By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 18 October 2019 Marine Centre in Simrishamn. Photo: Tina Schedvin. 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 Academic Council led by Maria C Hansson from the Centre for Environmental

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-affiliates-marine-centre-simrishamn-collaboration-ocean-and-water-research - 2025-01-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 18 October 2019 Biodiversity leads to increased crop production, according to a new international study. 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 international study that include

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/biodiversity-leads-increased-crop-production - 2025-01-27

By stina [dot] johannesson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Johannesson) - published 6 November 2019 Terese Thoni at fieldwork in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Photo: Carol Martillo. 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. In her dissertation, Terese Thoni has investiga

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/broader-view-blue-carbon-gives-climate-summit-input - 2025-01-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 11 November 2019 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 benefit the forestry industry. This has been shown in a new study by two researchers from Lund University in Sweden. Th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/another-type-forest-management-would-provide-greater-values-society - 2025-01-27

Published 14 November 2019 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 for supporting our activities.   External funding in the form of donations and philanthropy is playing an increasingly important role for universities in Sweden. Annually, Lund University receiv

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/thank-you - 2025-01-27

By stina [dot] johannesson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Johannesson) - published 3 December 2019 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 dissertation, while also calling for better financial incentives for the individual farmer to choose the best environmen

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/farmers-incentives-choosing-most-appropriate-environmental-measures-must-increase - 2025-01-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 14 February 2020 The new collaboration will strengthen the national climate and biodiversity research. 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 concerning global warming and the

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/beyond-climate-anxiety-there-sadness-and-hope - 2025-01-27

By jan [dot] olsson [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 28 February 2020 Edith Hammer. Photo: Inger Ekström. 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 12 million SEK from the foundation for five years to work on a research project. Edith Hammer'

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/edith-future-research-leader - 2025-01-27

By catrin [dot] jakobsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Catrin Jakobsson) - published 22 April 2020 “Since industrialisation we have not only emitted lots of greenhouse gases, which increase global warming”, says Moa Sporre, researcher in nuclear physics. “Combustion has also led to significantly more particles in the air.” If you exhale on a clear day in the clean, cold air of the Arctic,

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/particles-baffle-climate-researchers - 2025-01-27

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 14 September 2018 Photo: Kennet Ruona 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 can contribute to halting the pollinator decline. This beneficial effect is due to both the absence of insect

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/organic-farming-methods-favors-pollinators - 2025-01-27

Published 4 October 2018 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 include around 20 PhD students, is the first of its kind in Sweden. Sustainability Forum and Centre for Environmental and Climate Research have received the mission to administer the graduate research

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lund-university-invests-graduate-research-school-about-agenda-2030 - 2025-01-27

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 17 October 2018 The Swedish Research Council has commissioned a research review on sexual harassment in academia. The research review of sexual harassment shows that gender harassment is the most common form of exposure within academia, that sexual harassment occurs in all disciplines, that vulnerability is reported by all gro

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/research-review-sexual-harassment-academia - 2025-01-27

Published 31 October 2018 Catarina Rolfsdotter and Henrik Smith 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 still many challenges for future students to work with. Due to the anniversary, the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research invited to an afternoon wit

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/20-year-jubilee-environmental-science - 2025-01-27

Published 27 November 2018 Photo: Kennet Ruona 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 presentation of their research. The final will take place in Stockholm beginning at 14:00, you can follow the final and vote at forskargrandprix.se/liveAbout Lina Herbertsson

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lina-herbertsson-final-researchers-grand-prix - 2025-01-27

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 29 November 2018 It is important to make science relevant for policy makers, CEC's Jasmine Livingston argues in her recent thesis. Jasmine Livingston from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research has written a thesis discussing the connection between policy and climate science. She has studied what takes place both on

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-science-and-climate-politics - 2025-01-27

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 30 November 2018 The Center for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC, received positive responses on research applications from both the European Research Council and Formas, why the organization can continue to develop and recruit both researchers and administrative staff during 2019. "It is CEC's combination of deep knowl

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-strengthens-organization-new-research-funding - 2025-01-27

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 4 December 2018 Measuring equipment at Norunda. Photo Anders Båth. The Integrated Carbon Observation System, ICOS, announces that Norunda and additional 14 greenhouse gas measurement stations have been certified for standardized data production. ICOS data helps to reveal the carbon emissions and sinks on a European level, esse

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/standardized-greenhouse-gas-measurement-helps-predict-and-mitigate-climate-change - 2025-01-27

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 5 December 2018 Abisko Scientific Research Station 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 well researched as we think it is. Since the Arctic covers some 14.5 million square kilometers, and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/environmental-change-arctic - 2025-01-27

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 5 December 2018 Mark Brady. Photo: Hanna Holm. Soil security provides a framework for appreciating the importance of soils for planetary health and in turn human wellbeing. Mark Brady from the CEC has given a plenary talk called What role might economics play with soil science for achieving soil security? at the Soil Security

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/soil-security-and-economics - 2025-01-27

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 10 January 2019 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". Rivers have traditionally not been considered important sources of bioavailable iron (Fe) to the marine waters, since most iron is lost b

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/iron-boreal-rivers - 2025-01-27