University of Copenhagen

How should nature be monetised when governments and other stakeholders use cost-benefit analyses to assess the economic impact of projects that directly or indirectly affect nature and its ecosystems? This question is at the heart of a …

What does an asparagus have in common with a vanilla orchid? Not much, if you are just looking at the two plants’ appearances. However, when you look inside - their leaves are more similar than you would think – as revealed by the…

It has long been thought that the Arctic may be a ticking climate bomb. As local temperatures rise and permafrost thaws, more and more of the greenhouse gas methane is released. But in a new study from the Department of Geosciences and…

When sociologists and other social scientists communicate new knowledge, the beaten path is peer-reviewed scientific articles - perhaps supplemented with presentations and media commentary for a wider audience. But research communication…

In a cave in Ranis, Germany, an international research team discovered 45,000-year-old bones that they determined to originate from Homo sapiens, modern humans, and different animals such as cave bears, woolly rhinoceros, and reindeer.…

Michele Betsill likes to use one of her favourite quotes to explain what she often tries to convey as a professor and researcher in global environmental politics. It comes from the late American social critic H. L. Mencken: "For every…

The presence of humans is usually associated with negative effects on flora and fauna, and our species has demonstrably influenced biodiversity negatively in the course of history. But in a new study published in the Journal of…

You have probably noticed that weight loss drugs like Wegovy have been the subject of debate for some time now. And for good reason. Because in a world where more and more people live with obesity, they help people lose excess fat.…

Have you ever wondered what happens in the brain when we move to the right or left? Most people don’t; they just do it without thinking about it. But this simple movement is actually controlled by a complex process.  In a new study,…

“It is amazing that we can visualise the atomic details of the ribosome. Because they are tiny – around 20-30 nanometres.” So says Associate Professor Eva Kummer from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, who is…