News about Ecosystems

Two New Scientists on Tenure Track

Natural History Museum of Denmark has hired two new researchers on tenure track: Natalie Eva Iwanycki Ahlstrand, a botanist, and João Araújo, a mycologist.

New beetle species has bottle-opener shaped genitalia: Now that calls for a Carlsberg!

Six new beetle species have been discovered in South America by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. Among them is one with a distinctively shaped sexual organ that has led the researchers to name it after globa…

Fungal evolution discovered: Mycena can now invade living hosts

Biologists have long known mushrooms of the genus Mycena, commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, as fungi that live off of dead trees and plants. New research from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that bonnets can…

Fungal evolution discovered: Mycena can now invade living hosts

Biologists have long known mushrooms of the genus Mycena, commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, as fungi that live off of dead trees and plants. New research from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that bonnets can…

Villum Synergy: Interdisciplinary research

Although solutions to major challenges usually require cross-disciplinary collaboration, researchers seldom cross disciplinary boundaries in their research. The Synergy programme from the Velux Foundation, however,…

Citizen Science receives a significant boost

Despite the increasing worldwide interest in citizen science, research into the concept itself remains limited. This is the issue a new professorship, possibly the first of its kind worldwide, aims to address.

Gases from bacteria and plankton affect the climate – new research center seeks to calculate by how much

We need to find out how much gasses plants, soil, fungi and bacteria emit into the atmosphere. The gases they release influence the planet’s climate, and we know too little about them. On 19 June 2023, possibly the firs…

New paper published!

Congratulations to the OxyMiST team.

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 mitigation of climate change, and will enhance the understanding of how wetlands across the globe can reduce greenhouse gas…

British Ecological Society journal prize winner: Aya Permin

The British Ecological Society (BES) has announced the winners of its journal prizes for research published in 2022. One of the winner is Aya Permin from our department, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen.

British Ecological Society journal prize winner: Aya Permin

The British Ecological Society (BES) has announced the winners of its journal prizes for research published in 2022. One of the winner is Aya Permin from our department, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen.

Danish researchers discover birds with neurotoxin-laden feathers

An expedition into the jungle of New Guinea has resulted in the discovery of two new species of poisonous birds by researchers from the University of Copenhagen. Genetic changes in these bird species have allowed them t…

Nature’s future pharmacy in peril

For thousands of years, people have relied on the healing properties of plants – in some places they are still the only freely available remedies to this day. Half of the drugs approved worldwide in the last four decade…

Early forests did not change the atmospheric CO2 level very much

Earth scientists from University of Copenhagen have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests emerged on our planet.

Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years

Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time - opening a ‘game-changing’ new chapter in the history of evolution.

Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming

An international team of research scientists, University of Copenhagen researchers among them, has documented the central role of vegetation for Arctic warming for the first time. The new results allow us to make more…

Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming

An international team of research scientists, University of Copenhagen researchers among them, has documented the central role of vegetation for Arctic warming for the first time. The new results allow us to make more…

Apply now for the EnvEuro MSc program 2023

Application for the EnvEuro MSc program in "Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity" is now open Application deadline for 2023 is found here notice different deadlines for each university

Apply now for the EnvEuro MSc program

Application for the EnvEuro MSc program in "Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity" is now open Application deadline for 2023 is found here notice different deadlines for each university

Living Planet Report released with contributions by CMEC researchers

Based on analyses by international researchers, including Jonas Geldmann and Neil Burgess from the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC), the newly released Living Planet Report from WWF shows how…

Framework predicts genetic diversity loss

New study published in Science with CMEC co-authorship resolves a 100 year old challenge for predicting global genetic diversity loss.

Biodiversity cradles and museums: New study on speciation-extinction dynamics

The distribution of old and young species brings new insight into the speciation-extinction dynamics operating in global hotspots of biodiversity.

Process-explicit models reveal the structure and dynamics of biodiversity patterns

In Science Advances by Pilowsky, J.A., Colwell, R.K., Rahbek, C., and Fordham, D.A. (2022)

Carsten Rahbek gets 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.