Old air samples hint at effects of climate change Through DNA analysis of old air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, Nils Cronberg (botany researcher & BECC PI) & colleagues, show that spore dispersal of northern mosses changed the past 35 years: www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/old-...

Swedish Climate Symposium: Call for Abstracts open SCS is a symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Explore the programme to see which sessions are accepting abstracts. Submit by 30 January: swedishclimatesymposium.com

As COP30 approaches, several BECC members are contributing vital perspectives on climate justice, biodiversity, and the future of the Amazon. In this post, we’ve gathered reading tips and contributions from BECC members: www.becc.lu.se/article/becc...

Moments captured at Swedish Biodiversity Symposium 2025! And a short article with links to Book of Abstracts and more: www.becc.lu.se/article/full...

Welcome to the seminar/webinar: Pesticides and Pollinators November 12, 10:30 -12:00 Researchers & policy experts explore how pesticides affect pollinators, what new research tells us about risks & resilience & what strategies we can implement to protect pollinators & by extension, the ecosystems.

Congratulations to our former coordinator @henrikgsmith.bsky.social on being rewarded the Marsh Awards for Ecology by @britishecologicalsociety.org!

As one of the main organisers behind Swedish Biodiversity Symposium - we are happy to see its off to a flying start! Halfway through, we can still look forward to 1,5 days filled with inspiration, collaboration, and insight into Transformative change – from knowledge to action for biodiversity.

At the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium in Gothenburg. Panel discussion on social transformation for BD conservation- from theory to practice

If you happen to live in or around Lund, maybe we will see you 25 October on the Opening of Climate and Forests – A New Popular Science Exhibition at Naturum Skrylle: www.becc.lu.se/calendar/ope...

Today Green Pole project organises the conference Nordic Forest Policies. Panelists: Stefan Karlsson (Swedish Forest Agency), Marit Widman (Swedish Society for Nature Conservation), Kristian Ersbøll Berg Poulsen (Nordic Council of Ministers) & Terhi Koskela (Finnish resource Institute). greenpole.se

Greetings from (parts of) the BECC board! We are on a two-day-retreat in Höör to work intensely with our future research strategy. Grateful for all the input we've had from our members, Scientific Advisory Board and Stakeholder Reference Group!

Med satellitbilder i krigets spår - krigets miljöpåverkan Lina Eklund, docent i naturgeografi & ekosystemvetenskap & medlem i BECC, har varit med i Rymdstyrelsen blogg om sin forskning med satellitdata för att kartlägga hur konflikter påverkar miljön: www.rymdstyrelsen.se/upptack-rymd...

New LU Land series: Climate & sustainable land use The 1st lecture (24/9) will give an introduction to the subject. Future lectures will delve deeper into various aspects of research on the interplay between climate change & changes in land use. More info (Swe): www.luland.lu.se/evenemang/lu...

🌾 AI + satellite data + ecosystem model = better crop forecasts PhD thesis by Xueying Li (Dept. of Physical Geography & Ecosystem Science, LU; BECC & MERGE) shows how combining AI, satellite data & ecosystem models can improve early yield predictions—key for food security in a changing climate.

Exploring New Research Horizons in the Alps 🏔️ PhD student @hannaeks.bsky.social shares her experiences from a study visit, funded by BECC, to Campus Alpin and the Land Use and Climate Change research group in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: www.becc.lu.se/article/expl...

How can YOU help fix the climate crisis? This new guide I researched and created with support from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social will help you find & flex your climate superpowers: 👩‍⚖️ Citizen 💼 Professional 💵 Investor ✈️ Consumer 🌟 Role Model Check out jointheshift.earth and let's #MakeSHIFThappen!

Our ability to predict how biology will feed back to climate change relies on our ability to convert biological insights into mathematica formulations that can be scaled up in structured ways, within the context of Earth System Models (ESMs)...

Thawing permafrost raised carbon dioxide in the atmosphere A new study by BECC-members Amelie Lindgren (UGOT), Zhengyao Lu (LU), et al. shows that an unexpectedly large proportion of carbon dioxide emissions after the ice age may have come from thawing permafrost: www.gu.se/en/news/thaw...

🌍 Join us at University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪! We're hiring an Associate Senior Lecturer (tenure-track) in greenhouse gas dynamics in soil–plant systems. 🔬 Focus: peatlands, carbon & nitrogen cycles, land use. 🔗 bit.ly/47hQKRc #AcademicJobs #ClimateScience #Peatlands @beccsweden.bsky.social

Two inspiring days of discussions and experiences on Restoring Nature under Climate Change—bringing together perspectives from policy, theory, and practice in a thoughtful mix. A big thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the 2025 BECC Annual Meeting in beautiful Halmstad!

Changes in Land Use Leads to Increased Inbreeding in Swedish Butterflies In his thesis, Zach Nolen examined Swedish grassland butterflies, showing that land use change not only reduce insect numbers. It can also increase inbreeding, especially in specialised species: www.becc.lu.se/article/chan...

The programme for the 1st Swedish Biodiversity Symposium is taking form. It offers 3 days of lectures, discussions, workshops & social activities where experts & stakeholders in biodiversity come together to promote positive developments in the field: swedishbiodiversitysymposium.se/en Sign up 👉

We are now advertising a brand new position at BECC! Are you our next Research Coordinator with a focus on research grants? Learn more and apply by 15 September: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Besökstips om du är i närheten av Lund!

Want to be part of the most important meeting place for biodiversity in Sweden this year? Until 18 August, you can register for the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium at an early bird price. The programme offers 3 days of exciting lectures, discussions, workshops & social activities:

För några år sedan avslöjade Åke Lindström, fågelforskare och BECC PI, och hans kollegor vart Sveriges dubbelbeckasiner flyttar på vintern – och att de flyger på extrema höjder. I ett trevligt reportage av WWF Sverige får vi följa med Åke med flera ut i fält: www.wwf.se/magasin/alla...

Congratulations to Anna-Maria Jönsson, Deputy coordinator of BECC, on being appointed a new member of The Swedish Climate Council. We had a short talk with her to comment on her new assignment: www.becc.lu.se/article/anna...

If you are in Lund - a tip is to visit this new exhibition at Lund Botanical Garden.

Nocturnal pollinators just as important as their daytime colleagues A major research review from Lund University by BECC-PI:s Liam Kendall and Charlie Nicholson, has revealed that nighttime pollinators play just as significant a role as daytime species in 90 percent of the cases studied:

Exciting postdoc opportunity with Milda Pucetaite and us in the Soilchip group: Become the spectroscopy expert in our multimodal fungal recognition project within our interdisciplinary VR research environment:) lu.varbi.com/what:job/job...

LU Land lecture: LIDAR - A multimeter for monitoring insects at landscape level Insect monitoring is often time consuming & resource intensive. This seminar presents a method for automated, photonic insect monitoring using laser-based remote sensing. With BECC-member Mikkel Brydegard Register 👇

Extended deadline (22 May) to submit abstracts and register for the Swedish Bodiversity Symposium: swedishbiodiversitysymposium.se/en

Congratulations to @icossweden.bsky.social with many reasons to celebrate this week!

Lund's Sustainability Week was a lot of Soil this year! Soil microscopy at the botanical Garden and Skylle, nanoplastics, and the documentary "Planet Soil" at a pretty full KinoLund with panel discussion afterwards. Thanks a lot all wonderful people who made this all happen!:) @BECC @Soilchipgroup

🌿Reminder: Submit your abstract for the first-ever Swedish Biodiversity Symposium! 🌿 📍 Gothenburg | 📅 21–23 October 2025 📝 Abstract submission deadline: 15 May All sessions open to abstracts are indicated in the programme: swedishbiodiversitysymposium.se/en/programme

🚨New @nature.com paper out! A fantastic led by @nanitundra.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Excited to share that our new Nature paper was featured by our 🇸🇪 national broadcaster @svtnyheter.bsky.social! You can see the online version here www.svt.se/nyheter/inri..., and catch more details in the 19:30 live shows from yesterday (starting at 10 minutes in; www.svtplay.se/video/ey2XEm...).

Forskning.se have also written a piece on our @nature.com paper "Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic" www.forskning.se/2025/05/02/s...

Great to see @natursidan.bsky.social covering our latest @nature.com paper "Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic", go.nature.com/4cWV6Oc!

Join us on Sustainability week in Lund next week! Information about the events that we organise or co-organise below - hope to see those of you in Lund at one or more: www.becc.lu.se/calendar

Today @ 1700 the embargo on our Arctic synthesis published in @nature.com is lifted. Swedish press release: @naturvetenskap.bsky.social. @mlkristola.bsky.social @vetenskapoallm.bsky.social @emilnilsson.bsky.social @ragnhildlarsson.bsky.social @supermiljobloggen.se @etc.se @dagensnyheter.bsky.social

Invitation: Free screening of the documentary "Planet Soil" 8 May, from 17:30 at Kino, Lund Planet Soil takes us on a fascinating journey underground to discover the world of soil organisms. After the screening, there'll be a panel with soil experts to explore what the film can teach us. Tickets:

Congrats to BECC PI Lina Eklund, researcher at the Dept. of Physical Geography & Ecosystem Sciences, on receiving the European Space Agency's Earth Observations Excellence Award. She shares the award with her research collective: Decentralised Damage Mapping Group, which maps war-related destruction

Congratulations to Jesica López, winner of this year's Agenda 2030 Award at Lund university for her research on the endangered Amazon rainforest. Jesica is a researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science and a member of BECC. Learn more about Jesica and the award: shorturl.at/mCZFC

Swedish Biodiversity Symposium: Call for Abstracts BECC is one of five main organisers of this interdisciplinary conference where experts and stakeholders in biodiversity come together to promote positive developments in the field. Contribute to the programme: submit your abstract by 15 May:

📢 Job Alert! 🌳 Looking for a 2-yr postdoc (ext. up to 3 yrs) to join me at U. of Gothenburg to study links between environmental drivers, tree conditions (e.g., #treedamage), and physiological processes leading to #tropical #treemortality. Apply by: April 17th Details below

Global Study of Dark Diversity Reveals Hidden Impact of Human Activities on Nature. Honor Prentice, Professor Emerita in Biology and BECC PI at Lund University was one of the participating researchers in the study: www.becc.lu.se/article/glob...

Straight from the press, our new book "Fantastiska ringar" (Fantastic Rings)! The book explores dendrochronological research with a focus on Sweden. Book release on April 24, so more information will follow later! 🌳💍🔬

Anna Persson, ekolog på LU & BECC-PI har i en studie tagit hjälp av allmänheten för att få veta när de första humlorna dyker upp på våren. Det kom in över 6.000 observationer under de tre år som studien pågick. I lördags blev Anna intervjuad av Vetenskapsradion för att berätta om sin forskning:

Surprising number of environmental pollutants in hedgehogs Lead, pesticides, plastic additives, etc.—found by researchers at Lund Uni when collecting dead hedgehogs to investigate urban pollution. Study initiated by Maria Hansson, ecotoxicologist & BECC-PI: www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/surp...