In the future, the Centre for Green Transition and Marine Ecology will collect all the knowledge researchers have on the marine environment and biodiversity. The centre will advise decision-makers at a time when many new offshore wind turbines are being built.

In the autumn, when right whales swim towards the coasts of South Africa, they ought to be fat and stuffed full. But in recent years, they have become thinner because their food is disappearing with the melting sea ice. This is the result of new Danish and South African research.

How can we manage a sustainable production of fossil-free offshore wind power, and mussels and seaweed in the same marine area? And what are the effects on the marine environment and on biodiversity? This will be elucidated in a new collaboration between Danish universities and private companies.

It has never been easier to find relevant teaching materials about the ocean than it is now. Through a fruitful collaboration with AU IT, the project 'The Head in the Ocean' has developed a new website, where students and teachers at educational institutions easily can navigate through all the…

Modern DNA technology now allows simple monitoring of the distribution of different fish species in remote Arctic areas. This is shown in a new research study just published in the journal “Diversity and Distribution”. The results open up major new perspectives for relatively easy tracking of…

Niels Kanstrup wants to steer hunting and wildlife management towards a sustainable, lead-free future. A 35-year career as an advisor, researcher and active hunter, and a lifelong passion for nature, recently culminated in his defence of his doctoral dissertation at the Department of Ecoscience at…

A new Danish study shows that moths play an unexpected and important role as bee ‘assistants’ by pollinating flowers. The insects, which are perceived as a scourge to textiles in people’s homes, actually contribute to biodiversity and sustain important plant species. Researchers at Aarhus University…