News about Climate

Grant for developing long term weather predictions in Denmark

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), received a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to provide us with a much longer perspective on the general weather situation in Denmark.

Lilja Dahl

Source-Apportionment of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds, Halogenated Species and Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases at Mt. Cimone (Italy) by applying Positive Matrix Factorization with a Lifetime Correction Method

Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms

Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence — otherwise meant to serve as a means to effectively combat climate change — will become one of the most egregious CO2 culprits should curren…

Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms

Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence — otherwise meant to serve as a means to effectively combat climate change — will become one of the most egregious CO2 culprits should curren…

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 of artificial intelligence and detailed satellite imagery allowed a team from the University of Copenhagen and…

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 of artificial intelligence and detailed satellite imagery allowed a team from the University of Copenhagen and…

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 agricultural soil and fungal feeding habits With funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Sprat, mollusks and algae: What a diet of the future might look like

Rethinking what we eat is essential if we hope to nourish ourselves sustainably and mind the climate. One option is to seek out alternative food sources from the sea. All the way at the bottom, where algae, cephalopods…

Climate joker in agricultural livestock to be studied at the University of Copenhagen

What if you could remove a significant portion of the greenhouse gas emissions coming from agriculture in a single stroke? This may sound unbelievable, but it is actually what a group of researchers at the Department of…

Study delivers new knowledge about what causes thunderstorms and cloud bursts

Thunderstorms often provoke violent cloud bursts that can result in devastating flooding. But what actually spawns thunderstorms and cloud bursts? This question has spurred a new study by researchers at the University o…

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 University of Copenhagen, and the Greenland National Museum were awarded the European Heritage Prize for their inventory of…

Falk Oraschewski

Modelling of firn densification in the presence of horizontal strain rates

Knowledge about the past can preserve the biodiversity of tomorrow

Climate change threatens plants and animals across the planet. Interdisciplinary research by, among others, climate and biodiversity researchers at the University of Copenhagen, has mapped responds of biodiversity cause…

Proven: Historical climate changes occurred simul­taneously in several parts of the world

A new study published by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and partner institutions has proven that repeated and abrupt climate changes during the last ice age occurred simultaneously in South America,…

Wiebke Margitta Kolbe

Testing the usage of neural networks in the shortwave radiation parameterization of the WRF model

New study warns: We have underestimated the pace at which the Arctic is melting

Arctic sea ice is melting more quickly than once assumed. Today’s climate models have yet to incorporate the steep rise in temperatures that have occurred over the past 40 years. This, according to a new study by…

Alaskan volcano linked to mysterious period with extreme climate in ancient Rome

The cold, famine and unrest in ancient Rome and Egypt after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE has long been shrouded in mystery. Now, an international team, including researchers from the University of…

Alaskan volcano linked to mysterious period with extreme climate in ancient Rome

An international team, including researchers from the University of Copenhagen, has found evidence suggesting that the megaeruption of an Alaskan volcano may be to blame.

Danish soy and palm oil imports account for 7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year

A new report released by University of Copenhagen researchers indicates that Danish soybean and palm oil imports account for seven million tons of CO2 emissions annually. By comparison, Danish agriculture’s combined CO2…

Digital climate-activism in a Scandinavian corona-era

A new research project, headed by Anders Blok, looks into how green NGOs in Denmark, Norway and Sweden have continued their climate political efforts during the lockdown.

Margaret Mallory Harlan

Title: Continuous flow analysis of the Dye 3 ice core: New data from old ice

Steffen Kristiansen

Title: Quantification of bipolar volcanic eruptions during the last glacial period (12-60 ka) based on Greenland and Antarctic ice cores

New research centre puts focus on political mobilisation and protest

A new research centre under the Department of Sociology will shed light on the growing numbers of civic protests targeting issues such as social injustice, discrimination and climate change.

Maliha Khan

Forbush Decreases and Atmospheric Parameters