Microflora Danica compiles 10,686 shotgun metagenomes and 449 rRNA datasets to create an atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes, revealing hidden homogeneity and novel nitrifiers.

Nature · Dec 3, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Ancient environmental DNA indicates limited human impact on marine biodiversity in pre-industrial Iceland

Luke E. Holman, Emilia M. R. Arfaoui, Lene Bruhn Pedersen, Wesley R. Farnsworth, Philippa L Ascough, Paul Butler, Esther Ruth Guðmundsdóttir, David J. Reynolds, Tamara Trofimova, Jack Thomas Rhodes Wilkin, Christian Carøe, Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Ramona Harrison, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Mikkel Winther Pedersen, , Kristine Bohmann

The paper uses ancient environmental DNA to analyze marine biodiversity in pre-industrial Iceland, finding limited human impact compared to climate effects.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · Jul 10, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology

Airborne environmental DNA for terrestrial vertebrate community monitoring

Christina Lynggaard, Mads F. Bertelsen, Casper Vindahl Jensen, Matthew Stanley Johnson, Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Morten Tange Olsen, Kristine Bohmann

This study demonstrates that airborne environmental DNA can detect terrestrial vertebrate taxa, offering a new method for biodiversity monitoring.

Current Biology · Jan 6, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology