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Climate change update: ClimateTracer of the University of Graz provides reliable data

Yesterday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union published its data on global warming up to end of November 2024. These confirm…

Novel Methods of Semiconductor Manufacturing: University of Graz is partner in EU project

How can technological innovations be aligned with principles of sustainability and circularity? This is a challenge being tackled by researchers at…

A result that we can continue to work with: Climate law expert Oliver Ruppel on the COP29

The UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, came to an end last Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Disappointing for many: too little money to support…

"Absolutely necessary": legal expert Gerhard Schnedl on the EU Nature Restoration Law

Some celebrate it as a milestone for nature conservation, others demonise it as an existential threat to agriculture: the EU Nature Restoration Law,…

Reliable forecasting of extreme weather: new study supports improvement of climate models

Torrential rainfall such as that recently experienced in Spain is just one form of extreme weather event that is becoming more frequent as a result of…

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Excellent and climate-friendly: University of Graz presents Green Academia Award 2024

How can outstanding academic achievements and sustainable mobility be successfully combined when travelling on business? The philosophers of the…

New climate records

Whether in terms of greenhouse gas concentrations, temperatures across the globe, ocean heat and global sea level, total land area in extreme drought…

Konstruktive Klimakommunikation

Wenn es um Klimaschutz geht, dann werden Debatten schnell emotional und polarisierend. Damit sich konstruktive Lösungen für die Transformation von…

Extreme weather: Researchers at University of Graz study causes of heavy rain

Researchers at the University of Graz are investigating how warm Mediterranean temperatures influence the intensity of heavy rain in Austria. Their…

Hunga eruption changes the atmosphere: researchers show effects

Less than a week ago, lava began to bubble up from the earth again in Iceland. In Sicily, Mount Etna does not come to rest. The eruption of a volcano…

Extreme heat affects child mortality in Africa

It is a sustainable development goal of the United Nations to reduce child mortality to 25 deaths per 1000 livebirths in children younger than five…

Greenhouse gas emissions decline in Austria: researchers reveal causes

Good news: greenhouse gas emissions in Austria fell by 6.4 percent in 2023, as announced by the Federal Ministry for Climate Action and the…

K3-Kongress zu Klimakommunikation

Der kommende K3-Kongress zu Klimakommunikation findet von 25.- 26. September 2024 an der Universität Graz/Österreich statt.

Wissens-Export nach Südostasien: Know-how zum Klimawandel für Thailand und Vietnam

„Giftiger Smog in Bangkok“ – Die gesundheitsgefährdende Luftverschmutzung in der thailändischen Hauptstadt sorgte zuletzt im Februar für Schlagzeilen.…

Arctic adventure: Florina Schalamon on the challenges facing female polar explorers

Field research at the end of the world. On a ship in the Arctic Ocean, in a remote station or in a tent in the far north, at minus 40 degrees. A real…