By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 3 February 2021 One species studied in detail by the researchers is an insect pest known as the cowpea seed beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus). The female pictured is laying eggs on a bean that the larvae then feed on. Photo: Mareike Koppik A warmer global climate can cause mutations to have more severe consequenc

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/warmer-climate-may-make-new-mutations-more-harmful - 2025-04-21

By stina [dot] johannesson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Johannesson) - published 24 February 2021 Short-haired bumblebee on Cowslip. Photo: Anna Persson When the snow is gone, it does not take too long before a familiar spring sound reappears - the bumblebee buzz. Since bumblebees are well adapted to cold climates, many of the species are negatively affected by a warmer climate. Researchers a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/find-first-bumblebee-spring - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 23 March 2021 Buff-tailed bumblebee. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Many species of bee are threatened by global warming, but not all. The buff-tailed bumblebee is the world’s most common bee and will likely remain that way, as researchers from Lund University have discovered that this species benefits from a warmer climat

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/warmer-climate-making-worlds-most-common-bumblebee-even-more-common - 2025-04-21

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 24 March 2021 Julia Kelly at fieldwork. Photo: Private Boreal peatlands store large amounts of carbon, but warmer and drier conditions caused by climate change may turn these ecosystems into carbon sources. Equipped with drones and thermal cameras Julia Kelly, who recently received her doctorate at the Centre f

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/drones-offer-new-insights-boreal-peatland-co2-emissions - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 31 March 2021 The forest has many benefits. What climate benefit you get by leaving the forest for storing carbon, or by extracting biomass that can replace fossil raw materials, largely depends on the time horizon. Photo: kn1/IStockphoto. The forest is currently at the centre of an intense debate. It concerns, i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-benefits-forest-balancing-act-prioritisation - 2025-04-21

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 13 April 2021 A lot og people are allergic to timothy grass. Photo: Whiteway/Istockphoto. An international research team has found a new method for predicting entire pollen seasons, something that can help healthcare and allergy sufferers plan to reduce problems. No similar tool has previously been used in the

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-method-predicts-severity-grass-pollen-season-allergy-sufferers - 2025-04-21

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 14 April 2021 William Sidemo Holm. Photo: Private. By changing from action-based to result-based environmental payment, farmers are financially encouraged to implement conservation measures, such as buffer strips and organic farming, where they are most beneficial for the environment and not, as today, where th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/location-conservation-measures-has-large-impact-their-effectiveness-providing-environmental-benefits - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 May 2021 Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) now announces funding for one doctoral studentship, where the doctoral student is admitted to the PhD programme in Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science, and is enrolled in the Agenda 2030 graduate school.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/project-funding-researchers-apply-doctoral-studentship-environmental-science-within-agenda-2030 - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 25 May 2021 PhD student Sofia Blomqvist and her dog Ylle look for bumblebees and other pollinating insects. This summer, Lund University doctoral student Sofia Blomqvist will be investigating how pollinating insects such as bumblebees and solitary bees are faring in flower-rich roadside habitats. However, there i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/bumblebee-detection-dog-research-duty - 2025-04-21

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 2 July 2021 Helena Hanson, researcher. Photo: Anna Maria Erling. They become smaller as urbanisation increases. Troublesome, according to researcher Helena Hanson, because urban private gardens affect both cities’ biodiversity and human wellbeing by functioning as social green spaces. Now she strikes a blow for

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/urban-private-gardens-promote-biodiversity - 2025-04-21

By lotte [dot] billing [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotte Billing) - published 12 August 2021 Climate researchers Markku Rummukainen and Kimberly Nicholas are interviewed about the latest UN climate panel report. Photo by NOAA on Unsplash. Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC repre

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 21 September 2021 Large scale drought hit Sweden in 2018. The picture shows a field in Gotland. Photo: Sten-Åke Stenberg/Mostphotos. Farming practices that result in higher levels of carbon in agricultural soils could protect both wheat and barley harvests in a future changed climate. This is what emerges from a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/more-carbon-soil-could-protect-harvests-future-climate - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 22 October 2021 Image: IStock On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's canceled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. As part of the Paris Agreement in 201

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-04-21

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 27 October 2021 John Falk presents his dissertation on how combustion affects cloud droplet and ice particle formation in the atmosphere. Photo: Eberhard Grossgasteiger, Unsplash Primitive stoves and diesel engines produce soot particles, besides being bad for your health, have a negative effect on the climate.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ice-particles-clouds-can-affect-climate - 2025-04-21

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 11 November 2021 Embroidery and photo by Maria Blasi Lack of habitats and climate change – parameters that scientists know affect the number of pollinators in the world. But exactly how big is the effect and what else contributes to the decline of bees and bumblebees? This has Maria Blasi i Romero tried to find

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/modelling-survival-bumblebees - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 17 November 2021 Plane trees in Slottsparken in Malmö. Photo: Anna Maria Erling. The type of tree you plant – whether you choose native or non-native species – is of great significance for insect life in a city, more so than researchers previously thought. This is what emerges from a new study by researchers at L

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/choice-trees-carries-great-significance-city-insect-life - 2025-04-21

By izabella [dot] rosengren [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Izabella Rosengren) - published 14 February 2022 In her dissertation, Ivette Raicec Cruz emphasizes the importance of communicating scientific uncertainty. Photo: Istockphoto/BrianAJackson Scientific advice to decision makers requires transparent scientific assessments, in which communication of uncertainty is important in order to avoid over

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/important-express-scientific-uncertainty - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 13 December 2021 In a new report from Lund University, researchers observed that honey bees compete with wild bees for flower resources. Photo: Sandra Lindström. Increasing attention is being paid to the impact of honey bees on wild bees. In a new report from Lund University in Sweden, researchers observed that h

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/wild-bees-and-honey-bees-compete-food - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 14 February 2022 Insects detected included many important species such as bees, moths, flies, beetles, wasps and ants. Photo: Photorama/Pixabay. Scientists at Lund University have discovered for the first time that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the air. Using air from three sites in Sweden, insect DNA fr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/using-airborne-dna-monitor-insect-biodiversity - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 28 February 2022 The researchers emphasise that the need for climate adaptation. Here a village in Demak Regency, Indonesia, surrounded by water due to rising sea levels. Photo: Aji Styawan / Getty Images Climate Visuals Grant recipient. On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publish

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-panel-world-must-act-now - 2025-04-21