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50 millions to research about finance and biodiversity

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 4 May 2022 The BIOPATH consortium consists of a carefully composed team of research specialists in sustainable finance and biodiversity as well as influential partners from industry, the financial system and public authorities. The research programme ”Pathways towards an efficient alignment of the financial syste

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/50-millions-research-about-finance-and-biodiversity - 2025-07-03

National symposium in Norrköping focuses on climate research

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 4 May 2022 The sympsoium will focus on climate change in a Swedish context. What is happening to the climate and what role does climate research play in society? The strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, the Bolin Centre for Climate Research and SMHI are together arranging a climate symposium in Norrköping on

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/national-symposium-norrkoping-focuses-climate-research - 2025-07-03

How is nature to be valued? New report on the way from IPBES

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 5 July 2022 In a new report IPBES consider what values that can be put on nature, and what methods exist to calculate such a values. Photo: Istock. Is it possible to put a value on nature and the vital ecosystem services it provides for us? What are the pros and cons of different valuation models? These are the k

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-nature-be-valued-new-report-way-ipbes - 2025-07-03

The Vice-Chancellor says yes to the ClimBioSis profile area

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 6 July 2022 A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on the profile area ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Photo: Kenneth Ruona. A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on five profile areas for Lund University. One of the areas is ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Thirt

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-says-yes-climbiosis-profile-area - 2025-07-03

Climate change makes carbon sinks more vulnerable

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 September 2022 Photo: Hans Ott/Unsplash. New data by the research infrastructure ICOS confirms that natural carbon sinks such as the ocean and forests are not stable. Climate change makes these sinks more vulnerable, in some cases even turning them into carbon emitters. This compromises current climate targets

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-makes-carbon-sinks-more-vulnerable - 2025-07-03

Less bird diversity in city forests

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 September 2022 Urban forests have less bird diversity compared to forests in the countryside – even if the forest areas are of the same quality. Photo: Tariq Sulemani/Istockphoto. A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fe

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2025-07-03

Complex consequences of a warmer Arctic

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 3 October 2022 Adrian Gustafson doing fieldwork in the Arctic. Photo: Private. Effects of a warmer Arctic are not only negative for the climate, according to a new thesis from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science at Lund University, Sweden. Modelling showed that moving the tree line upwards could incr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/complex-consequences-warmer-arctic - 2025-07-03

A clear-cut forest provides essential information for climate research

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 7 November 2022 The clear-cutting shown from above. Please observe that the clar-cut is shown at a higher speed in the video than in reality. Video: ICOS Norunda. The machines have started rolling in at Norunda and are cutting down trees, one by one. Norunda is Sweden’s oldest measuring station for greenhouse gases and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/clear-cut-forest-provides-essential-information-climate-research - 2025-07-03

The UN’s climate change conference COP27 – topics on the agenda

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 3 November 2022 Markku Rummukainen. Photo: Kennet Ruona The UN’s annual climate change conference takes place this year in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and contribute to th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-conference-cop27-topics-agenda - 2025-07-03

Interdisciplinary research school on Skåne’s beaches

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 10 November 2022 Coastal engineer Caroline Hallin teaches doctoral students from the interdisciplinary ClimBEco Graduate Research School at Knäbäckshusen in Skåne, Sweden. Photo: Sara Håkansson The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2025-07-03

It is time to put biodiversity on the agenda – five Lund researchers on the challenges for COP15

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 30 November 2022 Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/it-time-put-biodiversity-agenda-five-lund-researchers-challenges-cop15 - 2025-07-03

Nestling birds in the city clearly affected by air pollution and which trees surround them

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 14 December 2022 Newly hatched baby birds - the study investigated how they were affected by various effects of the urban environment. Photo: Caroline Isaksson, Lund University. Life in the city is tough – if you are a baby bird you are markedly affected by a certain type of air pollution and by which trees are c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nestling-birds-city-clearly-affected-air-pollution-and-which-trees-surround-them - 2025-07-03

COP15: Key outcomes for biological diversity

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 21 December 2022 António Guterres, Secretary-General of United Nations, at COP15 in Montréal, Canada. Photo: Maria Blasi The COP15 summit is over, and the world has received a sister deal to the "Paris Agreement", a global framework to protect biodiversity on the planet.  – It is a great moment for biodiversity. We nee

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cop15-key-outcomes-biological-diversity - 2025-07-03

What you do in your garden to help pollinators works

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 31 January 2023 Adding "mini-meadows", is one way of helping pollinators. Photo: Therese EK Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund University. The researchers evaluated the nation

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-you-do-your-garden-help-pollinators-works - 2025-07-03

Risk of eutrophication and acidification if forest fertilization is introduced in southern Sweden

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 31 January 2023 The forest's environmental goals are not being met today. Klas Lucander has investigated what effects increased nitrogen fertilization could have on the forest. Photo: Shutterstock Forests are important for climate change mitigation, both as raw material for biofuels and for carbon storage. At the same

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/risk-eutrophication-and-acidification-if-forest-fertilization-introduced-southern-sweden - 2025-07-03

Body-painting protects against bloodsucking insects

Published 17 January 2019 Human models used in the experiment (Photo: Gabor Horvath) A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites. It is the first time researchers have successfully shown that body-painting has this effect. Among indigenous peoples who wear body-paint, the markings thus provide a certain protection agai

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/body-painting-protects-against-bloodsucking-insects - 2025-07-03

Unique camera enables researchers to see the world the way birds do

Published 22 January 2019 The image to the right was taken with the specially designed camera (Photo: Cynthia Tedore) Using a specially designed camera, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded for the first time in recreating how birds see colours in their surroundings. The study reveals that birds see a very different reality compared to what we see. Human colour vision is based o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-camera-enables-researchers-see-world-way-birds-do - 2025-07-03

How do dementia diseases affect our brains?

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 August 2018 “We must understand the ageing process itself in order to help people with conditions such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, and to possibly enable us to prevent these diseases from arising”, says Henrik Ahlenius of the Stem Cell Centre at Lund University. His aim is to develop an experimental model for human nerve c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-do-dementia-diseases-affect-our-brains - 2025-07-03

Live healthily – for the sake of your future children

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 August 2018 Our health in later life is shaped not only by the way we live, what our childhood was like or our time in our mothers’ wombs. Even our parents’ health and lifestyle at the time of our conception may affect our health. Peter M Nilsson, professor of clinical cardiovascular research at Lund University, is calling

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/live-healthily-sake-your-future-children - 2025-07-03

Living with Parkinson’s – a challenge in everyday life

By catrin [dot] jakobsson [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Catrin Jakobsson) - published 23 August 2018 Parkinson’s disease, a condition whose complications worsen as the years go by, can mean that getting older becomes particularly challenging. How can life be made easier for these individuals, so that they can continue to be active and participate in society? This is the aim of a multi-year study tha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/living-parkinsons-challenge-everyday-life - 2025-07-03