between wildfires as a natural phenomenon and the political dynamics surrounding land ownership, knowledge, and mitigation. Theoretically, we apply political ecology to contextualize firescapes by examining the historical pr
The integration and synthesis of the data in different areas of science is drastically slowed and hindered by a lack of standards and networking programmes. Long-term studies of individually marked animals are not an exception. These studies are especially important as instrumental for understanding evolutionary and ecological processes in the wild. Furthermore, their number and global distributio
Background: Traditionally managed semi-natural pastures are recognised for their high biodiversity. One drawback is that these pastures are often low in fodder production and hence rather unprofitable, which may lead to abandonment. Two ways to increase production and profitability and maintain grazing are to (i) offer the grazers supplementary feed, or (ii) co-enclose the semi-natural pasture wit
Bees are essential pollinators of many crops and wild plants, and pesticide exposure is one of the key environmental stressors affecting their health in anthropogenically modified landscapes. Until recently, almost all information on routes and impacts of pesticide exposure came from honey bees, at least partially because they were the only model species required for environmental risk assessments
Taxa specific responses to climate warming may shape aquatic communities, dominance patterns, biotic interactions, and related ecosystem processes and functions. As climate warming effects on smaller zooplankton are less understood than larger zooplankton, we focused on rotifers to study their response to a future climate warming scenario in outdoor mesocosms. Our year-long experiment (14 July 202
Soil cadmium (Cd) contamination significantly threatens ecosystems and human health. Traditional geochemical investigation, although accurate, is impractical for wide-area and frequent monitoring applications. Multi-spectral satellite images combined with the homologous pollution information (HPI) and the spectral and content information of soil organic matter (SOMSCI) is an unconventional and pro
Doktorand Kontaktinformation E-post: mi [dot] lennhag [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se Telefon: +46 70 950 93 23 Mobil: +46 70 950 93 23Organisation Statsvetenskapliga institutionen Rumsnummer: 435 Hämtställe: 31 WebbplatsMi Lennhags profil i Lunds universitets forskningsportalStatsvetenskap FORSKNINGS- OCH INTRESSEOMRÅDENDen postsovjetiska regionen samt övriga stater i Öst- och Centraleuropa (politik,
https://www.svet.lu.se/mi-lennhag - 2026-07-14
Studierektor för avancerad nivå | FD | Universitetslektor Kontaktinformation E-post: gabriella [dot] scaramuzzino [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se Telefon: +46 46 222 88 49Organisation Socialhögskolan Rumsnummer: 348 Hämtställe: 31 WebbplatsGabriella Scaramuzzinos profil i Lunds universitets forskningsportalAndra roller Universitetslektor Socialhögskolan Docent Socialhögskolan Profilområdesmedlem LU pr
https://www.soch.lu.se/gabriella-scaramuzzino - 2026-07-14
Professor Kontaktinformation E-post: christian [dot] dahlman [at] jur [dot] lu [dot] se Telefon: +46 46 222 10 31Organisation Juridiska institutionen Rumsnummer: 307 Hämtställe: 56 WebbplatsChristian Dahlmans profil i Lunds universitets forskningsportalAndra roller Forskare Straffrätt Docent Juridiska institutionen Forskningskoordinator Law, Evidence and Cognition (LEVIC) Publikationer Visar av pu
https://www.jur.lu.se/christian-dahlman - 2026-07-14
Semi-arid areas, defined as those areas of the world where water is an important limitation for plant growth, have become the subject of increased interest due to the impacts of current global changes and sustainability of human lifestyles. While many ground-based reports of declining vegetation productivity have been published over the last decades, a number of recent publications have shown a nu
Studierektor forskarutbildning Kontaktinformation E-post: thomas [dot] bensby [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se Telefon: +46 46 222 73 24Organisation Astrofysik Rumsnummer: A427 Hämtställe: 14 WebbplatsThomas Bensbys profil i Lunds universitets forskningsportalAndra roller Skyddsombud Astrofysik Studierektor för forskarutbildningen Fysiska institutionen Publikationer Visar av publikationer. Sorterade e
https://www.fysik.lu.se/thomas-bensby - 2026-07-14
