By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 4 December 2023 Bumblebees are a key wild and commercial pollinator. Yet commonly used farmland pesticides continue to harm bumblebees. Photo: Theresia Krausl A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across eight European countries sh

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-pollinators - 2025-02-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 5 December 2023 Congratulations on the funding for the research infrastructure ICOS, Natascha Kljun, Scientific Principle Investigator of the Lund University ICOS stations! ICOS Sweden has been awarded a grant of 43.8 million SEK from VR to operate 10 stations for a period of three years. “Thank you! Yes, these a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/congratulations-icos - 2025-02-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 6 December 2023 Micaela Mafla-Endara and one of her 'hotels' for soil organisms. Photo: Anna Maria Erling Remnants of plastic left by humans can now be found practically everywhere in nature – in waterways, within animals, and even amidst the clouds. In her thesis, Micaela Mafla-Endara examined how nanoplastics t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nanoplastics-influence-microbial-activity-soil - 2025-02-05

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 11 December 2023 A big congratulations to professor Henrik Smith on receiving the Rosén Linnaeus Prize in Zoology from The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund. The Rosén Linnaeus Prize in Botany and Zoology has been awarded every three years since 1935 to Swedish researchers whom the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund conside

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/professor-henrik-smith-receives-rosen-linnaeus-prize-zoology - 2025-02-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 18 December 2023 COP 28 participants in Dubai. Photo: COP28/Christophe Viseux A comprehensive decision has been negotiated during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The agreement, which calls for a tripling of renewable energy, energy efficiency and the transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, was finali

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-deal-renewables-and-net-zero-energy-systems - 2025-02-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 January 2024 Katarina Hedlund (right) is the new Director of CEC after Per Persson (left). Katarina Hedlund is the new Director of CEC after Per Persson, who left at the turn of the year. Per Persson has moved on to the role of Dean of the Faculty of Science at Lund University. Katarina Hedlund, professor at t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/katarina-hedlund-new-director-cec - 2025-02-05

Published 29 January 2024 On 15-17 May, the second edition of the Swedish Climate Symposium will take place in Norrköping. The symposium offers is a unique opportunity for scholars and societal actors to seek greater scientific understanding of climate change and its consequences for the environment and society. David Wårlind is part of the steering group for the symposium, and we asked him three

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/three-questions-david-warlind-about-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-02-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 30 January 2024 Researcher Hakim Abdi. Photo: Private. With the aid of two satellites and machine learning, researcher Hakim Abdi is mapping the composition of tree species in Swedish forests down to the individual stands. Through the creation of a method capable of generating annual maps of tree diversity, his a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forest-analysis-through-satellite-data-and-machine-learning - 2025-02-05

Published 1 February 2024 Monocultures and the simplification of the agricultural landscape in the last century may have resulted in the disadvantage of specialized pollinators. Photo: Anna Persson An evolutionary perspective should be taken into account to ensure long-term crop pollination. This is the conclusion of an article published by BECC and CEC-affiliated researchers at Lund University. T

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/effects-landscape-change-evolution-pollinators - 2025-02-05

Published 15 March 2024 Sustainability Week is an annual event where Lund University and the Lund Municipality invite you to participate in sustainability activities. It is a week full of discussions and lectures, serious issues and hopeful visions for the future. Here you can find all the events of the week with participants from the Centre for Environment and Climate Science. Monday 8 April - Fr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/our-events-sustainability-week-lund-2024 - 2025-02-05

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 13 February 2023 Urban great tits prefer native trees for breeding. Photo: Caroline Isaksson Small passerine birds, such as blue and great tits, avoid breeding in urban areas where there are many non-native trees. Chicks also weigh less the more non-native trees there are in the vicinity of the nest. This is shown

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/urban-birds-prefer-native-trees - 2025-02-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 27 February 2023 Restored wetlands, rainbeds and urban green spaces are all examples of nature-based solutions that can help mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity. Photo: Helena Hanson Nature-based solutions offer excellent opportunities to address environmental and social challenges. They can help mitigate

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/opportunities-scale-nature-based-solutions-nordics - 2025-02-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 1 March 2023 A queen of the species Bombus terrestris. The species belongs to the group of bumblebees that have advanced their activity flight, which is now about 14 days earlier than a century ago. Photo: Maria Blasi Romero With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set o

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-means-early-flight-start-risk-fewer-bumblebees-and-reduced-pollination - 2025-02-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 21 March 2023 The synthesis report concludes that climate change is accelerating and its impacts are becoming more pronounced. Photo: Daniel Páscoa/Unsplash The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a synthesis report summarizing the reports of recent years. Markku Rummukainen, Sweden's con

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/markku-rummukainen-new-ipcc-report-near-term-action-crucial - 2025-02-05

Published 10 May 2023 From 18 to 21 June 2023, Lund University will host the international meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis Europe. The world is changing; we have experienced societal disruption due to global hazards such as pandemics and climate change. Environments or institutions that were taken for granted are suddenly at risk, forcing us to consider new risks that require careful deve

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/sra-conference-lund-discover-risk-research - 2025-02-05

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 15 May 2023 Alumni from CEC and ClimBEco, gathered outside the university building in Lund. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Fifteen years ago, the first doctoral students began their education at CEC. Since then, there have been 240 PhD students from CEC and ClimBEco, the research school hosted by CEC. This week, about

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-and-climbeco-alumni-come-together-celebration-and-networking - 2025-02-05

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 7 September 2023 "We need to acknowledge how valuable a tree in the city can be – it's not just for decoration. It affects insects, birds, and human well-being", Johan Kjellberg Jensen says. Photo: Sara Håkansson The city is the perfect place to study nature and how humans affect it, says Johan Kjellberg Jensen.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/city-our-most-important-ecosystem - 2025-02-05

By Marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 29 August 2023 The 'Natural Nations' project brings biodiversity into schools so that children learn about pollinating insects and birds at an early age. Photo: iStockphoto Preschool and primary school children will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how people c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2025-02-05

Published 17 September 2021 Photo: Pixabay / Arek Socha 1) We found 15 national/regional registries of congenital heart disease worldwide. 2) Registry coverage ranged from 25 to 100% of all eligible cases. 3) The best registries contain demographic, clinical, physical, and laboratory data. 4) Regular verification is essential for quality data and valid statistical findings. Read the paper at https

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/national-and-regional-registries-congenital-heart-diseases-strengths-weaknesses-and-opportunities - 2025-02-05

Published 18 September 2021 Quantitative bias analyses allow researchers to adjust for uncontrolled confounding, given specification of certain bias parameters. When researchers are concerned about unknown confounders, plausible values for these bias parameters will be difficult to specify. Read the paper at https://journals.lww.com/epidem/Fulltext/2021/09000/The_Importance_of_M…

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/importance-making-assumptions-bias-analysis - 2025-02-05