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 Contrary to popular belief, China’s massive emigration from rural areas to cities has been shown to…
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…
Natural History 2021.11.10 Researchers puncture explanation for largest increase of biodiversity in Earth's history The greatest increase in marine biodiversity on Earth was not due to the explosion of an asteroid,…
Archeology 2021.09.16 Researchers find conclusive evidence: A large Stone Age settlement is buried in Svanemøllen Harbour Four pieces of worked flint have been retrieved from the seabed off Copenhagen’s Svanemøllen…
Arctic 2021.08.27 Arctic expedition unexpectedly discovers the most northerly island on Earth On an expedition to northern Greenland that included researchers from the University of Copenhagen,…
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
GEOLOGY 2021.08.13 Researchers use diamonds to comprehend the foundation of Earth’s continents: "Without it, humankind wouldn’t exist" Deep beneath Earth’s crust lies a rocky upper mantle that stabilizes the planet’s continents and is…
Natural History 2021.07.15 Dinosaurs lived in a warmer and more dynamic climate than previously thought Global climate during the late Cretaceous Period, an era when dinosaurs ruled the planet, was warme…
CLIMATE 2021.07.12 Researchers: Let crop residues rot in the field – it’s a climate win Plant material that lies to rot in soil isn’t just valuable as compost. In fact, agricultural crop…
Geology 2021.05.26 Geological riddle solved: Roof of the World has gotten higher There has long been controversy about whether the world's highest region, Tibet, has grown taller…
Climate 2021.05.25 Robert Frei from IGN receives 6.2 mio. DKK from the Independent Research Fund Denmark Robert Frei will investigate the relationship between bioproductivity and water column redox in…
Archeology 2021.05.25 Flint stone sounds suggest a Stone Age settlement in Copenhagen’s Svanemøllen Harbour A new method has made it possible for University of Copenhagen researchers to register mysterious…
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
FARMING 2021.04.16 New invention can reduce agricultural pesticide use: Distinguishes harmful insects from helpful ones A researcher from the University of Copenhagen has developed an algorithm that, in tandem with a…
CLIMATE 2021.04.15 Researchers examine which trees are movable when climate change evicts them from their original habitats University of Copenhagen researchers have studied more than 100 oak trees from a variety of…
Geography 2021.04.12 Thawing permafrost cools Arctic currents: This might affect fish stocks A new study by a University of Copenhagen researcher finds that thawing permafrost in Alaska causes…
FORESTS 2021.03.25 New documentation: Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated The claim that old-growth forests play a significant role in climate mitigation, based upon the…
symposium 2021.03.19 Successful symposium on Arctic carbon and nitrogen dynamics - ArCaN-21 CENPERM organizes international symposium gathering international experts on Arctic ecosystems
Dinosaurs 2021.03.09 An epic walk: 15 million years needed for dinosaurs to get from South America to Greenland For the first time, two researchers—one from the University of Copenhagen and the other from…
Technology 2021.03.08 How robotics will affect humanity and nature in the future How will robotic technologies impact wildlife? Will self-driving cars create more or less urban…
climate 2021.02.09 Arctic permafrost releases more CO2 than once believed There may be greater CO2 emissions associated with thawing Arctic permafrost than ever imagined. An…
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…
Villages 2021.01.28 New report: Villages should spur their own development A new report from the University of Copenhagen suggests that there should be a focus on what…
Permafrost 2021.01.22 Permafrost promotes warmer headwater streams New study combines field observations and modeling to investigate the impact of permafrost on strea…
Forests 2020.12.22 Droughts, viruses and road networks: Trends that will impact our forests A new UCPH study assembled an array of experts to highlight major trends that will impact the…
CLIMATE 2020.12.17 Arctic Sea ice decline and plant growth The Center for Permafrost at the University of Copenhagen is part of a new study that demonstrates…
CLIMATE 2020.12.10 Can an abundant green mineral solve our climate crisis? Exploring the power of Olivine Olivine has an astonishing ability to sequester atmospheric CO2 whenever it is expelled from Earth'…
Climate 2020.11.26 Satellite images confirm uneven impact of climate change University of Copenhagen researchers have been following vegetation trends across the planet's…
Energy 2020.11.17 Report: In retrospect, the burning of wood in district heating plants has resulted in climate savings A new report from the University of Copenhagen shows that the burning of wood is significantly more…
CARBON BALANCE 2020.10.23 Higher temperatures and more snow lead to higher release of CO2 from heaths in Greenland New study on the effects of climate change on Arctic heath ecosystems.
TREES 2020.10.20 Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara There are far more trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel than most would expect. A combination…
Geology 2020.10.14 Volcanic eruptions may explain Denmark’s giant mystery crystals Researchers have long been stumped for an explanation of how tens of millions of years-old giant…
CLIMATE 2020.10.12 Research in biodiversity and biomass receives a boost of 120 million DKK Two new research projects will investigate the transplantation of soil from old forest to…
Permafrost 2020.10.01 Plants forage for deep nitrogen in the High Arctic New study addresses plant nitrogen uptake from permafrost thaw front
CLIMATE 2020.09.08 Researchers awarded with prize for inventory of climate threats to Greenland’s cultural heritage Researchers from the National Museum of Denmark, the Center for Permafrost (CENPERM) at the…
CLIMATE 2020.09.04 Geographer receives 1.7 million. Euro in an ERC Starting Grant Geographer Martin Brandt receives just over 1.7 million Euro in an ERC Starting Grant, to the…
Technology 2020.08.05 Spy satellites reveal: Marmots flee agricultural areas Data from a Cold War-era satellite show that agricultural expansion has a negative impact on…
Architecture 2020.06.15 Researchers: Homes of North Zealand’s elite are most likely to be preserved Since 1945, the vast majority of historically preserved dwellings in Denmark are architect-designed…
PhD defense 2020.05.19 PhD defense Rasmus Fenger-Nielsen PhD thesis on the impacts of permafrost thaw on archaeological sites in Greenland
Greenhouse gas 2020.05.14 Researchers go cuckoo: Antarctic penguins release an extreme amount of laughing gas In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that penguins in…
PLANTS 2020.05.06 Will new research necessitate a rewrite of biology texts? Green plants collect carbon using fungi A new study from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that up to 40 percent of all plant…
Sustainable energy 2020.04.30 Enormous potential: Deep groundwater could heat half of Denmark A sea of untapped potential lies deep beneath Denmark. Hot groundwater can be used to cover up to…
Climate 2020.04.22 Artificial intelligence may be the secret weapon in the climate fight Massive climate change alters the world’s ecosystems every day, but we lack effective digital tools…
Nature Climate Change 2020.04.01 Lower estimates of Arctic methane emissions thanks to upland soil microbes New study in Nature Climate Change lowers estimates of Arctic methane emissions by accounting for…
GEOPHYSICS 2020.03.26 Geologist and Postdoc Hemin Yuan receives great recognition from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for his work on mapping the physical properties of rocks Postdoc Hemin Yuan has developed a new method for mapping the physical properties of rocks on the…
THE ORIGINS OF EARTH 2020.03.11 Meteorites from the outer Solar System created Earth’s oceans Kristoffer Szilas of the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management and colleagues a…
ElieForsk prize 2020 2020.02.27 ElieForsk prize 2020 Professor Riikka Rinnan receives the ElieForsk prize 2020 for her outstanding research on climate…
chemistry 2020.01.13 Researchers find that a new family of copper binding proteins is involved in fungal copper regulation Researchers from INRAE, Marseille in France, Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina in…
Forestry 2019.12.19 A sustainable future for Danish Christmas trees – with fewer fallen needles A milder climate now makes it possible to cultivate noble fir for Christmas trees in Denmark. The…
Geoscience 2019.12.04 New study confirms that Egtved girl and Skrydstrup woman were most likely from afar A new study conducted by the University of Copenhagen and National Museum of Denmark confirms and…
Climate change 2019.12.03 Loss of CO2 from subarctic heath ecosystem under climate change treatment New study in Plant and Soil investigates impact of long-term climate change on carbon cycling in…
Geography 2019.11.06 Soviet collapse saved the atmosphere from 7 billion tonnes of CO2 Besides the prompting major economic and social changes, the collapse of the Soviet Union also…
Climate change 2019.10.25 Winter Arctic Carbon Emissions: an important component of the year-round carbon budget Various studies have previously shown that the long, dark winter season is difficult to measure but…
greenhouse gas 2019.09.30 Uptake of methane in Greenlandic heath New study in Soil Biology and Biochemistry investigates drivers of methane uptake in Greenlandic dr…
CLIMATE 2019.06.25 Climate change is already affecting food production worldwide Research from the University of Copenhagen shows that crops around the world are already affected b…
CLIMATE 2019.04.05 Your car tires are clearing the rainforest in Cambodia Research from the University of Copenhagen shows, that the extent of deforestation closely follows…
KLIMA 2019.03.01 Melting ice sheet transports sand worth billions New research shows that the continuing increase in melt from the Greenland Ice Sheet leads to…
Climate 2019.02.14 Greenland could advance economic prosperity through sand New study in Nature Sustainability shows economic opportunities of sand exploitation in Greenland
Geography 2019.02.11 CO2’s silver lining fades away: Agriculture makes Earth seem greener Judging by satellite imagery, our planet has become greener. Until now, this was thought to be the…
PhD defence 2019.01.03 PhD defense Mojtaba Karami Mojtaba Karami has defended his PhD thesis “Tundra viewed from above”.
cloudburst 2018.11.25 Free tool helps predict if the next downpour will flood your basement A new digital tool allows users to identify drainage patterns from deluges and identify highly…
CLIMATE 2018.11.12 New discovery: The Greenland Icesheet emits methane to the atmosphere For the first time researchers has documented, that methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is emitted…
Stormwater runoff 2018.10.30 110 litres of urban stormwater cleaned every second Dirty runoff sweeps urban streets, pollutes groundwater and pressures sewage systems. A University…
EXCELLENCE 2018.09.20 Outstanding PhD student from IGN receives honor Mette Bendixen, from the Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management, has provided…
CLIMATE 2018.09.10 Satellite observations reveal secrets of dry tropical forest greening By using Satellite observations, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have revealed that…
2018.09.10 Summer warming causes enhanced root growth in Arctic wetland New article on the role of root growth in permafrost areas
Climate change 2018.08.24 A new permafrost gas mysterium Permafrost thaw allows biological activity in previously frozen ground, leading to a potential…
MSc projects 2018.06.25 MSc projects announcement Multidisciplinary MSc-Project proposals: Methane oxidation in soils from sub-Antarctic South Georgi…
PhD defense 2018.06.08 Samuel Faucherre has defended his PhD thesis PhD thesis on carbon turnover in permafrost soils
2018.05.16 Remains project publishes film of their field work Film about field work at archaeological sites in Greenland
CLIMATE 2018.05.16 Farmlands feature greater woody cover than savannas in semi-arid West Africa More people equal more trees in semi-arid West Africa - A study lead by IGN published in Nature…
2018.04.23 Magnus Kramshøj has defended his PhD thesis PhD thesis on Arctic emissions of volatile organic compounds
CLIMATE 2018.04.17 New tool to monitor aboveground vegetation carbon stocks A study by researchers at IGN in collaboration with French researchers uses unprecedented data…
Sustainable projects 2018.02.22 Sustainable projects in Ghana and South Africa for 20 million Danish kroner Three researchers from IGN and their project partners have received DKK 20 million from the Ministr…
PhD defence 2018.02.01 Stefanie Cable has defended her PhD thesis PhD defense about permafrost dynamics.
Sustainability 2018.01.30 The result of a visiting PhD at IGN covers the front page of Nature Sustainability A large photo covers the front page of the first issue of the Nature journal Nature sustainability…
Scientific Reports 2018.01.26 The weather surprises New CENPERM study in Scientific Reports investigates temperature trends in Greenland for 2001-2015.
Hans Egede Medal 2018.01.12 Bo Elberling honoured with Hans Egede Medal Head of CENPERM Bo Elberling honoured with the Hans Egede Medal for his contributions to research o…
PhD thesis defence 2018.01.11 Sarah Svendsen has defended her PhD thesis On 14 December 2017, Sarah Svendsen has successfully defended her PhD thesis "Arctic emissions of…
SUSTAINABILITY 2017.12.14 New project sheds light on the impact of European consumers on land use elsewhere in the world The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management participates in a new European projec…
ERC Consolidator Grant 2017.11.28 Two ERC consolidator grants Two scientists from Department of Biology, UCPH, have received the prestigious Consolidator Grant…
2017.11.20 Sand as a an economic value for the Greenlandic society In a letter sent to Science, CENPERM researchers Mette Bendixen and Lars Iversen comment on the…
Biomass 2017.11.08 New laboratory at Copenhagen Plant Science Centre will investigate a recently discovered group of enzymes
CLIMATE 2017.10.05 75-year-old aerial photos reveal that Greenlandic deltas have grown as a result of the warmer climate In an article just published in Nature, researchers from the University of Copenhagen show how…
EXCELLENCE 2017.10.03 Outstanding PhD (Feng Tian’s) student from IGN receives honor The award comes with a 25,000 kroner purse, and the only assessment criterion is the PhD project's…
CLIMATE 2017.09.19 Center for Permafrost continues its research for another four years University of Copenhagen and the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) has signed an agreement…
FUNDING 2017.09.14 The Center for Permafrost continues its research for another four years The total funding received from DNRF is close to 100 million DKK
PhD thesis defence 2017.08.23 Morten Dencker Schostag has defended his PhD thesis PhD thesis on the genetic characterization of microbial communities in Arctic soils
PhD thesis defence 2017.08.14 Nynne Rand Ravn has defended her PhD thesis On 10 August 2017, Nynne Rand Ravn has successfully defended her PhD thesis
CLIMATE 2017.06.26 The University of Copenhagen contributes to the largest global restoration of forests and forest landscapes in history The University of Copenhagen collaborates with the international movement, “The Bonn Challenge” in…
CLIMATE CHANGE 2017.06.09 Greenlandic amphibian shows that climate played a key role in the distribution of life on Earth 208 million years ago Greenlandic amphibian shows that climate played a key role in the distribution of life on Earth 208…
BIODIVERSITY 2017.06.06 New map of life on Earth shows how we can halt the worlds sixth great extinction International study examines a bold new approach to halting the world’s sixth great extinction.
GEOLOGY 2017.03.10 Fossil eggs from Portugal show a very slow evolution of the crocodile-like eggs since the Late Jurassic New research published in PLoS ONE this week shows that 152 million-year-old fossil eggs from…
CLIMATE 2017.03.08 Africa has become greener the past 20 years Deforestation in Africa has been high on the environmental agenda for decades. But a new study from…
REVERSE PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2017.01.10 Photosynthesis turned upside down by researchers over the next 3 years A grant of almost 15 million DKK from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will allow researchers at the…
ARCTIC RESEARCH. 2016.12.13 The Earth releases more CO2 to the atmosphere when temperatures rise Understanding the Earth’s release of greenhouse gases is crucial to predicting how the atmosphere’s…
ARCTIC RESEARCH. 2016.12.12 The Earth releases more CO2 to the atmosphere when temperatures rise More CO2 is being released from the Earth system as a result of rising temperatures than previously…
With climate change 2016.08.22 Nitrogen fixation stimulates plant growth With climate change shrubs and trees expand northwards in the Subarctic: New results show that also…
ECOSYSTEMS 2016.06.06 New professor of ecosystems and environmental sustainability at IGN Claus Beier is new professor of ‘ecosystems and environmental sustainability’ at the Department of…
Climate change creates more shrub vegetation 2016.05.18 Increased vegetation in the Arctic may counteract global warming Climate change creates more shrub vegetation in barren, arctic ecosystems.
Stable isotope analysis of rump hair 2016.04.25 Muskoxen rump hairs Stable isotope analysis of rump hair from muskoxen reveal winter shortage of forage. A new study i…
CONFERENCE 2016.04.18 The DIABOLO project: Forest Information for Bioeconomy Outlooks The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management will be hosting the DIABOLO conferenc…
A new study led by members of CENPERM, 2016.04.06 Long-distance transport of iron and sediments A new study led by members of CENPERM, published in Scientific reports, Nature Publishing Group,…
Plant gasses possibly dampen 2016.04.05 Plant gasses can counteract arctic climate change Plant gasses possibly dampen the temperature rise in Greenland. Plants emit compounds to deter pest…
Danish and Greenlandic 2016.03.07 REMAINS has started Danish and Greenlandic researchers will improve the understanding of processes controlling the…
Life on Earth 2016.02.15 Oxygen was present in the atmosphere much earlier than previously assumed Reconstructing the emergence and evolution of life on our planet is tightly linked to the questions…
NEW RESEARCH 2016.01.19 Egtved Girl chosen as best research of 2015 New knowledge gained on Egtved Girl was recently chosen by Ingeniøren as best research of the year…
Jurassic climate 2015.12.11 Knowledge gap on extreme change in temperature elucidated New study by geologist Christoph Korte from IGN, provides documentation to explain a previously not…
Climate 2015.11.04 The most vulnerable countries miss out on climate change knowledge Collaborations on climate change research are divided into separate regions of the world with littl…
Applied research 2015.09.30 Palle Madsen has been appointed Professor in silviculture Palle Madsen has been appointed Professor at the Forest and Landscape College (FLC) at the…
The right tree 2015.09.08 The right tree for the right place in Africa A new version of vegetationmap4africa makes it easier to select species for agroforestry and land…
Shrub growth tundra biome climate 2015.07.22 Sensitivity of shrub growth in the Arctic CENPERM has contributed to a new study published in Nature Climate Change, synthesizing shrub growt…
EUROPEAN LANDSCAPES 2015.07.01 EU-project prepares “Roadmap” for the sustainable use of European landscapes What will European landscapes look like in 2040? Researchers from IGN has gone through this questio…
NEW PhD PROJECT 2015.07.01 Do children with ADHD benefit from nature? A new PhD project seeks to investigate whether time in nature can be an effective supplementary…
Savannas effect on CO2 2015.05.22 Savannas affect the level of CO2 in the atmosphere In an article posted in Science, Guy Schurgers from IGN has taken part in research on the impacts o…
2015.05.22 Climate change increases emission of volatile organic compounds from subarctic plants Published 21 May 2015 in Global Change Biology, Climate change-induced vegetation change as a drive…
New professor 2015.05.13 New professor in socio-economic structures and living conditions in development countries Niels Fold has commenced as professor at Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management…
Evolution of seawater 2015.04.22 Tracing the oceans chemical composition through geologic time IGN is an official partner in the BASE-LiNE Earth project.
Professor in human geography 2015.04.13 New professor in urbanization and regional development In the beginning of 2015 Lars Winther commenced as a professor in human geography at IGN
Heat produced by 2015.04.08 Arctic heating from within Heat produced by Arctic soil microbes could enhance permafrost thaw and the release of carbon to th…
Disturbed Ecosystems 2015.03.26 Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems Plants are particularly sensitive to climatic changes in early life stages and even small climatic…
More than 20% of Earth’s terrestrial surface is underlain by permafrost 2015.03.05 New Nature paper provides insight to microbial life in permafrost This involves a set of microbial responses, but little is known about microbial activity in intact,…
2015.03.03 Sheep in Greenland Sheep in Greenland New results from CENPERM helps to assess the future for sheep farming in…
2015.02.23 New Head of Department at Department of Geosciences and Natural Research Management Claus Beier, Director of Research at NIVA, will become the new Head of Department at IGN from 1 may…
Net regional methane sink 2014.12.12 Northeast Greenland is a sink for atmospheric methane Net regional methane sink in High Arctic soils of northeast Greenland
Christmas trees 2014.12.04 Cloned Christmas trees can help reduce pesticide use A new method makes it possible to clone Nordmann firs – the Danes’ Christmas tree of choice. Robust…
Rapid permafrost collapse shifts Siberian tundra to a methane source 2014.11.25 Siberian permafrost collapse New Nature Climate Change publication-Rapid permafrost collapse shifts Siberian tundra to a methane…
Climate changes 2014.11.05 New professor is going to take part in uncovering the consequences of climate changes in the Arctic 1 December 2014 Per Ambus will commence as professor in arctic isotope geochemistry at Center for…
Geophysics 2014.10.23 Danish scientist elected as Fellow of Geological Society of America Professor in Geophysics Hans Thybo, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at…
Professors of Geology 2014.09.11 Seven Professors of Geology appointed at IGN With the appointment of five professors and two adjunct professors of Geology, the four research…
NEW SCIENCE DOMAIN LEADER 2014.09.05 Danish researcher appointed Science Domain Leader at the World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi Lars Graudal has been appointed as Science Domain Leader for the Tree Diversification, Domesticatio…
NEW PROFESSOR 2014.08.06 New Professor of Human Geography Ole Mertz has been appointed at Professor of Human Geography at the Department of Geosciences and…
Stevns Klint 2014.06.27 Geologists from KU contribute to the inclusion of Danish cliff on the World Heritage List It was great news for IGN as UNESCO announced that Stevns Klint was included in the World Heritage…
Outstanding Student Poster Award 2014.06.20 Geology PhD student wins prestigious award Helene Anja Kraft, PhD student has received the prestigious 'Outstanding Student Poster Award’.
GREEN spaces 2014.04.24 New Professor of Plants and Planting Design Anders Busse Nielsen has just been appointed as the Professor of Plants and Planting Design at the…
New Professor 2014.04.04 New Professor of Landscape Architecture Ellen Braae was appointed in the spring of 2014 as professor of theory and methods in landscape…
Det nyeste nummer 2014.03.24 Geografisk Orientering Det nyeste nummer af Geografisk Orientering har fokus på permafrost. CENPERM-forskere har bidraget…
New Website for the Department 2013.12.16 New websites unite and disseminate knowledge We provide a joint entry point to our knowledge on a new website for the Department of Geosciences…
Professor in Geophysics Hans Thybo 2013.12.04 President for European Geosciences Union Professor in Geophysics Hans Thybo, Section of Geology (Department of Geosciences and Natural…
Strategy 2013.10.22 New strategy ready for IGN The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN) now has its first strategy.
Oxygen 2013.09.26 Earth's history to be rewritten Until now, science has believed that oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere has been around for roughly…
Tropical forest 2013.09.16 Tropical forest growth depends on nitrogen fixing trees Young growing tropical forests produce their own fertiliser.
2013.09.04 A golden jubilarian in the middle of the woods On Sunday 8 September 2013, the Forest & Landscape College (Skovskolen) in Nødebo is celebrating 50…
Event 2013.09.04 Become wild about nature on Nature Day at the Forest & Landscape College in Nødebo On Sunday 8 September, open day events are being hosted in the countryside across Denmark; also at…
2013.08.14 Important visitors at Arctic Station and CENPERM Nils Strandberg Pedersen, Chairman of the board of University of Copenhagen, Rector Ralf Hemmingsen…
Climate 2013.07.28 New knowledge about permafrost improving climate models New research findings from the Centre for Permafrost (CENPERM) at the Department of Geosciences and…
Professor Emil Makovicky 2013.05.02 The Carl-Hermann Medal for Emil Makovicky Professor Emil Makovicky from Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management has receive…
Associate Professor in Geophysics, dr. scient. Irina Artemieva 2013.04.22 President of Geodynamics Division Associate Professor in Geophysics, dr. scient. Irina Artemieva has been elected as President of…
2013.04.09 International World Conference on Teak announce 2013 as Year of Teak A world conference on Teak has just been held in Thailand, late March, and gathered experts from 34…
Professor of Geophysics, Hans Thybo, 2013.04.04 Member of Danish Natural Sciences Academy Professor of Geophysics, Hans Thybo, Section of Geology, has been elected as one of the 188 members…
2013.01.15 A new institute gathers knowledge about geography, geology, forest and nature management and landscape architecture and planning Department of Geography & Geology and most of Forest & Landscape at University of Copenhagen have…
2012.12.18 Fellow of Geological Society of America Associate Professor in Geophysics, dr.scient. Irina Artemieva, section of Geology (Department of…
2012.12.12 Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management has a new temporary website Forest & Landscape and Department of Geography and Geology gather forces in a new department at…
2012.11.16 Biological processes on glacier and ice sheet surfaces In an article in Nature Geoscience CENPERM scientist Marek Stilbal...
2012.04.17 An Arctic vegetation explosion An article in the journal Nature Climate Change reports of dramatic changes in the Arctic vegetatio…