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15 Feb 2019
CEC Annual report 2018
CEC is in an expansive phase and the number of doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and administrative staff increased during 2018.
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1 Feb 2019
Well managed forests can limit climate change
Growing forests can limit climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store the carbon in their biomass as they grow. How much carbon a forest stores varies ...
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11 Jan 2019
Environmental challenges must be addressed simultaneously
Global environmental problems can be addressed by means of policy instruments such as carbon dioxide taxes, building and technology standards and support for new technology, but th...
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10 Jan 2019
Iron from boreal rivers
Simon Herzog has studied what factors determine the fate of iron from boreal rivers and is now defending his thesis "Fate of riverine iron over estuarine salinity gradients".
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5 Dec 2018
Soil security and economics
Soil security provides a framework for appreciating the importance of soils for planetary health and in turn human wellbeing.
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5 Dec 2018
Environmental change in the Arctic
The region is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth and its polar bears and melting glaciers have become key symbols of climate change. But the Arctic, it seems, is not as wel...
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4 Dec 2018
Standardized greenhouse gas measurement helps to predict and mitigate climate change
The Integrated Carbon Observation System, ICOS, announces that Norunda and additional 14 greenhouse gas measurement stations have been certified for standardized data production. I...
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30 Nov 2018
CEC strengthens the organization with new research funding
The Center for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC, received positive responses on research applications from both the European Research Council and Formas, why the organizatio...
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29 Nov 2018
Climate science and climate politics
It is important to make science relevant for policy makers, CEC's Jasmine Livingston argues in her recent thesis.
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27 Nov 2018
Lina Herbertsson in the final of Researchers Grand Prix
Today, Lina Herbertsson from the CEC will take part in the final of Researchers Grand Prix, where researchers from Swedish universities challenge each other making the best oral pr...
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31 Oct 2018
20 year jubilee for Environmental Science
It's been 20 years since the first students in Environmental Science started at Lund University. Great progress has been made in the environmental field since then, but there are s...
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17 Oct 2018
Research review on sexual harassment in academia
The Swedish Research Council has commissioned a research review on sexual harassment in academia.
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4 Oct 2018
Lund University invests in graduate research school about Agenda 2030
Lund University invests SEK 64 millions in a graduate research school focusing on societal challenges and Agenda 2030. The graduate research school, which will fully expanded inclu...
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14 Sep 2018
Organic farming methods favors pollinators
Pollinating insects are endangered globally, with a particularly steep decline over the last 40 years. An extensive 3-year study from the CEC has found that organic farming methods...
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5 Sep 2018
Eye-opening discussions for PhD students
ClimBEco is a two-year graduate research school that promotes young scientists to engage in interdisciplinary research on climate, earth system and society in a changing world. The...
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16 Aug 2018
Winter loss in honey bees in Sweden
The CEC has produced a new report evaluating analyses and data collection of winter loss in honeybees in Sweden.
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10 Aug 2018
Field study of biodiversity
The COST project has been studying if there is any difference in biodiversity found at organic and conventional farms.
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19 Jun 2018
Lovisa Nilsson awarded for outstanding student poster
While attending the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology organized by the Society for Conservation Biology last week in Jyväskylä, Finland, CEC's Lovisa Nilsson was awarde...
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4 Jun 2018
Catalysing a switch to a circular economy through plastic waste prevention
The CEC and Lund University is part of the core team for Climate-KIC's latest Flagship programme, eCircular, aiming to crack down on plastic waste and radically reduce the use of p...
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30 May 2018
CEC in Swedish national radio
Researchers from the CEC comments climate change and risk management on Swedish national radio.