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9 Jun 2025
Researchers call for evidence-based urban greening
Facts and research must carry more weight when planning the greening of cities in the future. A new research article calls for a paradigm shift – from 'arbitrary decisions' to more...
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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...
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2 Oct 2024
Policy insights ahead of COP16 in Colombia
In 2022, the world's nations achieved a "Paris Agreement for nature" — the Kunming-Montreal Framework, negotiated during COP15 in Canada. Now, the follow-up meeting, COP16, is set ...
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22 Aug 2024
Socioeconomic circumstances shape children’s connection to nature more than where they live
The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to nature, not whether they live in a city or the countryside. This is the finding of a new st...
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6 Aug 2024
Forests destroyed by wildfires emit carbon long after the flames die
Wildfires release large amounts of climate-warming CO₂. The forest recovers slowly and the burned area continues to release CO₂ for several years.
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5 Jul 2024
Organic farms potential for higher yields
One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustainable way. Organic farming is one option, but the downside is that it produces lower yields than...
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18 Jun 2024
Weather attribution – climate scientist Wilhelm May helps us get to grips with the concept
Have you noticed that when scientists are asked whether or not a particular extreme weather event is due to climate change, they usually respond with something like "It fits the pa...
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23 May 2024
Voices from the Swedish Climate Symposium
After a year of intensive work by many involved, the Swedish Climate Symposium with its close to 400 participants, has come to an end. Now an evaluation of the conference awaits, b...
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21 May 2024
Five ways to create a toxin-free garden
Toxins and chemicals are a major threat to our environment. The "third crisis" - the chemical crisis - is often forgotten when we talk about the climate and endangered species. Ahe...
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2 May 2024
Computational science hub to sharpen research in environment and health
A computational science hub, COSHE, has been established at Lund University. The aim is to become a creative hub for computational science with a focus on interdisciplinary researc...
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2 May 2024
Improving food safety risk assessment in the EU
Ullrika Sahlin, a CEC researcher specialising in Computational Science for Health and Environment (COSHE) research, recently completed a mission for the European Food Safety Author...