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8 May 2025
Major changes in biodiversity in the Arctic
Global warming is causing rapid changes in vegetation in the Arctic. A major study in Nature with researchers from BECC-members at the University of Gothenburg shows large local di...
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10 Apr 2025
Celebrating a Decade of Data: ICOS Sweden Marks Milestone in Climate Science
On 15 May 2025, scientists, engineers, and environmental stakeholders will gather to celebrate a milestone for Swedish climate research: the 10-year anniversary of ICOS Sweden’s na...
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3 Apr 2025
Global study of dark diversity reveals hidden impact of human activities on nature
In human-disturbed regions, many native plant species are absent from their natural habitats, contributing to the missing so called “dark diversity”
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3 Apr 2025
"This Has Been Lacking!" - Premiere of the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium, a New Meeting Place for Biodiversity
This October marks the launch of Sweden’s first Swedish Biodiversity Symposium—an entirely new meeting place where experts and stakeholders in biodiversity will gather to promote p...
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1 Apr 2025
Surprising number of environmental pollutants in hedgehogs
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University found when they co...
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26 Mar 2025
Unique mapping of canopy diversity in tropical forests
Tropical forest canopies play a crucial role in the biosphere’s carbon, water, and energy cycles. Despite this, they are often treated as uniform in climate system models. A new st...
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18 Mar 2025
Lakes worldwide are changing colour – possibly due to human impact
Over the last 40 years, the majority of the world’s lakes have changed colour, according to a new study. The research team analysed 32 million satellite observations from over 67,0...
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5 Mar 2025
Henrik Smith – the visionary who never slows down
With his cycling helmet perched on his head, he rushes in like a whirlwind, fires off monosyllabic replies to emails and then asks thoughtful questions during meetings while simult...
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20 Jan 2025
Sustainable construction: How fungi research at Lund University could revolutionise infrastructure repair
Much of the world's infrastructure is made of concrete, which presents a challenge when it cracks and needs repair. Traditional repair methods involve cutting away a large amount o...
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11 Dec 2024
Land Identified as Crucial for Swedish Bioenergy Is Already Occupied, New Study Shows
Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation...
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5 Dec 2024
Congratulations to Andreas Nord and Mikkel Brydegaard on recieving an ERC Consolidator Grant.
Andreas Nord, a researcher at the Department of Biology and Mikkel Brydegaard, senior lecturer at the Physics department - both members of BECC, have been awarded an ERC Consolidat...
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27 Nov 2024
Post match analysis COP16 – learn what happened and why it matters
What were the main outcomes of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 and what happened behind the scenes? Here are key takeaways from our webinar with negotiators, researchers, NGOs...
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24 Nov 2024
Burning reduce rainforest carbon sequestration
Exhaust fumes and burning reduce the ability of rainforests to capture carbon by 0.29 billion tonnes each year. A new study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, with p...
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28 Oct 2024
Olof Johansson Stenman new member of the Climate Policy Council
The government has appointed Olof Johansson Stenman, professor of economics at the University of Gothenburg and a BECC PI, as a new member of the Climate Policy Council. "It is an ...
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23 Oct 2024
New thesis highlights sustainable solutions to protect the Amazon rainforest
In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon...
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21 Oct 2024
Reflections from ClimBEco autumn meeting 2024
Summer may be extending longer into the season, but we still have changed the name of our annual meetings in September to Autumn meetings. And this year autumn showed itself in ful...
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17 Oct 2024
Five challenges and tips for creating a functional urban environment when densifying cities
To create a functional urban environment for people, the environment and biodiversity, cities need to make careful considerations. Urban densification can be positive, for example ...
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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 ...