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30 Mar 2023
Henrik Smith reflections at the release of the Swedish Climate Council's report
For the past year, Henrik Smith has been a member of the Climate Policy Council, which recently launched its report for. Henrik is a professor in Animal Ecology at CEC and the Depa...
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16 Mar 2023
Sustainability week in Lund: Events with BECC researchers
Sustainability Week is an annual event organised in collaboration between Lund University and Lund Municipality. This year, over 60 lectures, guided tours, exhibitions, and more ar...
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1 Mar 2023
Climate change means early flight start - risk of fewer bumblebees and reduced pollination
With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to find new nesting sites. But they are flying earlier in the year as a result of ...
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27 Feb 2023
Opportunities to scale up nature-based solutions in the Nordics
Nature-based solutions offer excellent opportunities to address environmental and social challenges. They can help mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity. However, better...
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16 Feb 2023
Temporal and spatial scale effects on carbon stocks and financial value
Congratulations to Tristan Bakx, BECC-doctoral student, who has published his first paper from his PhD. The researchers studied temporal and spatial scale effects on carbon stocks...
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14 Feb 2023
Urban birds prefer native trees
Small passerine birds, such as blue and great tits, avoid breeding in urban areas where there are many non-native trees. Chicks also weigh less the more non-native trees there are ...
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10 Feb 2023
Young scientists eager to influence policy makers on biodiversity
We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The st...
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8 Feb 2023
ClimBEco winter meeting 2023 – summary
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6 Feb 2023
Opportunities: Post-doctoral fellowships
BECC are opening four, 2-year postdoctoral positions.
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31 Jan 2023
Risk of eutrophication and acidification if forest fertilization is introduced in southern Sweden
Forests are important for climate change mitigation, both as raw material for biofuels and for carbon storage. At the same time, forests are under pressure from a changing climate ...