The main purpose of our research is to contribute with fundamental knowledge about the complex processes that take place at naturally occurring interfaces in soil and water, thereby contributing to the basic understanding of our environment. The composition of the Earth's surface and the properties of ecosystems are intimately linked to the biogeochemical cycles of the elements. These cycles are r

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-groups/aquatic-and-soil-geochemistry - 2025-09-01

Within the Landscape ecology and sustainable land-use group at CEC we study the effects of land-use and climate change on biodiversity, species interactions, ecosystem services and society in human-dominated landscapes. We assess the potential of policies and nature-based solutions at local and landscape scales to contribute to a more sustainable land-use. Particularly in focus are agroecosystems

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-groups/landscape-ecology-and-sustainable-land-use - 2025-09-01

We study urban and rural ecosystems to understand how biodiversity is shaped by changes in land use and climate. We focus on urban and agricultural systems and mainly study pollinating insects and the ecosystem services they provide, combining traditional field sampling and experiments with citizen science campaigns and historical samples from biological museum specimens. We use analyses of specie

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-groups/biodiversity-urban-ecosystems - 2025-09-01

Together towards multifunctional forests in southern Sweden ForestPath is a four year interdisciplinary project funded by FORMAS. The goal is to, in collaboration with forest owners and other stakeholders, find solutions to better achieve the various goals in the forest. The forest issue is high on the political agenda in Sweden, and the debate is heated. This is due to the importance of the fores

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/forestpath - 2025-09-01

The wreck of the royal ship Gribshunden from 1495 lies preserved in the sediments off the coast of Blekinge in the Baltic Sea. The site is currently being excavated and analyzed by archaeologists, geologists, historians and environmental scientists from Lund University and Blekinge Museum. The goal is to use modern and advanced techniques and analyzes to find out more about which objects and items

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/focus-hanobukten/gribshunden-shipwreck - 2025-09-01

Plastics can today be found in all environments, and particularly in our oceans. CEC and Marint centrum in Simrishamn have established a collaboration with the Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM) and the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) to analyze to what extent microplastic particles and fibres (<5 mm) occur in marine mammals that live in the Baltic Sea. At SVA and NRM, dead marine mammals

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/focus-hanobukten/microplastics-marine-mammals - 2025-09-01

The invasive terrestrial slug Arion vulgaris has in recent decades spread quickly across Sweden from south to north. The species has invaded several biotopes from urban gardens to agricultural land, causing damage to crops. Very little information exists on the genetic composition of these invasive snails and the extent to which they hybridize with our native species, such as the black forest snai

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/invasive-slug-arion-vulgaris - 2025-09-01

This project develops a tool (climate service) that aims to support actors in the cultural heritage sector in their climate adaptation work. The tool is developed in collaboration with various institutions and actors in the cultural heritage sector. About the project The effects of climate change will have a negative impact on our cultural heritage in many ways. Negative impacts such as floods, fi

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/climate-service-cultural-heritage-csc - 2025-09-01

This pre-study is an in-depth dive in the Scanian municipalities’ prerequisites to realize a conversion to a sustainable development at a sufficiently high rate. We look for answers among the municipal officials who work strategically with these questions daily. Rapeseed field in Scania. Photograph. About the project The Swedish municipalities play an important role in the joint pursuit of a susta

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/strategic-sustainability-work-scanian-municipalities - 2025-09-01

Densification can cause air pollution and noise and lead to negative health effects. Densification can also conflict with the availability to green environments and ecosystem services that contribute to temperature regulation, water uptake and recreation. Car street in a tree alley. Photo. About the project  Today most swedes live in cities. Densification of cities is necessary to reduce the housi

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/finished-research-projects/densifying-cities-without-increased-environmental-health-burden-it-attainable - 2025-09-01

Exchange processes between the terrestrial biosphere and the lower part of the atmosphere are at the core of the global carbon cycle and play a critical role in achieving climate targets. We combine expertise in measuring techniques with advanced modelling of the atmospheric boundary-layer and climate to improve our understanding of greenhouse gas exchanges between the biosphere and the atmosphere

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-groups/land-surface-atmosphere-interactions - 2025-09-01

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The project is a follow-up project on seven research projects within biodiversity offsets, financed by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. Pond in front of building. Photograph. About the project This project is a follow-up project on seven research projects financed by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Swedish

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/biodiversity-offsetting-tool-environmental-work - 2025-09-01

Undergraduate and advanced studies in environmental science Postgraduate studies in environmental science

https://www.cec.lu.se/education - 2025-09-01

This project is about how cooperation between concerned actors, such as municipalities, hydro power companies, fisheries conservation associations, farmers and interested public, can work to achieve sustainable water resource management. Stream in forest. Photograph. About the project During the last decade, the ideas of collaborative planning have been widely implemented in European water adminis

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/collaborative-processes-recipe-sustainable-river-basin-development - 2025-09-01

Climate costs of boreal forest clear-cutting – a multiscale experiment The boreal region forms a nearly continuous circumpolar belt of forest extending between 50˚ and 70˚ N in Europe, Asia, and North America. The boreal forest is the world‘s second largest forested region after the tropical forest. It removes and stores on average 500 mio tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year. This is a

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/core - 2025-09-01

The aim of our research is to provide new knowledge on how environmental pollutants affect natural organisms. By doing so, we want to contribute to understanding the risks and hazards that may arise from exposure to chemicals and materials. Today's high environmental emissions of chemicals and toxic materials put both humans and other organisms at serious risk. But how this exposure affects differ

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-groups/ecotoxicology-and-genetic-markers - 2025-09-01

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CEC/ClimBEco course 10-14 November 2025 at Lund University You can read more details about this course, including the syllabus, at the ClimBEco courses homepage.Any questions can be sent to the ClimBEco coordinator Cheryl Sjöströmcheryl [dot] sjostrom [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (cheryl[dot]sjostrom[at]cec[dot]lu[dot]se) Name (required) Please enter your first and last name Affiliation (required) T

https://www.cec.lu.se/form/phd-course-interdisciplinarity-environmental-research-nmv001f - 2025-09-01

From the management Welcome back to the office from Tuesday 15 February! As of 9 February 2022, most of the Covid-19 restrictions decided by the Swedish government and the Swedish Public Health Agency were lifted. Still, university employees whose physical presence on campus is not required to maintain necessary activities should work from home through Monday February 14, 2022. Thereafter the Univ

https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/staff-newsletters/10-february-2022 - 2025-09-01