Fifty Year Climate trends of the Wood Decay Hazard in Sweden

Simon Curling; Dennis Jones; Penny Mesa

Fifty Year Climate trends of the Wood Decay Hazard in Sweden

Simon Curling
, Dennis Jones
, Penny Mesa

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Lulea University of Technology

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As climate change proceeds, Europe is becoming on average warmer and wetter. This creates enhanced conditions for wood decay in areas that may traditionally have not had to consider the risk to both construction and heritage assets. Atlantic coast areas of Europe e.g. the United Kingdom (Curling and Ormondroyd 2020) are particularly affected but even in more northern regions, effects will be seen. This paper therefore considers actual historic data from across Sweden to determine the historic risk of wood decay based on the Scheffer climate index (Scheffer 1971). This index is a broad brush approach and does not take into account local microclimates such as in Dose response methods (Marais et al 2021). However, the data is valuable as it uses historic data to assess past hazards and projects forward to highlight risks.

Iaith wreiddiol	Saesneg
Nifer y tudalennau	3
Statws	Cyhoeddwyd - 14 Medi 2026
Digwyddiad	22nd Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE) - Riga Technical University, Riga, Latfia Hyd: 15 Medi 2026 → 16 Medi 2026 https://sites.google.com/kki.lv/wse2026/?pli=1&authuser=0

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Cynhadledd	22nd Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE)
Teitl cryno	WSE
Gwlad/Tiriogaeth	Latfia
Dinas	Riga
Cyfnod	15/09/26 → 16/09/26
Cyfeiriad rhyngrwyd	https://sites.google.com/kki.lv/wse2026/?pli=1&authuser=0

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Fifty Year Climate trends of the Wood Decay Hazard in Sweden

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