Thu, 08 May 2025 11:21:46 +0000The climate and the conditions for future generations to live in a sustainable world are highly topical questions. �۶���Ƶ produces leading research that aims to contribute solutions to some of the biggest societal problems of our time. On this webpage, you will find news related to sustainability, climate and environment./article/sustainable-relationship-time-it-possibleThu, 08 May 2025 11:21:46 +0000/article/sustainable-relationship-time-it-possibleMany people wish they had more time – but is there a sustainable approach to time? Historian David Larsson Heidenblad, historian shares his best tips./article/reduced-climate-impact-anaesthetic-gases-worrying-trend-middle-income-countriesThu, 03 Apr 2025 12:31:36 +0000/article/reduced-climate-impact-anaesthetic-gases-worrying-trend-middle-income-countriesGases used in anaesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health led by �۶���Ƶ shows that greenhouse gas emissions from anaesthetic gases have decreased by 27% over the last ten years. By swapping out the anaesthetic gas with the highest climate impact, the climate impact of anaesthetic gases could have been reduced by a further 69%. /article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogsTue, 01 Apr 2025 08:25:02 +0000/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogsLead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at �۶���Ƶ in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. /article/lakes-worldwide-are-changing-colour-possibly-due-human-impactFri, 14 Mar 2025 15:16:18 +0000/article/lakes-worldwide-are-changing-colour-possibly-due-human-impactOver the last 40 years, the majority of the world’s lakes have changed colour, according to a new study. The research team analysed 32 million satellite observations from over 67,000 lakes. Major changes in the lake ecosystems are thought to be the cause./article/how-can-lund-university-become-more-menopause-friendly-workplaceWed, 29 Jan 2025 09:42:37 +0000/article/how-can-lund-university-become-more-menopause-friendly-workplaceMost women will experience menopause at some point. Can a workplace make things easier for employees going through menopausal transition?/article/fermenting-seaweed-could-boost-consumptionMon, 20 Jan 2025 11:47:46 +0000/article/fermenting-seaweed-could-boost-consumptionFermented seaweed? Those who have tried it think it is much tastier than it sounds, and researchers at �۶���Ƶ in Sweden are now hoping that acidified seaweed, rather than today’s dried version, will signify a major breakthrough for seaweed as a food source. /article/climate-change-plans-include-unrealistic-land-demands-area-larger-usWed, 11 Dec 2024 15:26:44 +0000/article/climate-change-plans-include-unrealistic-land-demands-area-larger-usFor the first time, an international team of scientists have calculated the total land area that the countries of the world have included in their individual plans for climate action, known as nationally determined contributions. The results show a big divide between the countries' expected land use and the actual potential of land to mitigate climate change./article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-waterFri, 22 Nov 2024 09:05:57 +0000/article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-water�۶���Ƶ and the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) are establishing a joint hub, focusing on water. The initiative will strengthen �۶���Ƶ’s connection with the UN, and also offer a unique UN track for students./article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particlesThu, 26 Sep 2024 11:20:16 +0000/article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particlesResearchers at �۶���Ƶ in Sweden have studied how nanoplastic affects aquatic organisms in lakes and rivers. The results are surprising and the researchers are the first to show that some species are being wiped out, while others – such as cyanobacteria that contribute to algal blooms – are completely unaffected./article/organic-farms-had-doubled-plant-diversity-only-over-timeMon, 02 Sep 2024 14:08:17 +0000/article/organic-farms-had-doubled-plant-diversity-only-over-timeIt takes a long time, up to several decades, before the benefits of organic farming take full effect on land that was previously cultivated conventionally, a new study from �۶���Ƶ suggests. After thirty years, the plant species richness around the cultivated crop had doubled on organic farms compared to conventional farms. /article/new-diseases-tropical-swedenSun, 09 Jun 2024 20:14:57 +0000/article/new-diseases-tropical-swedenGlobal warming has meant that diseases such as West Nile fever, NTM infections, and new tick-borne viruses are on their way or have already taken hold in Sweden. People are being affected by new diseases, and challenges for the health system are increasing. Among other things, everything is prepared to start screening blood donors for West Nile fever in Region Skåne in southern Sweden./article/lund-university-climbs-global-ranking-wins-sustainability-awardTue, 04 Jun 2024 20:00:34 +0000/article/lund-university-climbs-global-ranking-wins-sustainability-award�۶���Ƶ has risen to 75th place in the prestigious QS annual ranking. This is an improvement of ten spots on the previous year, placing Lund as the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. In addition, the University has been awarded the QS Sustainability Champions Award./article/conferences-make-scientists-climate-transgressorsTue, 14 May 2024 10:44:24 +0000/article/conferences-make-scientists-climate-transgressorsClimate researchers often emphasise the fact that reducing carbon emissions is in everyone’s best interest, and should involve all of us. But how good are they at minimising their own carbon footprint? A new study carried out jointly by �۶���Ƶ in Sweden and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland shows that some of them use up half their annual carbon allowance in a single week. There are ways to cut these emissions, however, the authors behind the study say./article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forestsWed, 17 Apr 2024 10:54:30 +0000/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forestsDuring the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from �۶���Ƶ in Sweden has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon dioxide./article/completely-recycled-viscose-first-timeWed, 06 Mar 2024 10:01:35 +0000/article/completely-recycled-viscose-first-timeAt present, viscose textiles are made of biomass from the forest, and there is no such thing as fully recycled viscose. Researchers at �۶���Ƶ in Sweden have now succeeded in making new viscose – from worn-out cotton sheets./article/will-carbon-capture-stored-basalt-be-climate-saviorTue, 27 Feb 2024 12:11:06 +0000/article/will-carbon-capture-stored-basalt-be-climate-saviorLéa Lévy, researcher in engineering geology at �۶���Ƶ, is receiving SEK 5.1 million from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation to investigate how much hope can be placed in capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air and storing it in the rock basalt./article/unique-manufacturing-method-produces-more-appealing-vegan-meatFri, 16 Feb 2024 11:27:09 +0000/article/unique-manufacturing-method-produces-more-appealing-vegan-meatVegan food is often sidestepped due to its rubbery consistency. Food technology researchers at �۶���Ƶ in Sweden have now developed a way to make vegan food more appetising by using new combinations of raw materials. So far, the research field for plant-based meat imitations, known as meat analogues, has been very small - but is now set to “explode”. The team at Lund is among those that have published the most research in the world on the topic.