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 - 2025-05-09

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 - 2025-05-09

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 - 2025-05-09

Published 25 August 2014 Photo: UN CC images Flickr, photographer: Eskinder Debebe The 2014 annual meeting of the Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA) will be hosted by the Department of Political Science at Lund University October 8-10. One of the theme workshops will be on Environmental politics and is coordinated by Mikael Kylsäter and Annica Kronsell. The theme of the conference is D

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/swepsa-annual-meeting-2014-lund - 2025-05-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - 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

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/three-questions-david-warlind-about-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-05-09

Published 7 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.becc.lu.se/article/effects-landscape-change-evolution-pollinators - 2025-05-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 8 February 2024 Solar energy production can potentially be subject to future geopolitical maneuvering: if a country builds a lot of solar farms (e.g. in a subtropical desert), it can potentially harm solar power production in other countries. Photo: Xin Jin In just two weeks, Zhengyao Lu, Researcher in Physical Geography at Lu

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/60000-views-conversation-two-weeks-whats-secret - 2025-05-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 28 March 2024 Clearcutting is often considered negative for biodiversity, which is why continuous cover forestry is seen as a more favourable alternative. But could it be that clearcutting - with proper management from a landscape perspective - could favour certain species? Recently, it has become increasingly common to find b

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/managing-clearcuts-favour-certain-species - 2025-05-09

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 3 April 2024 BECC regularly welcomes guest researchers to work in areas within its scientific framework, with the aim to further strengthen the research and research groups. Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein is head of the Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology at the University of Freiburg in Germany, who recently f

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/alexandra-klein-work-inspiration-and-tips-her-time-guest-researcher-becc - 2025-05-09

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 17 April 2024 Lundaforskarna Thomas Pugh och Raimund Muscheler från den naturvetenskapliga fakulteten får ERC Advanced Grant. Foto: Privat/Kenneth Ruona Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will rec

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/two-lund-researchers-and-becc-pis-receive-prestigious-eu-grant - 2025-05-09

Published 23 April 2024 The team during field work in northern Sweden (Photo: Geerte Fälthammar-de Jong) During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University, and partly financed by BECC, has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. The boreal forests form a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forests - 2025-05-09

Published 21 August 2023 The annual Space Research School was organized here in late August by Astronomic Youth (Astronomisk Ungdom) in collaboration with Lund Observatory. Attending this year's Space Research School were twenty intelligent, motivated and space-interested high school students from across Sweden.   During their 10 days in Lund the group of high school students attended several lect

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/rfs-2023-space-research-school - 2025-05-09

Published 12 December 2023  Back in 2001 the then Department of Astronomy moved from the old observatory at Svanelyckan (Stadsparken) to Sölvegatan 27.  Today it was time for the astronomers to move again.  Next time you want to visit the Division of Astronomy, we will be located in the A400 corridoor in the Physics building. Welcome.   

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/division-astrophysics-moves-a400 - 2025-05-09

Published 26 January 2024 The second ARRAKIHS consortium meeting was held in Lund in January. Progress of the mission study and the development of the project's instruments was discussed during this three day meeting.

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/second-arrakihs-consortium-meeting - 2025-05-09

By rebecca [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Rebecca Forsberg) - published 16 February 2024 The image, taken with ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile, shows a high-resolution view of the innermost parts of the Milky Way. In the new study, the researchers examined the dense nuclear star cluster shown in detail here. (Photo: ESO) Note: This PR was published by Lund University on 01/12/2023 Through analy

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/astronomers-determine-age-three-mysterious-baby-stars-heart-milky-way - 2025-05-09

By anna [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Arnadottir) - published 10 March 2023 Rebecca Forsberg and Nic Borsato continue to host our astronomy podcast 'The Meridian'.    In this third season they interview prominent researchers, such as NASA astronaut Jim Pawelczyk, professor at Penn State University in Kinesiology and Physiology, Ruth Pöttgen, a senior lecturer at the Department of Physics, Jud

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/third-season-meridian-astronomy-podcast-released - 2025-05-09

Published 11 June 2024 Image credit: Naciódigital.cat  We were pleased to hear that one of our own, Santi Roca Faberga, has been honored by his local community for his achievements.  By popular vote in his home town he was selected for the Garrotxí de l'Any award 2023.An article about the award ceremony was published (in Catalan) in the Garroxta newspaper:Article about Stanti Roca Faberga

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/astronomer-honored-his-home-town - 2025-05-09

By anna [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Arnadottir) - published 19 September 2024 Astronomers and astronomy students have been training and checking the telescopes in preparation for Culture night.  The forecast looks good and we hope to get lots of visitors that want to look through the telescopes and marvel at the Universe.Astronomy on Culture Night 2024: Kl 11.00 - 19.00 :  Ljusets mörkare s

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/gearing-culture-night - 2025-05-09

Published 1 October 2024 With over 1300 visitors at the telescopes and in the planetarium, it is safe to say that Culture Night 2024 was a great success. Arranging astronomy events on Culture Night is always a bit difficult since we do not know in advance if the skies are going to be clear.  We had luck with us this year.  The weather was nice and sunny during the day and once the Sun set we could

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/culture-night-2024 - 2025-05-09

Published 5 September 2024 Artist’s impression of a planetary system. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has discovered a small planet that displays peculiar orbital motion. The shimmying planet, located 455 light-years from Earth, shows that planetary systems can be considerably more complex than researchers have previously thought. The newly discovered pla

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/researchers-discover-space-oddity-exoplanet-moving-mysterious-ways - 2025-05-09