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A new, fossil-free bioplastic is emerging. According to lab experiments, it is more durable than both regular plastic and other bioplastics, and is potentially better suited for recycling. Almost all plastic is made from crude oil, and plastic production currently accounts for 4-6% of global oil consumption. The development of renewable bioplastics is progressing, but relatively few are actually b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/promising-bioplastic-derived-poo-molecule - 2025-11-07

A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites. It is the first time researchers have successfully shown that body-painting has this effect. Among indigenous peoples who wear body-paint, the markings thus provide a certain protection against insect-borne diseases. Most of the indigenous communities who paint their bodies

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/body-painting-protects-against-bloodsucking-insects - 2025-11-07

The first position is within how biogeochemical cycles are influenced by climate and their potential feedback mechanisms, while the second position is connected to the project MYR, climate smart management practices Two PhD positions are available within BECCFirst one is within how biogeochemical cycles are influenced by climate and their potential feedback mechanisms, where we especially try to f

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-announces-two-phd-positions-gothenburg - 2025-11-07

Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best. The researchers in the BECC action group looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two research stations in the vast Arctic region. A paper in Nature Ecology & Evoloution was one of the result from the action group "

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/agpatchy-field-sampling-biases-understanding-climate-change-impacts-across-arctic - 2025-11-07

The project Coastal adaptation to climate change by multiple ecosystem-based measures is multidisciplinary and involves partnership between natural science, social science, geotechnology, engineers, the citizens and public administration on all levels. Congratulations Johan Hollander and Pål Axel Olsson at the Department of Biology and Hans Hanson at the Division of Water Resources Engineering who

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-researchers-secured-funding-life-project - 2025-11-07

This year’s summer meeting in Höllviken used the theme ‘Land use and ecosystem-based climate adaptation’ as starting point for presentations and discussions. Inspiring talks by Terese Thoni (CEC, LU), Åsa Kasimir (Earth Sciences, GU) and Paul Miller (INES, LU) set the scene for eye-opening and fun discussions in an intense afternoon workshop led by Deniz Koca (CEC, LU), triggering reflections on l

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climbeco-summer-meeting - 2025-11-07

The international workshop "Citizen Science" was held on the 24th of April with BECC as one of the organizers. You can watch the workshop on video, if you didn't have the chance to be there. Many academic biologists are unaware of the rapidly expanding field of citizen science and the aim of the workshop was to both inform and inspire. The workshop covered a range of different areas of citizen sci

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/did-you-miss-out-citizen-science-workshop-watch-it-youtube - 2025-11-07

An exciting, interesting and well-visited BECC annual meeting went off October 17-18 at Falkenberg Grand Hotel. The program was filled with lessons from the past and implications for the future regarding biodiversity conservation and policy. The meeting ended with perspectives from a climate journalist and his great tips on how to communicate climate research to the public (and journalists!).     

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-yearly-meeting - 2025-11-07

The region is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth and its polar bears and melting glaciers have become key symbols of climate change. But the Arctic, it seems, is not as well researched as we think it is. Since the Arctic covers some 14.5 million square kilometers, and conducting research in remote locations is very expensive, time consuming and often dangerous, the result is an extremely u

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/environmental-change-arctic - 2025-11-07

A well visited full day with engaged and broad audience and speakers were the results of the first official BECC grand seminar jointly organized with MERGE. A grand seminar is defined as a full day filled with speakers and possibilities for discussions. November 26, BECC and MERGE jointly presented The Science and Politics of 1.5C. The organizers thank all participants and presenters of the day an

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-science-and-politics-15c-seminar - 2025-11-07

6 PhD positions within the BECC area, covering drought, wetlands, post-fire forest ecosystems, microbial soil, sustainable forest management and balancing agriculture in a policy context. Six PhD positions are available within BECC1) Sustainable forest management in a changing climate - Developing a landscape approach for analyzing trade-offs between ecosystem services provided by forests with Cec

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-announces-six-phd-positions-lund - 2025-11-07

Growing forests can limit climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store the carbon in their biomass as they grow. How much carbon a forest stores varies between tree species, the forests age, weather conditions and how the forest is managed. Young growing forests store a lot of carbon, as the forest gets older the carbon sequestration capacity decreases. When trees are f

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/well-managed-forests-can-limit-climate-change - 2025-11-07

The 6th and 7th of December 2018, the first multidisciplinary workshop gathering early career researcher from BECC was held in Halmstad, organized by Romain Carrié, Nils Droste and Marion Dupoux, all young researchers within BECC. The objective of this workshop was to:- Create new collaborations among early-career researchers (ECR) from Gothenburg and Lund, spanning the different areas of expertis

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/first-becc-ecr-workshop - 2025-11-07

Many BECC researchers has written a debate article that underlines that the demands from the youths are to be taken seriously and action is needed In a debate article at Dagens Nyheter more than 270 researchers, among them many involved in BECC, show respect and support for the demands the youths all over the world claim are needed in a manifestation today, March 15th.The fundamental science behin

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-researchers-put-attention-school-strike - 2025-11-07

Several interesting talks and discussion was undertaken during this one day workshop in March 2019. Presentations held at the workshop as pdf. Mikael Svensson, Artdatabanken Linda Hellberg, Helsingborgs stad Richard Åkesson Höganäs kommun Niklas Carlström, Dupont: Tina D'Hertefeldt, Lunds Universitet BECCHur påverkar klonväxters ekologi kontrollmetodens effektivitet?Jan Pergl, Academy of Science o

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-stakeholder-workshop-prevention-and-control-alien-invasive-plants - 2025-11-07

The guide: Stakeholder Interaction in Research Processes has been updated, please take part of the new updated version guide_stakeholder_interaction_in_research_processes_revised_2019-06-05.pdf Please do take part of the process by Daniel Slunge, Olof Drakenberg, Anders Ekbom, Maria Göthberg, Åsa Knaggård and Ullrika Sahlin that led to the guide here

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/stakeholder-interaction-research-processes - 2025-11-07

During 7-8 of May, 80 researchers within BECC and MERGE met to learn about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and how their research can be linked, and contribute, to the implementation of the goals. We are just as far from reaching the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) as Burkina Faso. We just have different challenges.This is one of many terse quotes delivered by Katherine Richardson, pr

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/spring-meeting-2019-becc-merge-jointly-sustainable-development-goals - 2025-11-07

BECC and the Swedish National Phenology network organised a symposium on how deliverables from phenology research and data monitoring can be used in planning and decision-making of stakeholders as well as for the general society for discovery and adaption to a changed climate. The symposium was held in connection to the Oikos conference in Uppsala February 4th, 2019, just prior to the main confere

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-symposium-phenological-shifts-and-their-impact-society-becc-and-swedish-national-phenology - 2025-11-07

A forest management method different to those practised today would contribute to greater welfare and wellbeing for society in general, compared with current methods that mainly benefit the forestry industry. This has been shown in a new study by two researchers from Lund University in Sweden. There is an intensive debate at the moment about the best way to use the forest as a resource, not least

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/another-type-forest-management-would-provide-greater-values-society - 2025-11-07

The BECC annual meeting was held October 22nd-23rd in Halmstad. At the meeting keynote speakers with expertise in interdisciplinary and and transdisciplinary research presented their research, followed by participant presentations of interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary research. The two days were filled with presentation and discussions to give inspiration and disseminate the object of inter- and

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-2019-interdisciplinarity-research-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-changing - 2025-11-07