Published 28 November 2022 CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored the paper "Analysis of Landscape Composition and Configuration Based on LULC Change Modeling" together with Masoomeh Yaghoobi (Shahid Beheshti University), Alireza Vafaeinejad (Shahid Beheshti University) and Hamidreza Moradi (Tarbiat Modares University). The article has been published in the journal Sustainability. Land co

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/landscape-composition-modeling-iran - 2025-06-07

Published 29 November 2022 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Using machine learning to determine acceptable levels of groundwater consumption in Iran" together with Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran), Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz), Mohammad Reza Ramezani (Griffith University), and Hamid Kardan Moghaddam

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/predicting-groundwater-footprints-iran-machine-learning - 2025-06-07

Published 14 December 2022 The special issue "Applying Remote Sensing, Geospatial Information Systems, and Machine Learning Algorithms to Manage Groundwater Resources" is now open for submission in Remote Sensing MDPI (Impact Factor 2021: 5.349). In this Special Issue in Remote Sensing, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the foll

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-papers-special-issue-groundwater-modeling - 2025-06-07

Published 23 December 2022 New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-32 - 2025-06-07

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 11 January 2023 CMES doctoral student Joel Abdelmoez has been interviewed by Radio Sweden about the 12th anniversary of Mohammed Bouazizi's death in Tunisia and its aftermath in terms of the Arab Spring. The interview aired on 5 January 2023 on P4 Kristianstad. Below are some excerpts from the interview

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-abdelmoez-interviewed-about-arab-spring - 2025-06-07

Published 12 January 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Forage Potential of Cereal–Legume Mixtures as an Adaptive Climate Change Strategy under Low Input Systems" together with Rajia Kchaou (Tunisian National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry), Salah Benyoussef (National Institute of Agronomic Research of Tunisia), Sihem Jebari (Tunis

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mixed-cropping-systems-and-climate-change-tunisia - 2025-06-07

Published 16 January 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Noninvasive Monitoring of Subsurface Soil Conditions to Evaluate the Efficacy of Mole Drain in Heavy Clay Soils" together with Akram Aziz (Port Said University), Tamer Attia (Port Said University), Yasser Hamed (Port Said University) and Tarek Selim (Port Said University). The article is published in the j

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/subsurface-soil-drainage-egypt - 2025-06-07

Published 10 January 2019 Stanley Micklavzina. Lund University in Sweden has two new honorary doctors in science. One is an entertaining and creative circus artist in the subject of physics. The other is a chemistry professor who is passionate about providing students with an early link to qualified research. The Faculty of Science at Lund University has now announced its honorary doctors for 2019

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-science-lund-university - 2025-06-07

Published 18 January 2019 Human models used in the experiment. Photo: Gabor Horvath. A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites. It is the first time researchers have successfully shown that body-painting has this effect. Among indigenous peoples who wear body-paint, the markings thus provide a certain protection agai

https://www.science.lu.se/article/body-painting-protects-against-bloodsucking-insects - 2025-06-07

Published 23 January 2019 The image to the right was taken with the specially designed camera Photo: Cynthia Tedore. Using a specially designed camera, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded for the first time in recreating how birds see colours in their surroundings. The study reveals that birds see a very different reality compared to what we see. Human colour vision is based on

https://www.science.lu.se/article/unique-camera-enables-researchers-see-world-way-birds-do - 2025-06-07

Published 5 February 2019 A dung beetle rolling its ball under an artificial moonlit sky. Photo: Chris Collingridge. Of all nocturnal animals, only dung beetles can hold their course using polarized moonlight. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that the beetles can use polarized light when its signal strength is weak,which may allow them to find their bearings when artificial

https://www.science.lu.se/article/dung-beetles-navigate-better-under-full-moon - 2025-06-07

Published 15 February 2019 Greya politella and Greya obscura on a Lithophragma cymbalaria. Photo: Magne Friberg. A research team that includes researchers from Lund University in Sweden, the University of California Santa Cruz, Cornell University and the University of São Paulo, has discovered that the scent of flowers of the same species can be completely different - despite growing only some10 k

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scent-flower-varies-locally - 2025-06-07

Published 26 February 2019 Algal sample. Photo: Karin Rengefors. Work is going ahead on several new research projects about extreme weather in the light of last summer’s extreme drought. Three of these projects concern extreme weather’s impact on algal blooms, its consequences for bumble bee colonies, and the use of climate models to investigate effects on political, legal and social engagement. T

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-research-extreme-weather - 2025-06-07

Published 8 March 2019 Pallid swift (Photo: Davide D'Amico). Nearly 100 species of swift are completely adapted to life in the air. That is the conclusion of researchers at Lund University in Sweden after having studied a third species and observing that some individuals did not land for over three months. “They eat and sleep while they are airborne. This is something that researchers have believe

https://www.science.lu.se/article/swifts-are-born-eat-and-sleep-air - 2025-06-07

Published 12 March 2019 Photo courtesy of NASA/SDO. Solar storms can be far more powerful than previously thought. A new study has found evidence for the third known case of a massive solar storm in historical times. The researchers believe that society might not be sufficiently prepared if a similar event were to happen now. Our planet is constantly being bombarded by cosmic particles. However, a

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-uncover-additional-evidence-massive-solar-storms - 2025-06-07

Published 25 March 2019 Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech. The giant planet Jupiter was formed four times further from the sun than its current orbit, and migrated inwards in the solar system over a period of 700.000 years. Researchers found proof of this incredible journey thanks to a group of asteroids close to Jupiter. It is known that gas giants around other stars are often located very near thei

https://www.science.lu.se/article/jupiters-unknown-journey-revealed - 2025-06-07

Published 26 March 2019 3D image of the head of a bumblebee. Image: Pierre Tichit. By generating 3D images of bumblebees’ compound eyes, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered how bumblebees differ in their vision. The results could contribute to increased knowledge about the pollination process - once researchers are able to determine which flowers different bees see easily, and

https://www.science.lu.se/article/3d-models-reveal-why-bigger-bumblebees-see-better - 2025-06-07

Published 27 March 2019 Dmitrii Pankratov, Lo Gorton and Galina Pankratova (Photo: Maryam Saati) In recent years, researchers have tried to capture the electrical current that bacteria generate through their own metabolism. So far, however, the transfer of the current from the bacteria to a receiving electrode has not been efficient at all. Now, researchers from institutions including Lund Univers

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bacteria-could-become-future-source-electricity - 2025-06-07

Published 4 April 2019 A researcher at the Department of Geology at Lund University has been awarded just over SEK 26 million by the European Research Council, ERC. Daniel Conley, professor of biogeochemistry at Lund University, has been awarded the grant for a five-year project on diatoms in the ocean. Diatoms have a significant impact on the global biogeochemical cycles of carbon, silicon dioxid

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-awarded-prestigious-erc-grant - 2025-06-07

Published 8 April 2019 This planetary fragment is orbiting around the white dwarf among the debris from the earlier solar system. The image is an artistic impression. Illustration: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick. Astronomers have discovered what appears to be the remnants of a planet orbiting a dead star in a disc of debris formed from destroyed planets. The planetary fragment could offer clue

https://www.science.lu.se/article/remains-planet-found-orbiting-dead-star - 2025-06-07