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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 world's forests, and the people living around them, in the decade ahead. These trends include drought, viral outbreaks and…

Carsten Rahbek receives DM Award

Carsten Rahbek, Director of The Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, has been awarded the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs’ Research Award.

Natural habitats larger than Greece created to offset economic developments

New data presented in a study published in 'Nature Sustainability' has found that natural habitats occupying an area larger than Greece have been created to offset economic developments. This data could eventually…

New bird curator to succeed Jon Fjeldså

Jon Fjeldså will soon hand over the responsibility of the bird collection at the National History Museum of Denmark. To succeed Jon, the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate has been very lucky to hire Pete…

Small birds fly at high altitudes towards Africa

A new study from Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen and Lund University, shows that small birds migrating from Scandinavia to Africa in the autumn occasionally fly as high as 4 000…

Cracking the Code of Biodiversity Responses to Past Climate Change

In Trends Ecology and Evolution by Nogués-Bravo, D., Fordham, D. A., et al. (2018)

Deep-water ocean circulation may have awakened marine biodiversity

In a new study, a research team headed from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, has shown a direct link between the greatest increase in Phanerozoic marine biodiversity and the onset of a…

Biodiversity belowground is just as important as aboveground

Most of the world’s biodiversity is below ground, but little is known about how it affects ecosystems or how it will be affected by climate change. A new paper by CMEC demonstrates the importance of soil biodiversity fo…

World’s governments are failing on protected areas for nature

A new study has found that while governments are making progress in expanding Protected Area networks, these are failing to provide adequate coverage for nature.

More investment needed to reach international biodiversity targets by 2020

Despite some progress, more needs to be done to reach the internationally agreed set of biodiversity targets by 2020. New Science study out today.

The biodiversity crisis: Worse than climate change

University of Copenhagen leaves imprint on new UN panel in effort to preserve world nature.