News about Climate

Michele Betsill receives ISA award for her pioneering environmental policy research

For her contributions as a scholar, teacher and mentor in the field of environmental politics, professor Michele Betsill was named a Distinguished Scholar at this year's International Studies Association conference in…

Jannik Höller

Development of a Deep Learning Approach for the Segmentation of Convective Cold Pools in Satellite-Observable Data Supervisor: Jan O. Härter

Computer scientists show the way: AI models need not be SO power hungry

The development of AI models is an overlooked climate culprit. Computer scientists at the University of Copenhagen have created a recipe book for designing AI models that use much less energy without compromising…

Global N2O emissions from our planet

N2O is a very potent greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. The production and therefore emissions are greatly influenced by anthropogenic activities such as agriculture...

Dan Bodansky

Daniel M. Bodansky is a preeminent authority on global climate change whose teaching and research focus on international environmental law and public international law. He teaches courses in international law and…

Health data storage has a climate cost. In the future data may be stored in DNA

A lot of energy is required to analyse and store large amounts of data. We may therefore have to take a different approach to data storage in the future. So says a professor Søren Brunak at the University of Copenhagen.

Waste products could innovate pharmaceutical material design

Research highlights the potential for utilizing molecules extracted from side stream products in food and oil industry in the context of pharmaceutical innovation, showcasing the power of interdisciplinary research in…

Visit from Professor Mark Potosnak

On Monday 11th, VOLT had a visit from Prof. Mark Potosnak whose research focuses on interactions between climate change, plants and air quality.

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Olivier Rubin

We would like to invite you all to the inaugural lecture by the newly appointed Professor Olivier Rubin on April 5th 2024, at 14:00 (CET) in Building 25, room 25.1-035, at Roskilde University.

Unlocking oceanic mysteries

ROCS oceanographers dive into the significance of the bottom boundary current south of Iceland!

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 researcher from University of Copenhagen has discovered high concentrations of the powerful greenhouse gas in meltwater…

Scientists use blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for "meat-like" proteins

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have not only succeeded in using blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for a new protein – they have even coaxed the microalgae to produce "meat fibre-like" protein strands…

Scientists use blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for "meat-like" proteins

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have not only succeeded in using blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for a new protein – they have even coaxed the microalgae to produce "meat fiber-like" protein strands…

Bridging climate science with humanities

A complex interplay between facts and emotions Do identity and political attitudes affect our perception of climate change and our incentive to act? According to PhD Andrea Veggerby Lind, the answer is a resounding YES…

Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia

Roughly 14,500 to 10,500 years ago, in the transition from the last glacial period, Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic peoples harvesting vegetation from the wetlands of eastern Jordan created a habitat for birds that would…

New members of CLIMA

We here at CLIMA are delighted to announce the addition of 4 new members to our team. Our new members are: Professor Carina Risvig Hamer is a distinguished scholar specializing in public procurement law, EU law, and…

Does climate change affect young people’s mental health?

A recent ADVANCE report from Mannheim revealed that a relevant proportion of young Germans shows symptoms of climate change distress.

Easy solutions are rarely the answer to society's climate challenges

It can sometimes seem like we're making problems unnecessarily complicated when we, as a society, need to solve the big sustainability challenges. But there are no simple solutions to solving 'wicked problems'.

Exploring the impacts of social media and crowdsourcing on disaster resilience

This paper provides insights into the ongoing research and findings of the LINKS project, which focuses on the application of SMCS technologies in disasters. Indeed, the overall objective of LINKS is strengthening the…

Can the Mediterranean become the new offshore wind powerhouse of Europe?

There is a gap in legal and policy analysis on the challenges for offshore wind in the Mediterranean. The new interdisciplinary research project, WINDMED, will try to provide the answers needed to move forward.

Louise Irvall Rasmussen and Astrid Breck

The Additional Protocol on the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment and its effect on the individual’s current legal status in ECHR

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

Peat bogs store twice as much CO2 as all of the world's forests combined. A new research center at the University of Copenhagen will map Earth’s wetlands and provide important knowledge about the greenhouse gas budgets…

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

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded that the methane uptake in dry landscapes exceeds methane emissions from wet areas across the ice-free part of Greenland. The results of the new study contribut…

Asparagus and orchids are more similar than you think

How is a beech leaf constructed? What determines the appearance of an asparagus? A new 'encyclopaedia’ created by researchers at the University of Copenhagen helps us learn more about the building blocks of plants. The…