Published 6 February 2017 BECC researcher Johanna Alkan Olsson from Lund University was awarded 5 000 Euro for her project on algorithmic potato farming at Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day 27/1. The project will create a method for farmers to better handle outbreaks of late blight on crops, a disease expected to become more problematic in a changing climate. This was the second ever Climate-KIC Nor

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Published 15 February 2017 BECC researcher Mats Lindeskog from INESis co-author of an article in the latest issue of Nature Geoscience aboiut influences of historic land use on the carbon cycle.Mats have contriobuted with simulations of the "managed land" version he has deveveloped from LPJ-GUESS. From the abstract:The terrestrial biosphere absorbs about 20% of fossil-fuel CO2 emissions. The overa

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Published 16 February 2017 There is no evidence of any skewness that could be cowering up contradicting findings in scientific publications. BECC researcher Johan Hollander has published an article in Climatic Change where he, together with colleagues, examine 120 published articles in climate science from the period 1973 to 2013. In the study they find no evidence of skewness in the way the resul

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Published 20 February 2017 Alexandre Antonelli Deputy Theme Coordinator of the Biodiversity theme in BECC Alexandre Antonellis has been awarded a prize of 12 MSEK from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has appointed the sixth generation Future Research Leaders (FFL). The program is targeted at Swedish and foreign young researchers, who con

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Published 22 February 2017 Anna Persson, researcher at the CEC is one of the authors of a new publication from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency "Arguments for more ecosystem services". From the report; Ecosystem services are the foundation of human welfare, yet the services are often invisible in many of society’s decision-making processes. This report contains statistics, studies and r

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Published 6 March 2017 The research project Valuation of ecosystem services in agriculture - a path towards effective decision making (VESA) led by Katarina Hedlund will present their results at the Environmental Protection Agency's final conference March 21 in Stockholm. One of the results of VESA is C-bank, which is a web-based tool that can be used by farmers and advisers to value ecosystem ser

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/final-conference-value-ecosystem-services - 2025-01-31

Published 15 March 2017 Photo: Michael O. Dillon There is currently an open possition at the University of Gothenburg as a PhD student in Natural Science, specialising in Biology. More specifically the focus will be on Tropical montane trees in a warming World. Apply before 31/3.Read the entire add and apply here.

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Published 23 March 2017 In many research projects, stakeholder interaction is ad hoc rather than strategic and systematic. This guide provides advice on good practice, strategies and tools for researchers and research groups interested in finding effective ways to involve stakeholders in their research and have an impact on society. There is an urgent need for scientifically grounded solutions to

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Published 24 March 2017 Åsa have been selected as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories”. Åsa Kasimir have been selected by the Bureau of IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to t

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Published 8 May 2014 Lapland Longspur is one of the species that is affected by climate change. Photo: Åke Lindström Henrik Smith, coordinator of BECC, has written the policy brief "Klimatförändring, ekosystem och arter". Read about how the ongoing climate change affects both ecosystems and species. The ongoing climate change is already affecting the earth's species and ecosystems on land, in lake

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Published 26 April 2017 Up-coming deadline for applying to become one of the next generation PhD students in ClimBEco Graduate Research School (2017-2019) will be May 5th. Read more about ClimBEco here. Read the flyer about ClimBEco here.

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Published 28 April 2017 During winter 2016-17 there was an open BECC call for salary funds for up to 6 BECC postdoctoral positions in Lund. Aim was to strengthen the ongoing interdisciplinary development of BECC research by creating and strengthening interdisciplinary interactions. This call particularly aimed to support early-career researchers with high potential to become future research leader

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Published 28 April 2017 During last autumn and winter a team of researchers, PhD students and master students from Lund University and Leuphana University, Lüneburg, joined forces to undertake a student-driven quantitative review on temporal changes in ecosystem services. While the primary outcome of this collaboration will be a review to be published in an international scientific journal, the tr

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Published 5 May 2017 The first ever Nordic ICOS Symposium will be held in Copenhagen 29-31 August 2017. The first Nordic ICOS Symposium will be held in Copenhagen 29-31 August 2017. Deadline for abstracts is June 15th and for registration is August 1st 2017. Please find more information and registration here.

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Published 5 May 2017 Photo: Melburnian Guess your time in Lundaloppet 2017 and express your uncertainty in your running time in which way you want! After the race on May 13th and the actual running times are known, we will evaluate the performances of all predictions. The results will be presented in June, where we will hand out several awards. Guess your time in Lundaloppet 2017 and express your

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Published 8 May 2017 Georgina Mace will hold a seminar in Lund in October. VIII Lund Biology Seminar at 12/10 will be with  Georgina MaceReadRead more about Georgina here.

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Published 10 May 2017 Photo: Anna Kaijser There is now an open position for a Doctoral Studentship in Political Science with a special focus special focus (BECC) Find the add and application details here.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/open-position-doctoral-studentship-political-science - 2025-01-31

Published 15 June 2017 Martin Green and Jens Rydell at the biology department, Lund University, have been awarded Skånes vindkraftspris 2017. Read the full article here (in Swedish)

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/biologist-wins-skane-wind-academy-prize - 2025-01-31

Published 20 June 2017 Photo: Pixabay BECC is a strategic research area which brings together over 200 researchers at Lund University and the University of Gothenburg. BECC brings together scientists from the natural and social sciences to perform research essential in understanding the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services on local, regional, national and global scales,

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/5-becc-postdoctoral-positions-climate-impacts-ecosystem-and-biodiversity - 2025-01-31

Published 21 June 2017 BECC welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2018-20. This is a joint call, up to 20 million SEK, between LU and UGOT and aims at a continued consolidation of the collaboration between research groups and major projects within and between Lund and Gothenburg universities.BECC strives to assess the impacts of climate change on

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