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Water drop with copepod and micro plastics in Arctic landscape. Photo and graphics: Rocio Rodrigues Torres
30 MAR

PhD defence about ingestion and effects of microplastics on marine planktonic...

On 6 April 2022, Rocío Rodríguez Torres from DTU Aqua will defend her PhD thesis. It is possible to attend the defence at DTU in Lyngby and online.

Environment and pollution Marine research Polar research
2021
Directly observing predator-prey interactions is necessary to establish a mechanistic understanding of phytoplankton defenses. Photo and graphic work: Fredrik Ryderheim.
27 SEP

PhD defence about predator-induced phytoplankton defenses

On 7 October 2021, Fredrik Ryderheim will defend his PhD thesis. The defence is held at DTU in Lyngby and can be watched online.

Biological systems Ecosystems Marine research
Mikal Schlosser
21 SEP

What Knowledge Do We Lack About the Ocean?

The UN has declared the 2020s a ‘Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development’. Why is this necessary and what important knowledge do we lack about the ocean?...

Environment and pollution Marine research
The Wadden Sea National Park. Photo Colin Seymour
20 AUG

Photo posts reveal huge interest for real coastal nature

A picture is worth a thousand words. So we say, and as for a research project on tourists, nature and social media published in the magazine One Earth today 20 August...

Marine research Ecosystems Climate change
Photo: Colourbox
01 JUN

Ocean Decade begins with a plan for ocean research in the Arctic

The world's oceans will receive special attention in the coming decade. UN launches UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030. The Danish Center...

Marine research Climate change Ecosystems Fisheries and fish stocks
2020
Professor Karen Timmermann. Photo/graphics: DTU Aqua.
01 JUL

New Professor of Biogeochemical Modelling

Karen Timmermann has been appointed Professor at DTU, where she will conduct research into anthropogenic and natural impacts on coastal waters.

Ecosystems Fisheries and fish stocks Marine research Climate change
2019
Catch from bottom trawl survey with Dana. Photo: Esther Beukhof.
12 SEP

PhD defence about how marine fish communities respond to environmental pressures

On 27 September 2019, Esther Beukhof will defend her PhD thesis at DTU, Lyngby.

Fisheries and fish stocks Marine research Ecosystems
Ghost net. Photo: DTU Aqua.
23 AUG

Mapping ghost nets in Danish waters

How much derelict fishing gear is there in the sea around Denmark, and how can it be removed? DTU Aqua will now investigate this.

Marine research Mapping and surveying Environment and pollution
Copepod. Photo: Erik Selander
14 FEB

Climate change is impacting the ocean’s ability to fix carbon dioxide

Climate change is influencing the distribution of zooplankton in the sea, thereby affecting the contribution made by plankton to removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere...

Climate change CO2 separation and CO2 storage Marine research Ecosystems
2018
The researchers—here PhD Kirstine Toxværd—reproduced the life cycle and living conditions of the copepods in an ice cold laboratory. Photo Line Reeh.
12 OCT

Oil spills could harm the Arctic more than expected

Plankton—the foundation of the food chains in the Arctic Ocean—are affected by concentrations of oil pollution much lower than previously assumed.

Marine research Polar research Ecosystems

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