Published 29 June 2017 It has previously been unsure whether microplastics from playgrounds spread to fresh water and aquatic environments. Detailed studies of schoolyards in the city of Lomma now clearly show that microplastics end up in nearby Höje river. Rubber-based surfaces with the purpose to protect our children also threaten wildlife, both at sea and on land. Read more about the study on l

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/playgrounds-lomma-are-leaking-microplastics - 2025-03-16

Published 29 August 2017 Ullrika Sahlin, risk specialist at CEC, was awarded 15,000 Euros for her project “Gaming for better decisions under uncertainty” at the Climate-KIC Ideation Day II this Tuesday. Ullrikas project aims at developing a fun and educational game for decision-makers where they can develop skills in making decisions on climate-related issues with consideration of risk and uncerta

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ullrika-sahlin-awarded-project-money-climate-kic-ideation-day - 2025-03-16

Published 29 August 2017 Photo: Pixabay. Increasing cultivation of oilseed rape may have consequences for pollinators and wild plant pollination. A recently published study from CEC suggests that oilseed rape can affect later flowering plants. By providing pollinating insects with pollen and nectar, oilseed rape benefits short-tongued, generalist insect species. Long-tongued bumble bee species, sp

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cultivating-oilseed-rape-can-affect-later-flowering-plants - 2025-03-16

Published 12 October 2017 In conjunction with the IPCC authors’ meeting in Malmö in October Sustainability Forum and Climate-KIC, both operating from the CEC, are co-organizers of three arrangements concerning climate change, climate policy and innovation as a solution. Climate change – from knowledge to politicsMonday, October 23 at 11, at Malmö Live, researchers from Lund University and Malmö Un

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-state-knowledge-politics-and-innovations-solution - 2025-03-16

Published 22 October 2017 Emilie Öström has written a thesis that increases our knowledge of how airborne particles, so-called aerosols, affect the climate. Globally, eight out of ten people live in environments where the amount of air pollution, in the form of small airborne particles, is above the guidelines set by the World Health Organization WHO. According to the WHO, atmospheric pollution ca

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/aerosol-particles-impact-climate - 2025-03-16

Published 9 November 2017 Well-pollinated strawberries grow faster and weigh more than less pollinated strawberries. Pollination is more important for strawberry growth than previously thought. A rich pollination gives better strawberry harvesting with strawberries that grow faster and weigh more. This is shown in a recently published study from the Center for Environmental and Climate Research, C

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/rich-pollination-improves-strawberry-harvesting - 2025-03-16

Published 5 December 2017 Reduced tillage before sowing benefits symbiotic fungi, this is shown in Sofia Hydbom's dissertation Tillage practices and their impact on soil organic carbon and the microbial community. For farmers who focus on crop production, tillage, such as plowing, has long been a fundamental part of agriculture. The plow is an effective tool that incorporates weeds to reduce inter

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/plow-lot-little-or-not-all - 2025-03-16

Published 14 December 2017 The workshop was organized by the CEC and the strategic research area BECC, November 21–22 2017. Topics and speakersHow to interact with farmers to develop tools for assessment of ecosystem services – Johanna Alkan Olsson, CEC Lund UniversityFive hammers, one nail. Evaluating effects of CAP greening alternatives on ecosystem services – Yann Clough, CEC Lund UniversityEco

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/film-workshop-about-ecosystem-services-agricultural-production - 2025-03-16

Published 19 December 2017 Professor Tobias Kuemmerle, from the Humboldt University in Berlin, will be the holder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, KSLA-Wallenberg Professorship 2018. The Centre of Environmental and Climate research will be professor Kuemmerles host institute during his stay in Sweden. – We are happy to welcome professor Kuemmerle to the CEC and are convinc

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ksla-wallenberg-professorship-cec - 2025-03-16

Published 22 December 2017 This game is a blessing, to practice your skills in guessing. Accuracy and precision, are good for a decision. Although being uncertain might seem less, it can lead to success. Relax your winter holiday with computer games about uncertaintyThe Climate-KIC Ideator project "Gaming for better decisions under uncertainty" is led by Ullrika Sahlin at CEC. The project aims to

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/christmas-gift-practice-your-skills-guessing - 2025-03-16

Published 8 January 2018 High concentrations of salt in agricultural soil is an environmental problem that has plagued human civilization from its very beginning. Also in modern times, salinization of soils is a problem restricting agricultural productivity. Irrigation can make areas suitable for agriculture that would otherwise be too dry to support high crop yields. However, water used for irrig

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/intensified-irrigation-threatens-agricultural-productivity - 2025-03-16

Published 5 March 2018 The climate issue is one of the biggest global societal challenges of our time. Research on where the climate is heading is an important part of that work, both to monitor the impact of emission reductions agreed between countries worldwide in Paris 2015, but also to be better prepared for the elements of climate change we will not be able to avoid. A climate model developed

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-models-point-way-towards-future - 2025-03-16

Published 5 March 2018 In recent years, ‘ecosystem services’ has become an increasingly common concept within the research community, as well as in municipalities, public authorities and industry. In simple terms, ecosystem services can be described as the benefits humans gain from nature’s ecosystems, for example regarding the food we eat, the air we breathe, purification of the water we drink, t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/human-and-nature-symbiosis - 2025-03-16

Published 12 March 2018 Professor Alexandra-Maria Klein, from the University of Freiburg, will be the holder of a Hedda Andersson visiting professorship during 2019 and 2020. The Centre of Environmental and Climate research, CEC, and the strategic research area Biodiversity and Ecosystem in a Changing Climate, BECC, will act as professor Klein´s hosts during her stay at Lund University. Alexandra-

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/hedda-andersson-visiting-professorship-cec - 2025-03-16

Published 21 March 2018 Photo: Gunnar Svensson Hampus Nilsson, now a PhD-student at the CEC, is being awarded for his master thesis on how to predict and prevent urban flooding. The Swedish Hydrological Council (SHR) has appointed Hampus Nilsson's master thesis from LTH and Lund University's GIS Center to be the best master thesis within hydrology in 2017. Hampus began studying technical mathemati

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/master-thesis-awarded-world-water-day - 2025-03-16

Published 21 March 2018 Mark Brady, Cecilia Larsson and Ida Nordin from CEC and AgriFood have, at the invitation of the European Commission, participated in a Civil Dialogue Group meeting in Brussels. On the agenda was the European Commission's first draft for reforming the Common Agricultural Policy, The Future of Food and Farming, which was published in November. The background to AgriFood’s and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-participated-dialogue-brussels - 2025-03-16

Published 26 March 2018 Lund University and the Simrishamn Municipality have received funding from Region Skåne to start a new research and innovation environment at the Marine Centre in Simrishamn. The aim is to study and solve environmental problems and societal challenges linked to the sea, water and coastal areas of Skåne and southern Sweden. The southern Baltic Sea and the Hanö Bay are locate

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-research-initiative-will-address-environmental-problems-baltic-sea-region-hano-bay - 2025-03-16

Published 5 April 2018 Photo: Albin Andersson The report "Collective implementation of ecological focus areas" evaluating effects on ecosystem services, agriculture and administration is now available in English. Ecosystem services are fundamental to the welfare of mankind, yet these services are often invisible in many social decisions. The report  "Collective implementation of ecological focus a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/report-about-ecological-focus-areas - 2025-03-16

Published 13 April 2018 Sown flower strips of clover. Photo: Maj Rundlöf. Many pollinating insects benefit from a small-scale agricultural landscape with pastures, meadows and other unploughed environments. In landscapes dominated by arable land, they lack both food and nesting places. Sown flower strips can increase the availability of food for pollinating insects, and are therefore assumed to be

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/sowing-strips-flowering-plants-has-limited-effect-pollination - 2025-03-16

Published 20 April 2018 Agriculture and forestry are two sectors that are often considered separately. In fact, they are closely connected. Both from an ecological and an economic perspective, they must be considered together”, says Professor Yann Clough. Photo: Kennet Ruona Research and society in close cooperation: that is the basis for Farm2Forest, a project aiming to produce evidence guiding S

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/farm2forest-sustainable-agriculture-biobased-future - 2025-03-16