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11 Oct 2024
Collaboration led to methods that can protect our coastal environments from erosion
Long-term effective methods are needed to curb the negative effects of coastal erosion. Within the LIFE Coast Adapt project, researchers from Lund University, together with officia...
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8 Oct 2024
New project fills knowledge gaps on the climate impact of hydrogen emissions
Hydrogen is expected to play an important role in the transition to a climate-neutral society. Although hydrogen is not a greenhouse gas with a direct climate impact, there are lar...
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25 Sep 2024
Øystein Opedal on receiving the ERC-grant
Øystein Opedal was one of 494 European researchers to receive an ERC Starting Grant for his project “POLLCLIM: Plant adaptation in a changing pollination climate“. As Øystein is a ...
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5 Sep 2024
Socioeconomic circumstances shape children’s connection to nature more than where they live
The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to nature, not whether they live in a city or the countryside. This is the finding of a new st...
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8 Jul 2024
Organic farms potential for higher yields
One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustainable way. Organic farming is one option, but the downside is that it produces lower yields than...
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23 May 2024
Voices from the Swedish Climate Symposium
After a year of intensive work by many involved, the Swedish Climate Symposium with its close to 400 participants, has come to an end. Now an evaluation of the conference awaits, b...
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22 May 2024
Five ways to create a toxin-free garden
Toxins and chemicals are a major threat to our environment. The "third crisis" - the chemical crisis - is often forgotten when we talk about the climate and endangered species. Ahe...
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21 May 2024
Our first annual report with inspiring highlights from 2022/2023
It is here! Our annual report 2022/2023 and the first of its kind for BECC.
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23 Apr 2024
Unique field study shows how climate change affects fire-impacted forests
During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University, and partly financed by BECC, has investigated how climate ...
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17 Apr 2024
Two Lund researchers and BECC-PI:s receive prestigious EU grant
Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will receive EUR 2.5 mill...