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• 2020.05.25

  Destruction of Nature and Climate Change May Increase the Risk of Pandemics

  Destruction of Nature and Climate Change May Increase the Risk of Pandemics

• 2020.05.25

  Researchers Uncover the Arks of Genetic Diversity in Terrestrial Mammals

  The predicted global distribution of genetic diversity

• 2020.04.14

  New ocean research center

  Professor Katherine Richardson from GLOBE Institute will lead a new ocean research center at the…

• 2020.03.02

  Researchers Solve Old Biodiversity Mystery

  The underlying cause for why some regions are home to an extremely large number of animal species…

• 2019.12.02

  Carsten Rahbek gets DM-award

  Carsten Rahbek, Director of The Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, has been awarded th…

• 2019.11.28

  Rarity is surprisingly common among land plants

  Rarity is surprisingly common among land plants -- and that may be a problem in a changing world …

• 2019.11.07

  CMEC joins forces with 11,000 scientists

  CMEC joins forces with 11,000 scientists Director of CMEC, professor Carsten Rahbek and associate…

• 2019.09.12

  Why is Earth so biologically rich

  Why is Earth so biologically diverse? Mountains hold the answer A pair of companion papers…

• 2019.09.12

  Why is Earth so biologically diverse?

  Why is Earth so biologically diverse? Mountains hold the answer A pair of companion papers publishe…

• 2019.04.25

  Researchers trace snail fever parasites

  New DNA-based method enables researchers to trace snail fever parasites directly in water samples

• 2019.04.21

  The Sound of Denmark

  A citizen science project mapping the Danish soundscapes. The sound of Denmark is an ambitious…

• 2019.04.02

  Villum Investigator Grant to Carsten Rahbek

  What determines geographical patterns of biodiversity? The role of tropical mountains and the cause…

• 2019.02.18

  Islands are Nature's Laboratories

  Islands are nature's laboratories What does a completely new island in Tonga have to tell us about…

• 2019.01.17

  Researchers set Standards for Models in Biodiversity Assesment

  Researchers set standards for models in biodiversity assessments

• 2019.01.16

  Integrating Animal Migration and Population Ecology Across the Annual Cycle

  Workshop at CMEC 4-5th April, 2019

• 2018.11.01

  New bird curator to succeed Jon Fjeldså

  Jon Fjeldså will soon hand over the responsibility of the bird collection at the National History…

• 2018.10.22

  Fish give up the fight after coral bleaching

  Researchers found that when water temperatures heat up for corals, fish ‘tempers’ cool down,…

• 2018.10.04

  Small birds fly at high altitudes towards Africa

  A new study from Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen and Lund…

• 2018.10.03

  3-Day IUCN Workshop: Use of prehistoric data to protect future biodiversity

  The aim of the workshop is to develop a clear set of guidelines to protect biodiversity using…

• 2018.09.14

  Experts highlight need for a "Paris Agreement" for Nature

  As efforts to stabilize the global climate gain momentum, authors of a new paper in Nature…

• 2018.08.30

  Adapt, move or die: how biodiversity reacted to past climate change

  A new paper reviews current knowledge on climate change and biodiversity. In the past, plants and…

• 2018.08.27

  Humboldt's Relevance in the Age of Big Data

  In a newly published essay, Assistant Professor Naia Morueta-Holme, CMEC and Professor…

• 2018.08.17

  John-Arvid Grytnes is visiting CMEC

  John-Arvid Grytnes will be staying at CMEC until the end of 2018. John-Arvid is Professor at…

• 2018.08.06

  Planet at risk of heading towards irreversible “Hothouse Earth” state

  Keeping global warming to within 1.5-2°C may be more difficult than previously assessed. An…

• 2018.06.27

  Assessment of the Nordic coastal ecosystems now published

  This month, the Nordic Council of Ministers published an assessment of the Nordic coastal…

• 2018.06.04

  François Guilhaumon is visiting CMEC

  This week 4 – 8 June, François Guilhaumon is visiting Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climat…

• 2018.05.14

  6 million DKK grant to understand birds’ reaction to climate change

  Associate Professor David Bravo-Nogues from Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural…

• 2018.04.11

  Professor Robert Whittaker is visiting CMEC

  Professor Robert Whittaker will be visiting CMEC on 17 and 18 April 2018. Robert is professor at…

• 2018.03.22

  CMEC student Matthew Goldklang receives Microsoft’s AI for Earth-grant

  Matthew Goldklang, master student at CMEC, receives Microsoft’s AI for Earth-grant. The grant will…

• 2018.03.21

  The environment determines Caribbean hummingbirds’ vulnerability

  Hummingbirds’ specialization and vulnerability are often predicted based on their physical traits.…

• 2018.02.05

  Céline Moreaux is new PhD student at CMEC

  Céline Moreaux started at Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC) as PhD student in…

• 2018.01.29

  Associate Professor Damien Fordham is spending 2018 at CMEC

  Associate Professor Damien Fordham will be spending 2018 on sabbatical at CMEC. Damien is a global…

• 2018.01.12

  Carsten Rahbek is running as candidate for IPBES's Expert Panel

  6th IPBES Plenary Assembly in Medellin, Colombia 17-24 March 2018. Professor Carsten Rahbek will be…

• 2018.01.08

  Fully booked IPBES Pollinator Symposium

  First Danish symposium focusing on wild bees, honeybees and other pollinators, was fully booked wit…

• 2018.01.05

  Lars Lønsmann Iversen is new affiliated postdoc at CMEC

  Lars Lønsmann Iversen is a Carlsberg Foundation research fellow hosted by CMEC and Arizona State…

• 2017.11.22

  EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 %

  Trade of wild birds has dropped about 90% globally since the EU banned bird imports in 2005. A stud…

• 2017.11.01

  Pollinator Symposium

  All over the world, we see decreasing populations of honey and wild bees. We are also experiencing …

• 2017.10.05

  Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding

  Early humans seem to have recognised the dangers of inbreeding at least 34,000 years ago, and…

• 2017.08.28

  Ana Martín González is new Postdoc at CMEC

  Since July 2017, Ana Martín González has been hired as postdoc at Center for Macroecology, Evolutio…

• 2017.07.31

  Bo Dalsgaard hired as Associate professor at CMEC

  In July 2017, Bo Dalsgaard started as Associate professor at Center for Macroecology, Evolution and…

• 2017.06.30

  Genetic evidence from the South Caucasus Region shows surprising long-term stability

  The South Caucasus—home to the countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan—geographically links…

• 2017.06.16

  Critical gaps in our knowledge of where infectious diseases occur

  Today Scientists have called for action. The scientific journal Nature ecology & evolution have…

• 2017.06.16

  Naia Morueta-Holme hired as Assistant professor at CMEC

  New Assistant professor at CMEC and SNM, Naia Morueta-Holme. In June 2017, Naia Morueta-Holme…

• 2017.06.13

  Vacancy: Master's thesis in environmental DNA as a tool for monitoring marine biodiversity

  With marine biodiversity declining globally, efficient and standardized monitoring of ecosystems…

• 2017.06.02

  CMEC hosts Nordic Expert Workshop on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

  Today, biologists, socio-economists and political scientists are meeting at Center for Macroecology…

• 2017.06.01

  Alejandro Fabián Rozenfeld visits CMEC

  From 1 June to 22 June, Alejandro Fabián Rozenfeld is visiting CMEC. Periodically since 2012,…

• 2017.05.24

  From the marina

  In a recent study published in Marine Biology, researchers from CGG and the Natural History Museum…

• 2017.04.27

  Help scientist find the Treecreeper

  Zoologists from Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate at the natural history museum are…

• 2017.04.27

  Scythian horse breeding unveiled: lessons for animal domestication

  A new study led by Professor Ludovic Orlando and published in Science unveils the secrets of horse…

• 2017.04.04

  Steppe migrant thugs pacified by Stone Age farming women

  When present day European genetics was formed during the beginning of the Bronze Age 5000 years ago…

• 2017.03.27

  Visiting CMEC researcher Michael Becker wins prestigious prize

  Visiting researcher at CMEC, Michael Becker has won a British Ecological Society Young Investigator…

• 2017.03.27

  Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier visits CMEC

  This week, post doctoral researcher Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier will be visiting CMEC. She is here…

• 2017.01.30

  New Danish research collaboration will investigate effects of climate change on snail-borne parasites

  New research platform will shed light on how climate change affects the spread of freshwater snails…

• 2017.01.27

  Review article in Nature: Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics.

  In the review co-authors Rasmus Nielsen and Eske Willerslev from CGG provide an overview of the mos…

• 2017.01.16

  CMEC delegation stood out at IBS Tucson

  In the beginning of January 2017, 15 people from CMEC participated in the International Biogeograph…

• 2017.01.04

  Routes of migratory birds follow today’s peaks in resources

  Movement of migratory birds is closely linked to seasonal availability of resources. The birds…

• 2017.01.04

  Katherine Richardson among the 15 scientists to draft UN Report on Sustainable Development

  Katherine Richardson from Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate is among the 15 scientists…

• 2016.12.23

  GeoGenetics is among Science's nine 'runners-up' for 2016

  Each year the journal Science selects a scientific discovery as the 'Breakthrough of the Year'.

• 2016.11.30

  The shape of a bird’s wing determines where it lives

  Bird’s wings generally become shorter and more rounded the closer they live to the equator. Birds…

• 2016.11.21

  Whale shark genetics revealed by water samples

  How many whale sharks can fit into a liter of water? From just a few water samples collected off th…

• 2016.11.18

  DNA study unravels the history of the world’s most produced cereal

  Genome sequence of a 5,310-year-old maize cob provides new insights into the early stages of maize…

• 2016.11.17

  Greenland deep sea DNA

  From just a few liters of water it is now possible to examine the ocean’s fish down to one kilomete…

• 2016.11.08

  Earliest greenlanders had whale for dinner

  Test pit in the midden at Fladstrand, East Greenland, with bone remains and a clearly visible…

• 2016.10.31

  Fossils reveal approaching relocation of plants on Earth

  Scientists from Centre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate predict profound changes in the…

• 2016.10.19

  Dr Kerrie Wilson, associated with CMEC and IFRO, wins Life Scientist of the Year

  Dr Kerrie Wilson, associated with CMEC and IFRO, receives this year’s $50,000 Frank Fenner Prize fo…

• 2016.09.29

  Animals in human altered areas have higher risk of extinction

  Human activity has already transformed the surface of the Earth. A just published Science paper…

• 2016.09.28

  Ancient eggshell protein breaks through the DNA time barrier

  Researchers from Centre for GeoGenetics, the University of York, and the University of Sheffield…

• 2016.09.21

  Dr Kerrie Wilson is visiting CMEC

  Dr Kerrie Wilson from University of Queensland has been appointed affiliated professor at Universit…

• 2016.09.21

  The Greenland ice sheet has raised sea levels by over 4 metres

  A new study in Science Advances has shown that the melting ice sheet is responsible for a much…

• 2016.09.21

  The genetic history of Aboriginal Australians

  It remains debated how Australia was initially populated and how changes in language and culture in…

• 2016.09.14

  CMEC hosts new IPBES office in Denmark

  The Universities in Copenhagen, Southern Denmark and Aarhus have collaborated with the Agency for…

• 2016.09.05

  Wildlife conservation is a matter of development status

  The the largest investigation of wildlife trends in protected areas to date, found that protected…

• 2016.08.17

  PhD at CMEC discovers two new Charinus species

  PhD Gustavo Silva de Miranda from CMEC discovers two new species of Charinus. The discovery helps…

• 2016.08.10

  Textbook story of how humans populated America is “biologically unviable”, study finds

  Using ancient DNA, researchers have created a unique picture of how a prehistoric migration route…

• 2016.08.02

  Congratulations to the new head of IFRO Bo Jellesmark Thorsen

  On behalf of the entire CMEC, Carsten Rahbek congratulates Bo Jellesmark Thorsen with his new…

• 2016.08.01

  The oceans are full of barriers for small organisms

  Differences in small-scale marine environment create patchy distribution of the oceans’ most…

• 2016.07.22

  A rat-race against resistance to antibiotics

  In feces from rats living in the sewage system under a Copenhagen hospital researchers have found…

• 2016.07.19

  Cuckoos pay the cost of migratory short-cut

  The cuckoo's choice of migratory route through Europe is crucial to its chance of securing its…

• 2016.06.29

  Humans artificially drive evolution of new species

  Humans cause evolution of new species. A new study summarises the causes of manmade speciation, and…

• 2016.06.06

  Paola Cocianci is visiting CMEC

  Paola Cocianci, working at the Center of Parasitological Studies and Vectors in the Laboratory of…

• 2016.06.06

  Maria Elena Morgoglionen is visiting CMEC

  Maria Elena Morgoglione, laboratory manager in the Parasitology group at University of Naples…

• 2016.06.03

  New improved Fungi Atlas

  The Danish Fungi Atlas is now up and running with a new and improved Citizen Science portal.

• 2016.06.03

  Questionnaire on social equity in protected areas

  Addressing equity in protected sites is one of the most urgent challenges in conservation. Please…

• 2016.05.17

  Director Willerslev profiled in New York Times

  A couple of month's back science journalist Carl Zimmer from the New York Times visited CGG. He…

• 2016.05.13

  Professor Nathan Sanders awarded prestigious research grant

  The Carlsbeg Foundation has awarded Professor Nathan Sanders with a ”Semper Ardens” research grant…

• 2016.05.10

  Coral mass spawning triggered by seasonal rises in ocean temperature

  Scientists have discovered rapidly rising seasonal sea temperatures are the likely trigger for cora…

• 2016.05.02

  Sean Connolly is visiting CMEC

  Professor Sean Connolly, program leader at "Ecosystem Dynamics: Past, Present & Future" in the ARC…

• 2016.04.28

  Cooling climate and oceanographic changes main drivers behind great mass extinction event

  One of the largest mass extinctions in the history of life took place during a major glacial episod…

• 2016.04.21

  Better data needed to stop sixth mass extinction

  Call for better data as study reveals just 5% of datasets meet a ‘gold standard’ needed for…

• 2016.04.11

  PhD Scholarship available

  Using citizen science to examine behavior, resource use, biodiversity, and distributions of ants in…

• 2016.04.10

  New database gives scientists hope for helping coral reefs

  With the future of coral reefs threatened now more than ever, researchers have announced the releas…

• 2016.04.05

  Armed conflict must be factored into conservation decisions

  A paper out today in Nature Communications led by Dr Edd Hammill (CEED, UQ & Uni Utah) and…

• 2016.04.05

  Amy Zanne visits CMEC

  Amy Zannee, Associate Professor at George Washington University in the USA visists CMEC for the nex…

• 2016.03.30

  Tad Fukami from Stanford University is visiting CMEC

  Tad Fukami, Associate Professor at Stanford University is visiting CMEC on sabbatical from March 31…

• 2016.03.04

  Golden standard for forecasting biodiversity

  Next week Miguel Araujo, Carsten Rahbek and Babak Naimi will host a workshop at CMEC on how to…

• 2016.03.04

  Perspectives on fungi in a changing world

  Aimee Classen, Håvard Kauserud and Jacob Heilmann-Clausen arranged a symposium today at CMEC

• 2016.02.29

  Pollinators vital to our food supply under threat

  A growing number of pollinator species worldwide are being driven toward extinction by diverse…

• 2016.02.22

  Eight new species of whip spider found in the Brazilian Amazon

  Eight new whip spider species have been found in the Brazilian Amazon, almost doubling the number o…

• 2016.02.22

  Dr Adam C Algar is visiting CMEC

  Adam Algar from University of Nottingham will visit on the 25-26th February.

• 2016.02.12

  Two giant grants from the EU to CGG

  The Natural History Museum of Denmark has received two large research grants totalling approximatel…