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New research centre

2024.10.08

How can we effectively monitor the world’s tree resources down to the level of individual trees?

TreeSense focuses on the critical role of trees in terrestrial ecosystems, such as climate…

Climate

2024.08.13

Trees are key to better nutrition and climate in Malawi

Today, poor quality diets are the largest contributors to global morbidity, with one in three peopl…

Climate change

2024.06.13

Climate change and plant growth on the Tibetan Plateau

Global warming over the last three decades has significantly altered patterns of plant growth on th…

Artificial Intelligence

2024.06.12

AI method reveals millions of dead trees hidden among the living before California’s historic 2020 wildfires

University of Copenhagen scientists may have found a new explanation for the California wildfires o…

fødevarer

2024.06.03

Greenhouses cover more and more of Earth’s surface

Greenhouse cultivation is booming globally, especially in the Global South – and across one country…

Ice sheet

2024.05.30

Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 years

A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers at the University of Copenhagen…

Global Wetland Center

2024.05.06

In search of a very special plant: red peat moss (Sphagnum medium)

We are in search of a very special plant that forms the entire basis of this landscape: red peat…

CLIMATE

2024.04.18

Increased CO2 emissions from world’s tundra surprise researchers

As they warm, Arctic tundra environments will probably release 30% more CO2 than they do today – an…

Climate change

2024.04.16

Small towns in Tanzania matter to villagers’ ability to cope with climate change!

Recent studies show that improved links between Tanzanian towns and villages improve rural life.…

Diversified farming

2024.04.05

Major study reports that people and environment both benefit from diversified farming, while bottom lines also thrive

Mixing livestock and crops, integrating flower strips and trees, water and soil conservation and…

Geology

2024.03.21

New geological study: Scandinavia was born in Greenland

The oldest Scandinavian bedrock was 'born' in Greenland according to a new geological study from th…

Methane

2024.02.29

Young researcher makes surprising methane discovery in Yukon glaciers: "Much more widespread than we thought"

Global melting is prying the lid off methane stocks, the extent of which we do not know. A young…

Wetlands

2024.02.02

New research: Fivefold increase in the melting of Greenland's glaciers over the last 20 years

In the largest survey of its kind ever conducted, using both satellite imagery and old aerial photo…

Climate

2023.11.07

The beginning of the end for Greenland’s last remaining ice shelves

A new study just published in Nature Communications, shows that Greenland’s last stable ice shelves…

Trees

2023.10.25

New study finds hidden trees across Europe: A billion tons of biomass is overlooked today

Through satellite imaging a new AI driven mapping of biomass and CO2 storage from the University of…

weather

2023.08.16

Copenhagen’s safest bets for a dry weather bike ride

You have a 25% greater risk of cycling in the rain if you live in Hellerup than if saddling up in…

Evolution

2023.07.18

Life on Earth didn’t arise as described in textbooks

No, oxygen didn’t catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth’s first multicellular organisms. The…

Food security

2023.06.27

Wild foods contribute to women’s nutrition during the lean season

Around the world poor people struggle with food insecurity. In some countries, food that grows…

CLIMATE

2023.06.13

New research center addresses wetlands’ potential to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

In the coming six years, a new research center, the Global Wetland Center, will contribute to…

pesticides

2023.06.08

Unsustainable coffee production is making more and more people sick

Intensive pesticide use on coffee farms around the world is leading to progressively more reports o…

geography

2023.04.17

More women than men move out after widowhood

Significantly more women than men move out when their partners pass away. This, according to a…

geology

2023.04.13

How did the Andes Mountains get so huge? A new geological research method may hold the answer

How did the Andes – the world's longest mountain range – reach its enormous size? This is just one…

Sustainability

2023.04.12

Danish carpenters will learn to build homes with hemp and straw

For the next three years, carpentry apprentices at vocational schools across Denmark will be taught…

2023.03.20

Turning data into drawings: distributing children’s books on wild forest foods in East Africa

Research on how to improve food and nutrition security has the potential to make real-life…

Climate

2023.03.14

The counting of nine billion trees could help manage climate credits and nature restoration

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and NASA have developed a method that has now mapped…

2023.01.25

DKK 20 million from the A.P. Moller Foundation to the green transition

In the future Geocenter Denmark with the participation of IGN will be able to collect seismic data…

climate

2022.12.21

Rwandan tree carbon stock mapped from above

Breakthrough in climate change mitigation: Researchers at University of Copenhagen have developed…

Trees

2022.12.15

Santa’s finally got a Christmas tree farm in Greenland

Many, especially Danes, consider Greenland the home of Father Christmas. However for the most part,…

Climate

2022.11.16

Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming

An international team of research scientists, University of Copenhagen researchers among them, has…

Coastal protection

2022.10.25

Disappearing coastlines: A smartphone and selfie stick can let us know by how much

New mobile phone technology makes it possible to better monitor Danish coastlines, which recede up…

Climate

2022.10.25

By leaving garden waste alone, we could store 600,000 tons of CO2 per year

We Danes shuttle nearly a million tons of garden waste from our gardens every year. But we would be…

Clima

2022.10.18

Vibrating trucks searched for Denmark's future underground CO2 storage sites

Seismic studies of the deep soil layers in northwest Zealand will help researchers locate soil…

Plants

2022.09.09

Two grains, mutual gain: surviving drought through varietal collaboration

Some draw water from the soil’s depths, while others absorb nutrients nearer to the surface with…

Arctic

2022.08.23

Popular research station reopens in Greenland: Danish zoologist recognized the greenhouse effect at same site in 1904

For more than a century, Arctic climate research has been collected and stored at the University of…

Greenhouse gas

2022.08.04

Wildfires affect the greenhouse gas balance of tundra heath ecosystem

New CENPERM study on impact of wildfires published in Global Change Biology

Green transition

2022.06.20

New pioneer centre paves the way for the green transition in agriculture

A new pioneer centrewas inaugurated on 1 June. The Centre will develop basic research-driven…

Greenhouse gases

2022.05.23

New measurements from Northern Sweden show less methane emissions than feared

It is widely understood that thawing permafrost can lead to significant amounts of methane being…

Geology

2022.05.06

Telling actual time in ancient rocks

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Copenhagen…

Geology

2022.03.25

Groundbreaking earthquake discovery: Risk models overlook an important element

Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth's tectonic plates, which in turn could impact o…

Environment

2022.02.28

Deforestation reduces fruit and vegetable consumption in rural Tanzania

New research explores a direct link between deforestation and people’s diets using data collected…

climate

2022.02.21

290 million new city dwellers benefit China's climate balance

Insects

2022.02.21

Insect wingbeats will help quantify biodiversity

Insect populations are plummeting worldwide, with major consequences for our ecosystems and without…

Geography

2022.01.24

Satellite images reveal a nexus between war, cropland abandonment and food insecurity in South Sudan

A new study sheds light on a complex interaction of armed conflict, cropland abandonment and…

Geology

2022.01.19

The early Earth may have behaved more like Venus

A new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that there may have been another form of…

Tundra fire

2021.08.17

Fire increases nutrient availability as well as N2O and CO2 production in Arctic tundra soils

New study on low-intensity tundra fire experiments published in Science of the Total Environment

Book

2021.05.10

New edition of The ice-free Greenland – from molecule to landscape

Bo Elberling publishes revised edition of his book on CENPERM’s research in Greenland

symposium

2021.03.19

Successful symposium on Arctic carbon and nitrogen dynamics - ArCaN-21

CENPERM organizes international symposium gathering international experts on Arctic ecosystems

prizes

2021.02.01

Rasmus Fenger-Nielsen receives Geography talent prize for his PhD thesis

PhD prize from Royal Danish Geographical Society to CENPERM PhD thesis on threats of climate change…

Permafrost

2021.01.22

Permafrost promotes warmer headwater streams

New study combines field observations and modeling to investigate the impact of permafrost on strea…

PhD defense

2020.05.19

PhD defense Rasmus Fenger-Nielsen

PhD thesis on the impacts of permafrost thaw on archaeological sites in Greenland

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

How can we effectively monitor the world’s tree resources down to the level of individual trees?

Trees are key to better nutrition and climate in Malawi

Climate change and plant growth on the Tibetan Plateau

AI method reveals millions of dead trees hidden among the living before California’s historic 2020 wildfires

Greenhouses cover more and more of Earth’s surface

Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 years

In search of a very special plant: red peat moss (Sphagnum medium)

Increased CO2 emissions from world’s tundra surprise researchers

Small towns in Tanzania matter to villagers’ ability to cope with climate change!

Major study reports that people and environment both benefit from diversified farming, while bottom lines also thrive

New geological study: Scandinavia was born in Greenland

Young researcher makes surprising methane discovery in Yukon glaciers: "Much more widespread than we thought"

World Wetlands Day: Bogs hold an important key to the climate crisis

New study reports that Greenland is a methane sink rather than a source

Innovative stormwater solution unveiled to tackle record rainfall in Denmark

Large nitrous oxide emissions from flooded fields suggests action

New research: Fivefold increase in the melting of Greenland's glaciers over the last 20 years

The beginning of the end for Greenland’s last remaining ice shelves

New study finds hidden trees across Europe: A billion tons of biomass is overlooked today

Copenhagen’s safest bets for a dry weather bike ride

Life on Earth didn’t arise as described in textbooks

Wild foods contribute to women’s nutrition during the lean season

New research center addresses wetlands’ potential to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

Unsustainable coffee production is making more and more people sick

More women than men move out after widowhood

How did the Andes Mountains get so huge? A new geological research method may hold the answer

Danish carpenters will learn to build homes with hemp and straw

Turning data into drawings: distributing children’s books on wild forest foods in East Africa

The counting of nine billion trees could help manage climate credits and nature restoration

DKK 20 million from the A.P. Moller Foundation to the green transition

Rwandan tree carbon stock mapped from above

Santa’s finally got a Christmas tree farm in Greenland

Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming

Disappearing coastlines: A smartphone and selfie stick can let us know by how much

By leaving garden waste alone, we could store 600,000 tons of CO2 per year

Vibrating trucks searched for Denmark's future underground CO2 storage sites

Two grains, mutual gain: surviving drought through varietal collaboration

Popular research station reopens in Greenland: Danish zoologist recognized the greenhouse effect at same site in 1904

Wildfires affect the greenhouse gas balance of tundra heath ecosystem

New pioneer centre paves the way for the green transition in agriculture

New measurements from Northern Sweden show less methane emissions than feared

Telling actual time in ancient rocks

Groundbreaking earthquake discovery: Risk models overlook an important element

Deforestation reduces fruit and vegetable consumption in rural Tanzania

290 million new city dwellers benefit China's climate balance

Insect wingbeats will help quantify biodiversity

Satellite images reveal a nexus between war, cropland abandonment and food insecurity in South Sudan

The early Earth may have behaved more like Venus

Fire increases nutrient availability as well as N2O and CO2 production in Arctic tundra soils

New edition of The ice-free Greenland – from molecule to landscape

Successful symposium on Arctic carbon and nitrogen dynamics - ArCaN-21

Rasmus Fenger-Nielsen receives Geography talent prize for his PhD thesis

Permafrost promotes warmer headwater streams

PhD defense Rasmus Fenger-Nielsen