News about Climate

Now we know, what gets roots to grow: Can help in future droughts

A biological mechanism familiar to people who fast helps plant roots grow strong. The discovery by University of Copenhagen scientists provides an answer to a long-unanswered question and a deeper understanding of the…

Student experience in the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methods course, Chennai 2024

As part of the Master of Disaster Management programme, this year’s Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methods (VRAM) elective was hosted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in partnership with the Indian Institute of…

Climate crisis: New project explores how flexible our eating habits are

Funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, researchers from the departments of Anthropology and Sociology will study the eating habits of four generations and how they relate to environmental and climate issues.

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 moss (Sphagnum medium). It belongs to the group of peat mosses that can shape an entire landscape.

Let the sea in - coastal protection and urban development

Smart cities are not so smart after all Ulrik Ekman's research covers a wide range of disciplines. He is drawn to complex adaptive systems, transitional relationships and network thinking. With a background in computer…

Helle Samuelsen: How civil servants promote climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso

The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

Healthy Future exhibition features Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen

COPE member and associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen is featured in a new exhibition inaugurated by the Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Bente Merete…

Fixin’ to be flexitarian: Scrap fish and invasive species can liven up vegetables

Greening the way we eat needn’t mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to “boring” vegetables. University of Copenhagen gastrophysicist Ole G.…

Fixin’ to be flexitarian: Scrap fish and invasive species can liven up vegetables

Greening the way we eat needn’t mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to “boring” vegetables. University of Copenhagen gastrophysicist Ole G.…

Living and Working through Heatwaves in Urban Chennai- Field Reflections

Globally heat is becoming an urgent disaster that needs to be acted upon. Heatwaves are progressively becoming more severe with increasing frequency.

Spencer Williams

Arctic Shipping: Climate Implications and Climate Effects from a Canadian Perspective

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 increase that is nearly four times more than previously estimated. This is the conclusion of a large international stud…

New Nature paper: Tundra ecosystems breathe heavier with rising temperatures

New Nature paper: Tundra ecosystems breathe heavier with rising temperatures VOLT has contributed to a large international article that documents persistently increasing ecosystem respiration (release of CO2 from soil…

Matthew Hatton presents insights from StrathE2EPolar

FutureArcticLives monthly seminars revived with a presentation by Matthew Hatton on the insights from StrathE2EPolar - a strategic modelling tool for ecosystem-based fisheries management – focusing on West Greenland.

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. Small town growth by 300% in 20 years aids rural communities in weathering climate changes.

Visit from Professor Steven Allison

On Tuesday April 16th, VOLT had the pleasure of a visit from our collaborator Steven D. Allison, Professor of Ecology, University of California Irvine. He held a seminar on “Scaling microbial traits from populations to…

Irene Livia Kruse

Chasing the Storms - A Simulation and Observation-Based Exploration of Mesoscale Convective Systems and Cold Pools, from the Midlatitudes to the Tropics Supervisor: Jan O. Härter

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…