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Many Swedish lakes have become greener and browner over the past century, largely due to human activities such as land use change and modern forestry. These changes are likely to have major consequences for lake ecosystems, yet many questions remain unanswered. To help close this knowledge gap, Magnus Huss (SLU, Uppsala) and Karin Nilsson (SLU, Umeå) are investigating how forest fertilizers and dissolved organic matter (DOM) leaking from soils affect plankton communities in Swedish lakes.

Recent news has highlighted the impact of strong winds this summer on drinking water in the Stockholm area; SVT Stockholm on 20 Aug: Så har blåsiga sommaren tvingat stockholmare att snåla med vatten (translation: This is how the windy summer has forced Stockholmers to be frugal with water) and 

For three intensive days in May, project partners from six European countries (France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden) came together in Lund for a partner meeting within the Blue Transition project. The event featured a full agenda of activities under the EU-funded Blue Transition initiative, which focuses on developing innovative solutions for future water supply and climate adaptation.

SITES Röbäcksdalen’s most monitored field just became even more high tech! A new eddy covariance flux system was just installed by Victor Manabe (SITES Röbäcksdalen) and Eric Larmanou (SITES Svartberget) in Field 12 to replace the old system.

Dr. Balathandayuthabani is one of the authors of the paper "Methane in Two Stream Networks: Similar Contributions From Groundwater and Local Sediments While Oxidation Was a Large Sink Controlling Atmospheric Emissions", published in 2024. Part of the study was conducted at SITES Skogaryd Research Catchment.

A team from the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment at SLU participated in the eLTER Science Conference, held  from 23–27 June in Tampere, Finland.

As part of her PhD project at the Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology at SLU, Linnea Larsson is leading innovative field trials to explore how wood ash, derived from forest residues, can be used more efficiently and sustainably in Swedish forestry. While wood ash is already returned to forests in southern Sweden to some extent, it holds potential for maintaining soil productivity after whole-tree harvesting and may enhance tree growth on certain sites.

A new field experiment at SITES Lönnstorp Research Station is underway as part of the Formas-funded research project PriorBEE, exploring how different wild bee species contribute to strawberry pollination and fruit quality. 

With its 25 meters, the new scaffolding tower is replacing the old mast, which had become overgrown by forest. The new tower will be much easier to access for future maintenance. Alongside the tower, both the sensors and the logger-system have been updated.

PhD Candidate Alena Förster is one of the authors of the paper "Nematode community structure suggests perennial grain cropping cultivation as a nature-based solution for resilient agriculture". This study was conducted at SITES Lönnstorp Research Station during 2021-2022.