Published 1 March 2023 With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to find new nesting sites. But they are flying earlier in the year as a result of warmer climate and changing agricultural landscape, new research shows. – The risk is that we will lose additional bumblebee species and have reduced pollination of crops and wild plants, says rese

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climate-change-means-early-flight-start-risk-fewer-bumblebees-and-reduced-pollination - 2025-02-09

Published 16 March 2023 Sustainability Week is an annual event organised in collaboration between Lund University and Lund Municipality. This year, over 60 lectures, guided tours, exhibitions, and more are arranged. Researchers from BECC are part in several of the events – you are all welcome to join! Andas frisk luft och höra fågelsång i en tät stad - hur kommer vi dit? 17 april, 09:00-12:00 

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-lund-events-becc-researchers - 2025-02-09

Published 30 March 2023 For the past year, Henrik Smith has been a member of the Climate Policy Council, which recently launched its report for. Henrik is a professor in Animal Ecology at CEC and the Department of Biology and the coordinator of BECC. At the report launch, he especially highlighted the importance of handling both the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis at the same time. The

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-reflections-release-swedish-climate-councils-report - 2025-02-09

Published 25 April 2023 Climate change can be stopped - with the right policy instruments. But to be effective, these policies must be accepted by both citizens and businesses. In a new research project, Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg and a member of BECC, will get a better knowledge of how these policies should be de

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/more-efficient-policy-instruments-can-save-climate - 2025-02-09

Published 26 April 2023 Warmer winters are leading to new species such as the common firecrest are becoming established in Sweden. Photo: Åke Lindström While southern species such as European goldfinch and European stonechat are becoming increasingly common in our latitudes, species such as curlew and redwing are in northern retreat. This is shown in the Swedish Bird Survey's annual report for 202

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climate-change-changing-map-swedish-birds - 2025-02-09

Published 12 May 2023 Professor Detlef F. Sprinz at the BECC Grand Seminar “Incentivizing forest carbon sinks" During his stay, Professor Detlef F. Sprinz focused on collaboration on the project LiMa – A Liquid Market for Forest Carbon. The project’s goal is to elucidate whether forest carbon can be a major component in the transition towards a greenhouse gas future where net emissions approach ze

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/guest-researcher-prof-detlef-f-sprinz-working-topic-forest-carbon-removals-becc - 2025-02-09

Published 22 May 2023 Maj Rundlöf looks at a blooming chestnut tree. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg-Bärg. An increasing number of people want to help bees and other pollinators by growing flowers that are rich in pollen and nectar. But which flowers are the most beneficial? If the point is to aid threatened bee species and biodiversity, then a variety of native plants is the way to go. If you are a far

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/flowers-benefit-both-bees-and-biodiversity - 2025-02-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 31 May 2023 A major benefit of being part of BECC is the possibility for researchers to apply for project funding. Recently, 14 new projects that will contribute to delivering world leading research on biodiversity and ecosystem services under global change were granted funding. At the end of 2022, 14 new research projects wer

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/14-new-projects-funded-becc - 2025-02-09

Published 21 August 2023 Urban great tits have paler plumage than their countryside counterparts – new research suggests that birds in the city are not getting the right diet. Photo: Caroline Isaksson. A new study conducted by researchers in Europe shows that urban great tits have paler plumage than their countryside counterparts. Since the yellow pigment of the breast feathers of great tits comes

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/urban-great-tits-have-paler-plumage-their-forest-living-relatives - 2025-02-09

Published 24 August 2023 Through the project "Natural Nations", children in schools are introduced to biodiversity so that they learn early on about pollinating insects and birds. Photo: iStockphoto Children in preschool and primary school will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how we humans can protect nature. The collaborative project ‘

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2025-02-09

Published 29 September 2023 Plastic waste is a huge problem today, with large amounts of micro- and nanoplastics ending up in our soils. Photo: Flockine/Pixabay. Using micro-designed soil models, researchers at Lund University and members of BECC, have investigated how tiny particles of polystyrene affect bacteria and fungi. Although this nanoplastic reduced both bacterial and fungal growth, the f

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/vacuum-cleaner-effect-fungi-can-keep-nanoplastic-particles-bay - 2025-02-09

By cheryl [dot] sjostrom [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Cheryl Sjöström) - published 2 October 2023 Kristineberg marine centre. Photo: Cheryl Sjöström. In September 13-15, 2023 the ClimBEco summer meeting entitled “Double up and double down: linking the global climate and biodiversity crises to bring about fast, fair and transformative change” was held. My research background is not in marine science

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/reflections-climbeco-summer-meeting-2023 - 2025-02-09

Published 22 August 2014 Sun over earth, photo: NASA A new study from Lund University has, for the first time, reconstructed solar activity during the last ice age. The study shows that the regional climate is influenced by the sun and offers opportunities to better predict future climate conditions in certain regions. Raimund Muscheler is co-author of the article and is an active researcher withi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/suns-activity-influences-natural-climate-change - 2025-02-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 20 October 2023 Milda about to put a transparent soil chip with funghi hyphae in the microspectrophotometer. Earlier this fall, Milda Pucetaite was one of the 400 European researchers to receive an ERC Starting Grant for her project “Tracing single-cell scale chemical signalling between interacting soil fungi". As Milda is a m

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/milda-pucetaite-receiving-erc-grant - 2025-02-09

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 30 October 2023 Vad är på gång i Sverige och omvärlden inom miljö- och klimatområdet och hur påverkar det myndigheter, företag, intresseorganisationer och forskning? Vilket behov av kunskap finns det och vilka framtidsfrågor behöver adresseras? Det var temat när forskare och koordinatorer från forskningsmiljöerna

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/arligt-mote-och-omvarldsspaning-med-beccs-och-merges-referensgrupp - 2025-02-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 6 November 2023 The title above was the theme of the first LU Land breakfast seminar of the autumn. The seminar series aims to underpin current societal challenges related to sustainable land use and highlight these challenges from different perspectives, and make room for further discussions on possible ways forward. Keep rea

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/how-can-forest-biodiversity-be-mapped-make-it-easier-landowners-take-responsibility - 2025-02-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 20 November 2023 On 15-17 May 2024, SMHI, the strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research invite you to the second Swedish Climate Symposium in Norrköping. A symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Climate change

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/now-you-can-submit-your-contribution-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-02-09

Published 1 December 2023 A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across 8 European countries show that despite tightened pesticide regulations, more needs to be done. Despite claims of the world's most rigorous risk assessment process, the use of approved pesticides in European agricultural landscapes still negati

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-bees - 2025-02-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 5 December 2023 What methods can we use to reduce emissions and increase removals of greenhouse gases in agricultural soils? What opportunities and obstacles are there? These questions were discussed at a LU Land breakfast seminar earlier this autumn. The seminar was attended by Katarina Hedlund from Lund University who presen

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/opportunities-and-barriers-carbon-storage-agricultural-soils - 2025-02-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 7 December 2023 A big congratulations to our coordinator 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 co

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/professor-henrik-smith-receives-rosen-linnaeus-prize-zoology - 2025-02-09