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News from DTU

2019
Sea. Photo: Helle Falborg.
03 SEP

Marine ecological forecasts are a new tool for climate adaptation

DTU researcher develops short-term forecasts for marine life that can help the fishing industry to adapt to climate change.

Fisheries and fish stocks Marine research Climate change
Illustration of climate change-induced shifts in the distribution of plankton alter the global carbon cycle
12 FEB

Climate change-induced shifts in the distribution of plankton alter the global carbon cycle

Changes in the distribution of zooplankton in the North Atlantic during the past 55 years has led to major changes in the biological carbon pump.

2018
Strand i Nordsjælland. Foto Helle Sørensen.
19 SEP

The sea around Denmark hit by marine heat waves

Up to eight degrees warmer waters than normal. This was how much the hot weather affected the sea during the summer, according to calculations from DTU Aqua.

Marine research Climate adaptation Climate change Ecosystems
Photo: Christian Skov
15 MAY

Anglers supply data for climate research

Researchers have developed a garfish barometer, on which anglers can follow garfish fishing and contribute to climate research.

Fisheries and fish stocks Climate adaptation
2017
Spatial pattern of the strategies proportions in the communities
05 APR

Life history strategies of the European Seas fish communities

What are the spatial patterns of fish life history strategies in the European Seas and what are their main drivers?

Copepods illustration
14 FEB

New data paper on marine copepod traits

We compiled data to understand the ecology of marine copepods based on their fundamental traits, such as body size or growth rate, rather than based on species names. 

Isbjørn der løber henover isen.
10 JAN

Better long-term forecast systems for the increasingly extreme weather

DTU Aqua is part of the ‘blue-action’-project aiming to help communities and businesses cope with the impacts of dramatic Arctic climate changes

Fisheries and fish stocks Marine research Climate change Polar research
2016
Copepod
24 OCT

Ocean life article discussed on Videnskab.dk

A popular article discusses the findings of the recently published paper “Trait biogeography of marine copepods - an analysis across scales” by Brun, Payne and Kiørboe on Videnskab.dk.

New paper on trait biogeography of marine copepods
11 OCT

New paper on trait biogeography of marine copepods

We have produced the first ever global maps of key traits of copepods, the dominant group of zooplankton, by combining geo-located observations of hundreds of taxa that have been made throughout the past century with trait data compiled from the literature. 

An artists conception of bluefin tuna feeding on mackerel in waters east of Greenland - recent work by DTU Aqua scientists has highlighted the unprecedented expansion of this species into these waters and work to be presented at the ICES conference will show these shifts to have been predictable". Illustration by G. Gorick.
16 SEP

Long-term forecasting in the making

Senior Researcher Mark Payne, DTU Aqua will chair new ICES Working Group on Seasonal-to-Decadal Prediction of Marine Ecosystems

Fisheries and fish stocks Marine research
Bluefin tuna illustration
21 APR

Nature News Feature quotes Ocean Life tuna research

Ocean Life research on climate impacts on fish distributions has been quoted in the latest issue of Nature in a "News Feature" article about Greenland's future.  

How reliable are predictions of future plankton distributions? A new paper offers surprising insight
04 APR

How reliable are predictions of future plankton distributions? A new paper offers surprising insight

We find the reliability of predictions of distributional shifts of plankton made by commonly used ‘species distribution models’ to be worse than is commonly appreciated.

2013
Torskens forsvinden fra Nordvest Atlanten i 80’erne havde katastrofale følger for mange familier og industrier i Newfoundland, Canada. Foto Line Reeh/DTU Aqua.
29 MAY

Climate Change at the Dinner Table

An innovative use of catch statistics shows that climate change has already influenced the composition of species in fisheries around the world, and thereby the fish that we eat. 'News & Views-article' in Nature  by Mark Payne, DTU Aqua

Marine research Climate change Fisheries and fish stocks
2012
The Danish research vessel Dana at work in the Atlantic ocean.  Photo: Line Reeh.
13 NOV

Looking into the future

European and American scientists are meeting in Barcelona, Spain this month to launch a new European initiative for climate service observations and modelling. DTU Aqua is leading the work on translating the forecasts into biological outcomes.

Marine research Climate change Ecosystems Fisheries and fish stocks