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30 Jan 2023
What you do in your garden to help pollinators works
Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund Univer...
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11 Jan 2023
Pollinators' exposure to pesticides in the Swedish agricultural landscape
Plant protection products are used in agriculture for more predictable and better harvests. Honeybees and other flower-visiting insects are exposed to residues of these substances ...
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20 Dec 2022
Maria Blasi after attending COP15: Key outcomes for biological diversity
The COP15 summit is over, and the world has received a sister deal to the "Paris Agreement", a global framework to protect biodiversity on the planet. - It is a great moment for ...
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13 Dec 2022
Nestling birds in the city clearly affected by air pollution and which trees surround them
Life in the city is tough – if you are a baby bird you are markedly affected by a certain type of air pollution and by which trees are close to the nest, new research shows. Underl...
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7 Dec 2022
Voices from BECC regarding COP15
BECC researchers are active in media during COP15. Join us in the conversation!
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30 Nov 2022
It is time to put biodiversity on the agenda – five Lund researchers on the challenges for COP15
Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss ...
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15 Nov 2022
Old, unprotected forests might disappear by the 2070s in Sweden
Swedish, previously uncut forests have been converted to plantations at a steady rate since 2003. In a new study, BECC-researcher Anders Ahlström and his research team find that ol...
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8 Nov 2022
IPCC: Summary for All
Just before the start of COP27, IPCC released a popular science version of its latest report on climate change. Deliang Chen, professor at MERGE and BECC, is one of the authors and...
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28 Oct 2022
Reflections from ClimBEco summer meeting 2022
After this summer meeting, one cannot understate the importance of and unmistakeable delight in meeting in-person after a long, pandemic-sized hiatus.
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20 Oct 2022
Two BECC PI:s receive funding from Formas for research on climate and agriculture
Jonas Ardö and Johannes Rousk are Principal Investigators at BECC. They have both received funding from the recent Formas call that focus on climate and agriculture.