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16 Dec 2025
New study challenges the idea of humans as innately nature-loving
Nature is a source of well-being and recovery for many people. However, research shows that there is also a growing number of individuals who experience negative emotions, such as ...
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25 Nov 2025
Book tips on environmental and climate themes
In 2025, several books on the environment, climate, and sustainability have been published by researchers from Lund University as authors, co-authors, or editors, and most are also...
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19 Nov 2025
Professor Markku Rummukainen, CEC, receives the Lund University Silver Medal
Markku Rummukainen, Professor of Climatology at Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), has been awarded the Lund University Silver medal and is recognised for his work...
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19 Nov 2025
Continuous-Cover Forestry: Testing Methods for the Future
Continuous-cover forestry aims to deliver more benefits, but significant challenges remain. These will now be addressed in a new project.
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22 Oct 2025
Henrik Smith Receives Award – has a message for academia
Henrik Smith receives the Marsh Awards for Ecology by the British Ecological Society. He himself highlights the need for public engagement in science.
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9 Oct 2025
More Flower-Rich Habitats Needed for Pollinators in Agricultural Landscapes
Expanding pollinator habitat areas beyond EU targets could greatly benefit bees, bumblebees, and butterflies, shows a new study published in Science.
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1 Oct 2025
Strategic Investment in Sustainable Development and Nature-Based Solutions – Lund University recruits New Research Leader
The strategic profile area Nature-based Future Solutions at Lund University will be strengthened with a new Associate Senior Lecturer position.
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29 Sep 2025
Storkriket becomes a biosphere reserve – opening new opportunities for research and education
With its rich biodiversity, food production, and vital water resources, Storkriket has now been designated as Sweden’s eighth biosphere reserve.
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3 Jul 2025
The faculty invests in computational science – new doctoral programme meets growing demand for advanced analysis
In 2025, the Faculty of Science launched a new doctoral programme in computational science to meet the growing demand for advanced computational methods in research. This initiativ...
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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...