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A lot of gray mud. The Greenland Ice Sheet slowly crushes the landscape on which it rests into a very fine powder, which is called glacial rock flour.It lies like gray mud in the otherwise lush green or snow-white Greenlandic landscape…

Along with an ever-increasing number of obese children around the world, children are entering puberty earlier and earlier. This is particularly true for girls. According to a survey, the onset of puberty occurs on average three months…

We are pursuing the dream of eternal life. We fast to stay healthy. And each year, we spend billions of kroner on treatment to make sure we stay alive. But some people turn 100 years old all by themselves. Why is that?Researchers from the…

The slightly bitter, aromatic and vitalizing beverage is a lifestyle and daily ritual for many. Globally, nearly three billion cups of coffee are consumed every day by us Earthlings. Unfortunately, coffee production has also become…

The wolf’s comeback in Europe has preoccupied people all across the continent over the last years. Where is it? What is its range? What does it live on? The only way to get solid answers to these questions is through GPS tracking. In…

We are constantly surrounded by them. Though we cannot see or feel them, we can often catch their whiff. Volatile gases are emitted into the atmosphere by nearly everything around us – both by human creations and from nature itself:…

More than 20% of the world's children under the age of five have a low height in relation to their age due to undernutrition or malnutrition, i.e. they are stunted. Though childhood stunting does not present an acute danger like famine,…

An experienced inventor will soon take the helm as Vice-Dean for Innovation and External Relations at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Science (SCIENCE). Alone and among others, Jesper Wengel is behind more than 20 patents. He is…

In 2001, Andreas de Neergaard defended his PhD on soil carbon storage and conversion, but it took almost 20 years before the topic became part of the climate debate. The universities do not have that long to adapt to a new world in which…

When we walk around in our everyday life, we might not think of the Earth itself very often. But this planet is the foundation of our life. The air we breathe, the water we drink and the gravity that pins us to the ground. Up until now,…