2013.10.15 | DCE, Public / media
Researchers need to become involved with society and to communicate their insights clearly to decision-makers - who, in turn, need to act on the available knowledge. These were the main points at DCE’s and PEER’s international conference hosted in Aarhus, Denmark by Aarhus University.
2013.10.01 | DCE, Public / media
Research results and experiences from the initiation and implementation of the management plan on pink-footed goose are to be shared internationally to promote research-based management of waterbirds.
2013.05.31 | DCE, Public / media
DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy will be the central portal to the knowledge and technological competences of Aarhus University for the new national test centre for water technology and climate adaptation.
2013.05.28 | DCE, Public / media
The Svalbard population of pink-footed goose continues to increase. Particularly in Norway the geese cause damage to agricultural crops and they threaten vulnerable tundra plants on the Svalbard breeding grounds. Over 40 years there has been a fourfold increase in the population to more than 80,000 individuals.
2013.05.24 | DCE, Public / media
More than 250 leading researchers from most of the world have during the past six years contributed with their knowledge and expertise to the first report on total biological diversity in the Arctic and the changes over recent years.
2013.05.24 | DCE, Public / media
On 11 June 2013 biologist Lars Holst Hansen, DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, Aarhus University, gets the pleasure of seeing one of his many photos from his field stays at Zackenberg Research Centre in the national park in high Arctic North-East Greenland published as a stamp.
2013.05.24 | DCE, Public / media
From 24 – 25 April 2013 DCE, the Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, and DCA, the Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture, hosted an international workshop on the influence of modern agriculture on nature.
2013.05.24 | DCE, Public / media
All the themes of the conference are covered in the abstracts of which a fifth is Danish.
2013.04.17 | DCE, Public / media
The ocean is full of sounds. Breaking waves and surf provide an ever-present background noise, and the many seals, whales, fish and crustaceans communicating via sound contribute to create a complex acoustic environment, which has been termed the “soundcape”.
2013.03.19 | DCE, Public / media
Modern agriculture has a huge influence on nature. The access to cheap nutrients, chemicals and effective machinery has dramatically changed European agriculture.
2013.03.15 | DCE, Public / media
Already within the coming decade Denmark may have a breeding population of wolves that have wandered from Germany up through Jutland. The Jutland peninsula has suitable habitats to support ten family groups of wolves with an average number of eight members.
2012.11.30 | DCE, Public / media
On all seismic vessels operating in Greenland biological observers must be on board, partly to observe sea mammals in connection with the start-up and during seismic surveys (and in certain situations stop seismic activity), and partly to undertake systematic countings of seabirds and sea mammals to obtain density and distribution data to support…
2012.09.18 | DCE, Public / media
The otter has made a unique comeback to Danish nature. In 1980 it was considered one of the most threatened mammals in Denmark.
2012.09.17 | DCE, Public / media
Ecosystems are essential to our well-being and prosperity as they provide us with food, clean air and fresh water. Ecosystems also represent an exceptional source of outdoor recreation opportunities.
2012.08.15 | DCE, Public / media
As per 1st August 2012, chief consultant Hanne Bach, DCE, is the new director of DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, Aarhus University.
2012.08.09 | DCE, Public / media
The Arctic research and monitoring programme - Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) - which is coordinated by Aarhus University, either cooperates with or is formally involved in projects and initiatives in the Arctic region worth half a billion Danish Kroner up till 2016. DCE publishes GEM's working plan.
2012.08.08 | DCE, Public / media
Nearly every seventh adult barnacle goose carries embedded pellets. This is evidenced in an X-ray study of barnacle geese caught in Western Jutland, Denmark, undertaken within the framework of DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, Aarhus University.
2012.08.07 | DCE, Public / media
A drastically increasing need to carry on research in the Arctic regions is immediately reflected in a rapidly increasing number of research and field stations in the northern hemisphere. DCE is publishing a catalogue of more than 45 research and field stations.
2012.08.07 | DCE, Public / media
In 2012-13 DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy supports nine research projects and one conference and communication project at Aarhus University with DKK 10 million.
2012.08.07 | DCE, Public / media
A little less than 45,000 square km of cavernous stony reef at Læsø Trindel in Kattegat has quickly become a preferred dining place for porpoises.
2012.06.14 | DCE, Public / media
Together with Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium, Denmark will initiate a unique management plan for the Svalbard population of the pink-footed goose.
2012.06.11 | DCE, Public / media
Denmark’s annual national inventory report on air pollution to the UN is rock solid – and has now been awarded for its reliability.
2012.05.07 | DCE, Public / media
Denmark’s total greenhouse gas emissions measured in CO2 equivalents have decreased by 11% from 1990 to 2010. The figure does not comprise the net contribution from forestry and land-use. If this is included the reduction is 19.4 %.
2012.05.07 | DCE, Public / media
Denmark’s emissions of many of the gases, heavy metals and particles reported to the UN Convention for long-range transboundary air pollution (UNECE LRTAP) have been reduced markedly in recent years.