Published 24 November 2024 Research estimates that rainforests account for more than half of all carbon captured by plants on our planet. However, photosynthesis is disrupted when levels of ground-level ozone become too high. Photo by Johan Wingborg 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 Un

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/burning-reduce-rainforest-carbon-sequestration - 2024-12-23

Published 27 November 2024 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 and other experts. On 21 November, some 150 people tuned into the webinar Post COP16 analysis: From biodiversity commitments to action. The event was co-organized by SIANI, Focali, Stockholm E

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/post-match-analysis-cop16-learn-what-happened-and-why-it-matters - 2024-12-23

Published 5 December 2024 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 Consolidator Grant Mikkel Brydegaard draws on his experiences from electrical engineering and atomic physics to develop laser diagnostic tools for new insights into the ecology and diversity of insects.By

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/congratulations-andreas-nord-and-mikkel-brydegaard-recieving-erc-consolidator-grant - 2024-12-23

Published 11 December 2024 Grass fodder production in southern Sweden. Photo: Josefin Winberg. 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 in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, according to a new study from Lund University. Much of the land is already in

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2024-12-23

Published 29 September 2014 Håkan Wallander was one of the speakers at the Gothenburg Book Fair this weekend. See his talk about his book "Soil". BECC researcher Håkan Wallander talked about his main research interest: soil, at the big book fair in Gothenburg. You can hear him share his knowledge about soil in this talk.  Håkan's book "Jord" was recently translated into English, you can find the b

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/soil-talk-book-fair-gothenburg - 2024-12-23

Published 17 October 2014 A new report from "miljöforskningsberedningen" (MFB), a council for dialogue between the scientific community and the Swedish Minister for climate and the Environment, is arguing that the environmental politics has to change fundamentally in order to be effective. Henrik Smith, coordinator of BECC at Lund University, and Olof Johansson-Stenman, University of Gothenburg, a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/environmental-politics-should-be-included-all-politics - 2024-12-23

Published 27 October 2014 Welcome to the BECC Annual Meeting 2014, a lunch-to-lunch meeting, 24-25 November. The theme of this year's meeting is "Science to policy" with examples from climate and ecosystem based research and policy, as IPCC and IPBES. The goal of this annual meeting is to create dialogue on how we can bring the BECC science to policy, to broaden our knowledge about the BECC resear

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/welcome-becc-annual-meeting-2014-theme-science-policy - 2024-12-23

Published 27 October 2014 Read more about new reports from BECC, coming events, open positions, courses and much more in the October newsletter. BECC Annual Meeting in Halmstad on 24-25 November, a new report from MFB, "miljöforskningsberedningen" and the world's leading climate researchers gathered at the School of Business, Economics & Law - these are just some of the headlines of the new BECC n

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-newsletter - 2024-12-23

Published 25 November 2014 BECC researcher Fariborz Zelli is one of the organizers of a side-event at COP 20, in Lima, Peru on the 4th of December. The title of the event is "REDD and beyond". BECC researcher Tobias Nielsen is one of the speakers at the side-event. REDD is one a series of incentive-based mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to REDD, and partly out of criti

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-cop-20-side-event-redd-and-beyond - 2024-12-23

Published 9 December 2014 Read Fariborz Zelli's report on the side-event 'REDD and Beyond: International and Indegenous Strategies in Forest Protection', held in Lima on the 4th of December. On Thursday, 4th December, BECC was one of the initiators of a side-event on ‘REDD and Beyond: International and Indigenous Strategies in Forest Protection’. The event was co-organised by Lund University and t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-united-nations-climate-conference - 2024-12-23

Published 10 December 2014 On 24-25 November, the BECC Annual Meeting 2014 was held in Halmstad. The meeting focused on the future possibilities of research within BECC and what is to come. For those of you who could not join the meeting - and those of you who would like to see a particularly interesting presentation again - we have collected the presentations from the meeting here. The fifth annu

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-presentations-becc-annual-meeting-2014 - 2024-12-23

Published 10 December 2014 Lund University has collected the top research of the university's twelve strategic reseach environments in a new book. BECC is one of these environments. In 2008, the Swedish Government designated 20 ‘Strategic Research Areas’ (SRAs) in its research-policy bill. Within these 20 areas, 43 research environments were chosen for specific funding in a special evaluation in 2

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/todays-great-explorers - 2024-12-23

Av kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - publicerad 30 september 2020 Ny forskning visar att risken för knäledsartros kan möjligen minskas med så kallad ”icke-inflammatorisk kost”. Vad du äter kan ha betydelse för flera kroniska sjukdomar. Forskare från Harvard University, USA i samarbete med en grupp kinesiska forskare har nu i en studie funnit att typ av föda, oberoende från de

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/dalig-diet-kan-leda-till-knaartros - 2024-12-23

Av kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - publicerad 23 oktober 2020 Ny studie visar att förekomsten av artros i tumbasen som lett till vårdsökande var cirka tre gånger så hög hos kvinnor som hos män (2,2% av kvinnor jämfört med 0,6% av män). Högst risk var för kvinnor i åldern 70-74 år och för män i åldern 80-84. En ny avhandling "Thumb Base Osteoarthritis: Prevalence, Occupation

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/tumbasartros-betydligt-vanligare-hos-kvinnor - 2024-12-23

Av kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - publicerad 10 november 2020 Utbildning och motion bidrar till kraftig minskning av antalet personer med artros som är villiga att genomgå en protesoperation. En ny studie har visat en kraftig minskning av antalet personer med artros som är villiga att genomgå en protesoperation efter att ha gått i artrosskola och deltagit i både utbildning

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/viljan-att-operera-sig-minskar-efter-artrosskola - 2024-12-23

Av kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - publicerad 18 november 2020 Lundaforskare undersöker meniskvävnad vid Paul Scheerer Institutet (PSI) och Swiss Light Source i Zürich, Schweiz. En grupp Lundaforskare besökte under fyra dygn i november månad en avancerad synkrotronljusanläggning utanför Zürich i Schweiz. Syftet var att utföra en serie experiment, bland annat inledande försö

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/artrosforskning-med-synkrotronljus-i-schweiz - 2024-12-23

Av kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - publicerad 7 december 2020 Kristina Gehrisch och Lykke Månsson har i dagarna påbörjat sitt examensarbete vilket handlar om proteiner och biomekanik vid knäledsartros. Två stycken blivande civilingenjörer, Kristina Gehrisch och Lykke Månsson, har i dagarna påbörjat sitt examensarbete vilket handlar om proteiner och biomekanik vid knäledsart

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/nytt-samarbetsprojekt-mellan-lunds-tekniska-hogskola-lth-och-medicinska-fakulteten - 2024-12-23

Av kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - publicerad 16 december 2020 Akut knäskada är ofta en viktig orsak till knäartros senare i livet. En ny studie visar på att generna kan spela en betydande roll för att drabbas av korsbandsskada, en av de vanligaste knäskadorna bland idrottare och fysiskt aktiva människor. Studien genomfördes vid Lunds universitet bland 88 414 svenska enäggs

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-visar-att-dina-gener-kan-vara-en-orsak-till-korsbandsskada-i-knaleden - 2024-12-23

Av kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - publicerad 21 januari 2021 I en sammanställande studie av 67 studier publicerade från runt om i världen, observerade forskare att risken för komplikationer efter höftproteskirurgi ökade betydligt hos patienter med fetma. Fetma innebär att man har en så kallad kroppsmasseindex (BMI) på 30 eller mer.  Höftartros är den vanligaste orsaken til

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Av kontakt [at] artrosportalen [dot] se (Artrosportalen) - publicerad 1 februari 2021 Den nya läkemedelskandidaten Lorecivivint har testats i en så kallad fas 2 studie. I denna fas fick forskarna en preliminär uppfattning om behandlingens möjliga effekt och vilken dos som i så fall kan vara optimal. Den nya behandlingen jämfördes mot placebo och man fick även inledande information om den nya subst

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/ny-lakemedelskandidat-mot-artrossmarta-och-broskforlust-i-knat-under-utvardering - 2024-12-23