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Artificial Intelligence

2024.06.12

AI method reveals millions of dead trees hidden among the living before California’s historic 2020 wildfires

University of Copenhagen scientists may have found a new explanation for the California wildfires o…

Grant

2024.06.12

500 million DKK to research in resilient crops and ecosystems

New research project harnesses environmental DNA to understand how we can transform future cropping…

sustainability

2024.06.03

Avocados are 'bad' and vegans are ridiculous: How we justify eating too much meat

Those of us who find it difficult to eat less meat for the sake of climate tend to apologize or…

fødevarer

2024.06.03

Greenhouses cover more and more of Earth’s surface

Greenhouse cultivation is booming globally, especially in the Global South – and across one country…

Ice sheet

2024.05.30

Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 years

A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers at the University of Copenhagen…

Plants

2024.05.15

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…

Grant

2024.05.08

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

Funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, researchers from the departments of Anthropology…

sustainability

2024.04.26

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…

CLIMATE

2024.04.18

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…

Mental health

2024.04.17

Fluctuating coffee prices put mental pressure on Vietnamese farmers

Vietnamese coffee farmers are experiencing significantly more stress and psychological difficulties…

UCPH Sustainability Science

AI method reveals millions of dead trees hidden among the living before California’s historic 2020 wildfires

500 million DKK to research in resilient crops and ecosystems

Avocados are 'bad' and vegans are ridiculous: How we justify eating too much meat

Greenhouses cover more and more of Earth’s surface

Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 years

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

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

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

Increased CO2 emissions from world’s tundra surprise researchers

Fluctuating coffee prices put mental pressure on Vietnamese farmers