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3 Apr 2025
Celebrating a Decade of Data: ICOS Sweden Marks Milestone in Climate Science
On 15 May 2025, scientists, engineers, and environmental stakeholders will gather to celebrate a milestone for Swedish climate research: the 10-year anniversary of ICOS Sweden’s na...
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1 Apr 2025
High levels of environmental pollutants and heavy metals in hedgehogs
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found wh...
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4 Mar 2025
Henrik Smith – the visionary who never slows down
With his cycling helmet perched on his head, he rushes in like a whirlwind, fires off monosyllabic replies to emails and then asks thoughtful questions during meetings while simult...
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10 Dec 2024
Henrik Smith: Systematic Efforts Behind Lund University's Top Sustainability Ranking
Lund University has achieved third place globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings, according to a press release issued by the university on Tuesday.
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10 Dec 2024
Land Identified as Crucial for Swedish Bioenergy Is Already Occupied, New Study Shows
"Unused" agricultural land deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, according to a new study.
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28 Nov 2024
Post match analysis COP16 – learn what happened and why it matters
What were the main outcomes of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 and what happened behind the scenes? Here are key takeaways from our webinar with negotiators, researchers, NGOs...
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25 Oct 2024
As Colombia hosts a UN biodiversity summit, its own Amazonian rainforest is in crisis
The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfi...
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24 Oct 2024
Collaboration led to methods that can protect our coastal environments from erosion
Long-term effective methods are needed to curb the negative effects of coastal erosion. Within the LIFE Coast Adapt project, researchers from Lund University, together with officia...
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17 Oct 2024
New thesis highlights sustainable solutions to protect the Amazon rainforest
In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon...
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15 Oct 2024
Funding for doctoral student projects in Environmental Science
CEC is responsible for the interdisciplinary PhD programme in Environmental Science. CEC now announces funding to partly finance up to three (3) doctoral student projects, where th...