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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Open position: Assistant professor in ecology and evolution of terrestrial arthropods Application deadline: 30 October 2026 Learn more: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Call for Sessions: Swedish Biodiversity Symposium 2027 SBS 2027 is a science–policy–oriented forum of science-based knowledge on biodiversity. The theme is “Science and Society for Local Solutions and Global Impact.” Call for Sessions open until 1 October: www.becc.lu.se/article/call...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Thank you all for joining our Grand Seminar: Nature’s Alarms — Connecting Biodiversity Loss to Preparedness and Societal Safety. It was a truly inspiring, thought provoking and educational day!

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LU Fluxes - Lund University Flux Measurement Group @lufluxes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Kernza harvest day in Alnarp: great weather, smooth harvesting, and a full visit from Swedish Television SVT who filmed and interviewed on site. A strong finish to this year’s field phase, and the straw harvest kicks off in just a few days. @beccsweden.bsky.social @thelandinstitute.bsky.social

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ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - MERGE @mergesweden.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A short film from the Swedish Climate Symposium 2026 Why are meeting places like this needed to turn climate research into action? What did participants take back to their own work? We spoke with people from different organisations & got interesting answers. Watch ➡️🎥 www.merge.lu.se/article/shor...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The European Commission plans to reform pesticide approvals through the new Food and Feed Safety simplification package. Scientists from 27 institutions, of which several are BECC members, show that it will weaken safeguards with consequences for people & environment: www.becc.lu.se/article/eu-o...

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LU Fluxes - Lund University Flux Measurement Group @lufluxes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

LU Fluxes and the Perennial team spent two scorching days at Borgeby Fältdagar, one of northern Europe’s biggest agricultural fairs. Great conversations, sharp questions, and a surprisingly strong interest in perennial crops. The momentum is building. @beccsweden.bsky.social

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Ny policy brief: Bioenergi från jordbruket – för ett fossilfritt samhälle och hållbar livsmedelsproduktion. New policy brief: Bioenergy from agriculture – towards a fossil-free society and sustainable food production (only in Swedish): www.mgeo.lu.se/bioenergi-fr...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Flower-rich verges can attract hungry bumblebees, but at the same time may pose a danger to them. This is shown by a research study from Lund University and BECC-member Sofia Blomquist (assisted by her specially trained dogs that learnt to sniff out bumblebee nests): www.becc.lu.se/article/flor...

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LU Fluxes - Lund University Flux Measurement Group @lufluxes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Coming to the ICOS Science Conference in Lund this September? Join one of the excursions to ICOS Hyltemossa or our agricultural site (perennial & annual crops) and meet the LU Fluxes team! www.icos-cp.eu/news-and-eve... @beccsweden.bsky.social @hyltemossa.bsky.social

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Excursions

Do you plan to have a little extra time after the Science Conference? Why not visit an ICOS station or meet the team at ICOS Carbon Portal? Our conference partners at Lund University have organised so...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

From EU requirements to reality: How Sweden can succeed in restoring nature in the agricultural landscape Researchers from BECC, among others, produced a report identifying how biodiversity, agricultural conditions & cost-effectiveness can go hand in hand (Swedish): www.luland.lu.se/artikel/fran...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Swedish Climate Symposium is in full action! Some pics from day one with our coordinator in Gothenburg, Mats Björkman, as one of the keynotes.

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In Lund on 22 May on the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2026 Welcome to the Botanical Garden in Lund to participate in a mural painting displaying the effects of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystems: www.becc.lu.se/calendar/mur...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Phosphorus deficiency may exacerbate climate problems This is shown by new research by BECC-member Ben Smith, among others, that investigated the complex balance between carbon dioxide fertilisation, phosphorus deficiency and tree growth: www.becc.lu.se/article/phos...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Mining in the last of the wild: a method to identify mines in intact landscapes LU-researcher & BECC-member Carla Coelho, with colleagues, developed a new way to estimate the impact of mines & quarries - and how much they perforate their surroundings habitats: www.becc.lu.se/article/mini...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

At a long-term research site near Abisko, Sweden, researcher Mats Björkman (BECC coordinator in Gothenburg) & colleagues have studied how methane moves between land & atmosphere for over 30 years. Their findings suggest that drier soils can increase methane uptake: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0vu...

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Unexpected Climate Signal from the Arctic: Increased Methane Uptake

YouTube video by naturvetenskapitGU

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our coordinator @edithhammer.bsky.social recieved a visit from the Swedish Radio show Naturmorgon. She took the field reporter on a visit to the bustling world beneath the ground. There were several great segments in the programme; do have a listen (in Swedish): www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/live...

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Livet i underjorden – och livet som ringmärkare | Naturmorgon | Sveriges Radio

Bakterier jagar i flock och svamphyfer är som motorvägar. Följ med in i underjordens mikroliv. Vi träffar också Thord Fransson, tidigare chef för Ringmärkningscentralen.

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Swedish old-growth forests store 83 % more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University with BECC & @mergesweden.bsky.social members Anders Ahlström & Didac Pascual. The difference is substantially larger than previous estimates: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HtS...

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Old-growth forests store a lot more carbon than managed forests

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

BECC-member Jagdeep Singh presented his Zero Waste Roadmap Game at a WS during the NMT-days* in Lund. - The game combines gamification, sustainability transitions & circular economy to simulate how to move from a linear to a circular approach in managing organic waste, Jagdeep told the students.

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We're co-organising seminars at Sustainability week in Lund: 13/4: 10 back, 10 forward for the energy transition 14/4: 10 Back, 10 Forward for Flora, Fauna and Fungi 15/4: 10 back, 10 forward for the European food system 16/4: 10 back, 10 forward for the Climate More info: www.becc.lu.se/calendar

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Alexandra Pongracz on Why You Shouldn’t Miss Swedish Climate Symposium: – It's a rare opportunity to meet colleagues from disciplines & sectors we don’t usually meet in our work... all gathering around the same purpose: ensuring climate knowledge leads to actions & societal change: shorturl.at/FCQYd

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

New publication with funding from BECC and MERGE provides new perspectives on forestry and land use:

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Our feelings towards nature influence how we support pollinators in our gardens. A new study with BECC PI Anna Persson et.al, highlights this connection. Particularly in the context of urbanisation, which is reducing green spaces & people’s contact with nature: www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/o...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Pics from yesterday's seminar "AI for Biodiversity and Climate Science". The room was filled to the last seat and we had a great day. Huge thanks to all participants and speakers!

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LU Fluxes - Lund University Flux Measurement Group @lufluxes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

New exciting paper with Lu Fluxes involvement, highlighting how trees, ponds and grazing strongly shape greenhouse gas dynamics in Sahel savannas, showing how complex and dynamic semi‑arid ecosystems really are. Well Done Alek! @beccsweden.bsky.social @lund-university.bsky.social

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Contrasting roles of ground, trees, ponds and grazing in carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes of an African semi-arid savanna

Understanding greenhouse gas fluxes in semi-arid ecosystems is critical for improving our understanding of biogeochemical cycles, particularly in unde…

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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-...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

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

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

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...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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...

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Swedish Biodiversity Symposium 2025

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

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.

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Pesticides and Pollinators

Pollinators are essential for both biodiversity and food security, yet many species are in decline due to multiple pressures like habitat loss, pesticide exposure and climate change. This seminar brin...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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.

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Edith Hammer @edithhammer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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!

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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...

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Med satellitbilder i krigets spår

Lina Eklund, docent vid Lunds universitet, använder satellitdata för att kartlägga hur konflikter påverkar miljön. Genom internationellt samarbete dokumenterar hon förstörelse av byggnader, jordbruksm...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

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...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🌾 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.

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More reliable crop forecasts with AI and satellite data

Lund University. Meeting the food demands of a growing global population with limited agricultural resources is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Crop yields are highly sensitive to weather ...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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...

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Kimberly Nicholas @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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!

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RouskLab.bsky.social @rousklab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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)...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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...

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Thawing permafrost raised carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between ice ages and interglacial periods. A new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that an unexpectedly large proportion...

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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🌍 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

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Associate Senior Lecturer in Ecosystem Science

At the Department of Earth Sciences, we have ca 75 employees who work in the

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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!

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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...

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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 👉

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Swedish Biodiversity Symposium, 21 - 23 October 2025

Welcome to Sweden's first Swedish Biodiversity Symposium - an interdisciplinary conference where experts and stakeholders in biodiversity come together to promote positive developments in the field.

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