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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 national greenhouse gas observation network; a decade of operation for ICOS Sweden’s station Hyltemossa and 30 years of data collection at the Norunda site. This year sees a decade of operation for ICOS Sweden’s station Hy

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/celebrating-decade-data-icos-sweden-marks-milestone-climate-science - 2026-06-23

Global warming is causing rapid changes in vegetation in the Arctic. A major study in Nature with researchers from BECC-members at the University of Gothenburg shows large local differences in which species are favoured, and which are outcompeted due to climate change. Rapid climate change is upending plant life in the Arctic. A new scientific study in Nature shows how one of the most fragile ecos

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/major-changes-biodiversity-arctic - 2026-06-23

For over 60 years, scientists have tried to determine whether plants are pollinated primarily during the day or at night — without reaching a clear conclusion. Now, a major research review from Lund University with two BECC-PI:s has revealed that nighttime pollinators play just as significant a role as daytime species in 90 percent of the cases studied. Most of us know how important bees, birds, a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/nocturnal-pollinators-just-important-their-daytime-colleagues - 2026-06-23

Regeringen har utsett tre nya ledamöter i Klimatpolitiska rådet. En av dem är Anna Maria Jönsson, professor vid institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemanalys vid Lunds universitet och vice koordinator i BECC. (In English below) Grattis, Anna Maria Jönsson, till det nya uppdraget. Vilken expertis bidrar du med i Klimatpolitiska rådet?– Min forskning handlar om klimateffekter på skogliga ekosy

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/anna-maria-jonsson-utsedd-till-ledamot-i-klimatpolitiska-radet - 2026-06-23

Håkan Wallander was one of the speakers at the Gothenburg Book Fair this weekend. See his talk about his book "Soil". BECC researcher Håkan Wallander talked about his main research interest: soil, at the big book fair in Gothenburg. You can hear him share his knowledge about soil in this talk. Håkan's book "Jord" was recently translated into English, you can find the book "Soil" here. 

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/soil-talk-book-fair-gothenburg - 2026-06-23

Join our team! We are looking for a Research Coordinator with a focus on research grants with appropriate professional experience to support researchers in the application process and disseminate information about opportunities. Work dutiesBECC is looking for a Research Coordinator with a focus on research grants with appropriate professional experience to support researchers in the application pr

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/job-alert-research-coordinator-focus-research-grants - 2026-06-23

Changes in land use have been highlighted as one of the main reasons for the global decline of insects. New research from Lund University, which examined three common Swedish grassland butterflies, shows that changes in land use not only reduce insect numbers. The loss of habitat can also lead to increased inbreeding, especially among specialised species that find it increasingly difficult to move

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/changes-land-use-leads-increased-inbreeding-swedish-butterflies - 2026-06-23

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between ice ages and interglacial periods. A new study by researchers and BECC-members at the University of Gothenburg and Lund University, among others, shows that an unexpectedly large proportion of carbon dioxide emissions after the ice age may have come from thawing permafrost. For a long time, it was the shifts between ice ages and interg

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/thawing-permafrost-raised-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere - 2026-06-23

PhD student in Environmental Science, Hanna Ekström, shares her experiences from a study visit to Campus Alpin and the Land Use and Climate Change research group in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. From inspiring interdisciplinary exchanges to strengthening future collaborations, the trip offered both academic and personal rewards. Hi Hanna Ekström,You recently returned from study visit to Campus Alpin and

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/exploring-new-research-horizons-alps - 2026-06-23

By combining satellite data, mathematical and statistical ecosystem modeling, and artificial intelligence, it is now possible to generate earlier and more reliable crop yield forecasts—an essential step toward ensuring future food security in a changing climate. This is demonstrated in a new doctoral thesis by Xueying Li, PhD at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, and membe

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/more-reliable-crop-forecasts-ai-and-satellite-data - 2026-06-23

By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind most carbon. To fulfil climate goals and avoid the most serious consequences of global heating, we need to both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and remove carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere. Naturally

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-could-be-key-factor-climate-management-if-we-protect-them-time - 2026-06-23

Kimberly Nicholas, Professor at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and member of BECC, just launched a new science-based tool that helps individuals identify their most powerful climate actions, whilst bridging the gap between individual choices and systemic change. We had a talk with her to learn more about the guide. Observera: En svensk översättning finns längre ned på s

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/kimberly-nicholas-super-high-impact-initiative-fixing-tomorrow - 2026-06-23

BECC researchers are co-authors of a paper in Nature Climate Change: Optimal stomatal behavior around the world. Plants trade water for carbon. Every litre of water they extract from the soil allows them to take up a few more grams of carbon from the atmosphere in order to grow. A new global study published 2 March in Nature Climate Change shows that plants use their water wisely. They are adapted

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/nature-climate-change-paper-optimal-stomatal-behavior-around-world - 2026-06-23

A research project has, for the first time, investigated how a neonicotinoid pesticide, clothianidin, affects both honeybees and wild bees under field conditions in agricultural landscapes. The study shows that honeybees can cope with exposure to the pesticide, but that it has a strong negative impact on wild bees. Maj Rundlöf, coordinator and principal investigator for the field study, and severa

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/wild-bees-are-harmed-pesticide-becc-researchers-involved-unique-field-study - 2026-06-23

2010-2014 43 Swedish strategic research areas (SRA’s) was funded by the Swedish government, BECC is one of the SRA’s. During 2014 the SRA’s was evaluated. Today the evaluation, together with recommendations for the future, was announced and the BECC environment can be proud to achieve a positive and successful evaluation statement. BECC is also one of four highlighted SRAs out of the 9 situated at

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/successful-evaluation-becc - 2026-06-23

The government has appointed a new research committee that will be providing the knowledge base for the work with the Research Policy Bill 2016. Henrik Smith, coordinator of BECC, is one of the persons appointed to the committee. The research committee will be a forum for Helene Hellmark Knutsson, Minister for Higher Education and Research, to discuss the research policy priorities that the govern

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-appointed-member-governments-new-research-committee - 2026-06-23

Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth’s lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid landscapes occupying the transition zone between rainforest and desert dominate th

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-article-science-shows-savannahs-slows-climate-change - 2026-06-23

The photosynthesis of tropical species in montane rain forest is very sensitive to high temperature which means high-altitude rain forests are particularly under threat by global warming. This has been shown by researchers from the University of Gothenburg in a study published in the journal New Phytologist. An increase in temperature usually stimulates photosynthesis and growth for plants at our

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/tropical-montane-rain-forests-sensitive-temperature-increase - 2026-06-23

Read more about the visit of SSEESS, The Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences, on May 7th. On Thursday May 7th Lund was visited by SSEESS’s Director Magnus Tannerfeldt, Senior Research Officer’s Neda Farahbakhshazad and Dan Wilhelmsson as well as Anna Metzger Communication officer.Magnus, Neda, Dan and Anna  presented what SSEESS is and the role of SSEESS in the global conte

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/what-sseess - 2026-06-23

BECC was one of the supporting organizations behind the workshop "Dynamic global vegetation modelling: towards a third generation" that was held in Landskrona, 11-13 May. Read the report from the meeting here. On May 11-13 a LPJ-GUESS workshop was held at Hotel Öresund in Landskrona, bringing together around 60 leading researchers within the dynamic global vegetation modelling (DGVM) community to

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-workshop-dynamic-global-vegetation-modelling-towards-third-generation - 2026-06-23