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2 Jul 2021

Urban private gardens promote biodiversity

They become smaller as urbanisation increases. Troublesome, according to researcher Helena Hanson, because urban private gardens affect both cities’ biodiversity and human wellbein...

25 May 2021

Bumblebee detection dog on research duty

Doctoral student Sofia Blomqvist is training her dog Ylle to find bumblebees and other pollinating insects.

10 May 2021

Project funding for researchers to apply for a doctoral studentship in Environmental Science within the Agenda 2030 graduate school

The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) now announces funding for one doctoral studentship, where the doctoral student is admitted to the PhD programme in Environmen...

14 Apr 2021

Location of conservation measures has a large impact on their effectiveness in providing environmental benefits

By changing from action-based to result-based environmental payment, farmers are financially encouraged to implement conservation measures, such as buffer strips and organic farmin...

13 Apr 2021

New method predicts the severity of the grass pollen season for allergy sufferers

An international research team has found a new method for predicting entire pollen seasons, something that can help healthcare and allergy sufferers plan to reduce problems. No sim...

31 Mar 2021

Climate benefits of the forest – a balancing act in prioritisation

The forest is currently at the centre of an intense debate. It concerns, in simplified terms, which climate benefits the forest can provide.

24 Mar 2021

Drones offer new insights into boreal peatland CO2 emissions

Boreal peatlands store large amounts of carbon but warmer and drier conditions caused by climate change may turn these ecosystems into carbon sources.

23 Mar 2021

A warmer climate is making the world’s most common bumblebee even more common

Many species of bee are threatened by global warming, but not all. The buff-tailed bumblebee is the world’s most common bee and will likely remain that way, as researchers from Lun...

24 Feb 2021

Find the first bumblebee of the spring

Researchers at Lund University now ask for the public's help in reporting the first bumblebee queens of the spring.

3 Feb 2021

A warmer climate may make new mutations more harmful

A warmer global climate can cause mutations to have more severe consequences for the health of organisms.