Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen
Past, present and future climate change - Observations and modelling results on different time and length scales
Climate has always been undergoing changes. From geoscientific perspectives, we look at climate in deep time perspectives (millions of years ago), during the past ~10.000 years, during recent/ongoing changes, and in future scenarios. Moreover, we look at different length scales, Further, we do integrated geo-bio-studies to investigate effects of climate change, and we relate our studies to societal problems, such as human migration.
The five cases below can be glued together using the time-scales and length scales we relate to combined with visuals showing samples, maps (i.e. satellite images), cross sections or computer model simulations:
1.CENPERM. Centre of excellence, which studies permafrost from an integrated geo-bio perspective.
2.Hydrology (e.g. HOBE, centre of excellence). Future scenarios for developments in e.g. precipitation and the hydrological cycle.
3.Climate archives in sedimentary deposits reveal sea-level change and changes in storminess
4.Modelling of deep time ocean-land-atmosphere interactions
5.Remote sensing for mapping of impact of climate effects on Earth’s surface
