Personal profile
Research
My research interest is in past climate and environmental changes. I mainly work with reconstructing past environmental conditions using microfossils and geochemical methods.
Teaching
I am teaching at all levels within the geology program. My main topic is past climate and environmental changes.
I am deputy director of studies at the department of Earth and Environmental science.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Natural Sciences
- Geology
- Multidisciplinary Geosciences
- Geochemistry
- Environmental Sciences
Free keywords
- past climate and environmental changes
- microfossils
- geochemical methods
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations the last five years
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Higher carbon storage in primary than secondary boreal forests in Sweden
Pascual, D., Hugelius, G., G. Canadell, J., Harden, J., Jackson, R. B., Georgiou, K., Jonshagen, A., Lindström, J., Ljung, K., Register, E., Volle, C., Asch, J., Ervander, U., Fälthammar de Jong, G., Sun, J. & Ahlström, A., 2026, In: Science. 391, 6791, p. 1256-1261Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diatom and biogeochemical changes during recent centuries in a small boreal lake: deciphering the influence of large volcanic eruptions
Silvester, E. L., Bindler, R., Bigler, C., Björnerås, C., Ljung, K. & Hammarlund, D., 2025 Dec 1, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 369, 109608.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deposition and 14C-based source apportionment of black carbon in a small lake in southern Sweden since 1450 CE
Ljung, K., Allison, E., Rohozin, Y., Silvester, E. L. & Hammarlund, D., 2025 Dec, In: Anthropocene. 52, 100495.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of Fagus-dominated forest in Söderåsen National Park, southern Sweden, in response to land-use changes over the past 600 years as reflected by macrofossil, pollen and dendrochronological data
Rundgren, M., Damber, M., Edvardsson, J., Hammarlund, D. & Ljung, K., 2025, In: The Holocene. 35, 11, p. 1180-1191Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diatom dynamics during the last six centuries in Lake Odensjön: a new varved sediment record from southern Sweden
Silvester, E., Ljung, K., Bindler, R., Hertzman, H., Lodi, G. & Hammarlund, D., 2025, In: Journal of Paleolimnology. 73, 2, p. 89-109 118769.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Erasmus+ ICM Department of Geology National Taiwan University and Department of Geology Lund University
Filipsson, H. (Researcher), Ljung, K. (Researcher) & Löwemark, L. (Researcher)
2025/01/01 → 2027/12/31
Project: Network
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Hanö Bay's Environment in Focus: Significance and Consequences of the TT-Line Marco Polo Grounding
Filipsson, H. (PI), Persson, A. (Researcher), Ljung, K. (Researcher), Larsson, J. (Researcher) & He, F. (Research student)
2024/05/27 → 2026/12/06
Project: Research
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The oil spill and the artifical cod reefs in Hanö Bay
Filipsson, H. (PI), Persson, A. (Researcher), Larsson, J. (Researcher) & Ljung, K. (Researcher)
2024/03/01 → 2026/12/31
Project: Research
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Black carbon cycling and accumulation after a mega-fire in a boreal forest in Sweden
Ljung, K. (PI)
2023/05/29 → 2026/05/29
Project: Research
Activities
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The hazelnut – a tasty time capsule that tells the story of a changing landscape
Ljung, K. (Interviewee)
2024 Mar 13Activity: Other › Media participation
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Lake record of black carbon from southern Sweden reveals increased flux in the early 18th century
Ljung, K. (Speaker)
2024 Jan 11Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography (Journal)
Ljung, K. (Role not specified)
2024 Jan 1 → 2024 Dec 31Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Journal editor
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Holocene environmental history of Washington Land, NW Greenland: a study based on lake sediments
Hammarlund, D. (First/primary/lead supervisor), Nielsen, A. B. (Joint second supervisor) & Ljung, K. (Joint second supervisor)
2023Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision of masters students
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Tracing land use changes in the catchment of Gåsfjärden, and variations in terrestrial organic matter export to the coastal area over the last 500 years
Nielsen, A. B. (Invited speaker), Yang, B. (Contributor) & Ljung, K. (Contributor)
2022 Nov 9Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Infrastructure
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Organic geochemistry laboratory
Ljung, K. (Manager)
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo)Infrastructure
Datasets
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Vegetation cover estimates and sediment records for Gåsfjärden and Lake Storsjön, Sweden
Yang, B. (Creator), Ljung, K. (Creator), Ning, W. (Creator), Filipsson, H. (Creator) & Nielsen, A. B. (Creator), Svensk nationell datatjänst (SND), 2023 Dec 18
DOI: 10.5878/j8br-vd54
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