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28 Apr 2020
Green infrastructure – planning and designing a functioning nature
After climate change, biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental challenge facing the world today. The loss of plant and animal species also means a loss of the resources that ...
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22 Apr 2020
Particles baffle climate researchers
If you exhale on a clear day in the clean, cold air of the Arctic, you will not see your breath form the cloud we are used to seeing when the temperature drops. The reason for this...
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28 Feb 2020
Edith is a Future Research Leader
Edith Hammer at CEC and the Department of Biology has been named as a Future Research Leader of the Foundation for Strategic Research. She is one of twenty researchers who receive ...
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14 Feb 2020
Beyond the climate anxiety, there is sadness and hope
How do you feel when you spend a large proportion of your waking hours noting facts about a planet in crisis? What is it like when every day you take a long, hard look at issues co...
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13 Dec 2019
Better pollination produces firmer apples that better withstand storage
Good pollination of apple flowers can extend the time apples can be stored without rotting. Apple harvests are also bigger, producing firmer and tastier apples according to a new s...
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3 Dec 2019
Farmers’ incentives for choosing most appropriate environmental measures must increase
Many farmers are positive to measures beneficial for biodiversity and the environment. But bureaucracy and regulatory hassle often stand in the way, says Lovisa Nilsson in a new di...
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14 Nov 2019
Thank you!
Today, 15 November, we celebrate Philanthropy Day. In connection with this, Lund University would like to extend its warm gratitude to you for having shown an active interest and f...
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11 Nov 2019
Another type of forest management would provide greater values for society
A forest management method different to those practised today would contribute to greater welfare and wellbeing for society in general, compared with current methods that mainly be...
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6 Nov 2019
Broader view of blue carbon gives climate summit input
Protecting, planting and restoring coastal ecosystems has attracted increased attention as a way of capturing and storing carbon in mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows. I...
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18 Oct 2019
Biodiversity leads to increased crop production
A diversity of different pollinators and other beneficial organisms in an agricultural landscape leads to an increase in crop production. This has been shown by a comprehensive int...
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18 Oct 2019
CEC affiliates with Marine Centre in Simrishamn for a collaboration on ocean and water research
Lund University and Simrishamn Municipality have created a joint research environment at the Marine Centre in Simrishamn to address the challenges facing the Baltic Sea. An Academi...
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3 Oct 2019
What if we paid countries to protect biodiversity?
Researchers from Sweden, Germany, Brazil and the USA have developed a financial mechanism to support the protection of the world’s natural heritage. In a recent study, they develop...
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15 Aug 2019
Researchers reject the EU reform plans for CAP – “not viable for the future”
When it comes to meeting sustainability goals, the current reform proposal of the EU Commission on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) falls well short at the mark, accordning to ...
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2 Jul 2019
Unique climate modeling with vegetation in focus
Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a new, updated version of a global climate model that will increase understanding of global warming. Through the new mod...
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26 Jun 2019
How is the life of the urban birds?
Summer days bring relaxing breaks in parks for many city dwellers. But how often do you look up from your picnic blanket and reflect on the surrounding wildlife and on how it would...
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29 May 2019
Gardening tips: Five easy ways to contribute to biodiversity
The greatest threat to biodiversity today is different species losing their habitats. To reverse this trend will require action on many societal levels, and there are simple things...
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8 May 2019
New knowledge makers focus on environmental and climate effects
How do micro-plastics affect our soil? What's the impact of urbanization on biodiversity? And how can drones be used for measuring carbon fluxes from Swedish peatlands? These were ...
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24 Apr 2019
CEC during the Sustainability week
An exhibition, a seminar on urban nature and a climate crash course – that's how CEC contributed to the Sustainability week 2019.
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25 Mar 2019
Lack of settlements threatens biodiversity
The national Swedish radio visited Lund to talk about pollinating insects and study their wintering sites.
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20 Mar 2019
Land use for a sustainable future
CEC has been granted funding for a so-called collaborative initiative to find solutions for sustainable land use in Sweden, with emphasis on Skåne.