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food

2026.04.21

Less food waste: Supermarkets can save money by giving surplus food away

When supermarkets choose the right strategy for surplus food, they can both reduce food waste and…

Public health

2026.04.09

“Wake-up call” from leading sleep scientists: Night-time warming threatens the sleep of billions

Hotter nighttime temperatures disrupt our sleep to an alarming degree and the impacts appear to be…

Waste water

2026.04.09

Fish on antidepressants: Researchers develop new weapon against toxic substances in wastewater

Toxic chemicals from pharmaceuticals such as antidepressants pass through wastewater treatment…

Climate

2026.02.17

New knowledge about Northern Europe's radiator: Volcanic eruptions in the past may have pushed ocean current towards collapse

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age…

Archaeology

2026.02.12

New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them

Using advanced machine-learning and climate models, researchers have shown that the ancestors of…

Wetlands

2026.01.29

Wetlands do not need to be flooded to provide the greatest climate benefit

Contrary to expectations, wetlands do not need to be completely flooded to provide the greatest…

Grant

2025.12.19

Professor Benedikte Brincker awarded DFF grant for Arctic project on Greenlandic youths’ views on climate change

From 2026 and over a four-year period, Professor Benedikte Brincker from Department of Sociology…

biodiversity

2025.12.16

Your Christmas decorations may be hiding a tiny bit of badger and toad

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that moss acts as a natural trap for…

AI and plants

2025.12.15

Researchers revive old pea varieties in huge seed collection: ‘An untapped gold mine for the future’

Using a new AI method, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have rediscovered 51 old pea…

Rewilding

2025.12.11

SCIENCE plays an active role in major nature restoration project

The biodiversity project Vildmarken is multiplying its activities – and so is SCIENCE, to the…

UCPH Sustainability Science

Less food waste: Supermarkets can save money by giving surplus food away

“Wake-up call” from leading sleep scientists: Night-time warming threatens the sleep of billions

Fish on antidepressants: Researchers develop new weapon against toxic substances in wastewater

New knowledge about Northern Europe's radiator: Volcanic eruptions in the past may have pushed ocean current towards collapse

New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them

Wetlands do not need to be flooded to provide the greatest climate benefit

Professor Benedikte Brincker awarded DFF grant for Arctic project on Greenlandic youths’ views on climate change

Your Christmas decorations may be hiding a tiny bit of badger and toad

Researchers revive old pea varieties in huge seed collection: ‘An untapped gold mine for the future’

SCIENCE plays an active role in major nature restoration project