Department of
Environmental Science
Welcome to the Department of Environmental Science
The Department of Environmental Science (ENVS) is one of 12 departments under the faculty of Science & Technology at Aarhus University. It was established in June 2011 through a merger between several research groups at the former National Environmental Research Institute (NERI).
Both basic and applied research is conducted on some of the major challenges facing society, such as pollution and pollution control mechanisms, management of soil, water, air and biodiversity, protection of ecosystem services, climate change, and energy systems.
The department is highly interdisciplinary - the expertise ranges from physics, chemistry, microbiology and mathematical modelling to social science, geography, economics and policy analysis.
A major task of the department is to provide independent, evidence-based scientific advice to government regulatory agencies – primarily the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nature Agency and other users. A new undergraduate degree in Environmental Science is under development to supplement our post-graduate Ph.D. programme.
The department houses about 130 staff and students. This number is expected to increase to 160-170 within the next four to five years. We collaborate closely with scientists from many Danish and international research groups and constantly strive to offer an exciting and inspiring working and study environment.
If you have questions or inquiries related to our work, please feel free to contact any of our staff.
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News
Aarhus University builds research station in North Greenland
2013.01.29 — Researchers from Department of Environmental Science are now making a start on setting up an ultra-modern research station right up in the northernmost part of Greenland. Here they will study climate change and its impact on the air, sea, geology, fauna and flora in the High Arctic region. Project Manager Henrik Skov, Aarhus University, expects researchers to flock from all over the world to make use of the unique opportunities at Station North, after the project received a major grant from the VILLUM FOUNDATION.
Marked reductions in Denmark’s emissions of polluting gases
2012.04.30 — 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.
New Danish greenhouse emission inventory to EU and UN
2012.04.30 — 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 %.