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Inequalities: why women are more strongly affected by climate security risks

Climate change affects us all. And yet some people are affected by it more than others. “In many societies, women have less access to protection…

Prevention gets more important: Snow cover in Austria is declining sharply

The snow cover in Austria is shrinking by one centimetre a year, and the volume of glaciers could decrease by 80 per cent by 2050. A recent study…

UNIZEIT - Gesetze, um die Welt zu schützen

Der Jurist Oliver Ruppel befasst sich in einem seiner Forschungsschwerpunkte mit rechtlichen Herausforderungen, die der Klimawandel weltweit an…

Early Career Researcher Mentorship and Networking Workshop

10 June 2026, 14:00-18:00

SR 67.01 (Elisabethstraße 27/EG)

Organized by Alyssa Delarosa, Atieh Khatibi, Larissa Von Römer, and Keith Williges

Sustainable reforestation: Researchers identify key factors for successful restoration

Natural forests are not only valuable for CO₂ storage, but also reservoirs of biodiversity. For this reason, areas that are no longer used for…

New groundbreaking computation method for climate extremes

How much will heat, flooding, drought and storms increase as a result of human-induced climate change? In a groundbreaking study, climate researcher…

University of Graz study shows: public money for climate adaptation pays off

In order to plug the budget gap, the state is currently pinching pennies. However, when it comes to adapting to climate change, investing helps to…

New measurements: University of Graz researchers show what causes Greenland's glaciers to melt

Melting glaciers in the Arctic are causing sea levels to rise, threatening coastal regions. The meltwater flowing into the North Atlantic can change…

Wie Geo-Engineering auf Klima-Abkommen wirkt, untersucht Michael Finus

Um den Klimawandel zu bremsen, sollen nicht nur emissionsreduzierende Maßnahmen helfen. Es gibt Überlegungen, technologische Eingriffe vorzunehmen.…

The dark side of life: new method developed to identify soil organisms

A large number of soil animals are smaller than one millimetre and are therefore difficult to study scientifically. Biologists from the University of…

ACRP - 18. Call: Jetzt klimarelevante Forschung für Österreich einreichen

Das Austrian Climate Research Programme (ACRP) fördert orientierte Grundlagenforschung zu Klimawandel, Anpassung, Minderung und Transformation.…

2. Österreichischer Hitzeaktionstag (“Austrian Heat Action Day”)

On 9 June 2026, the 2nd Austrian Heat Action Day will take place. The aim of the Heat Action Day is to further strengthen heat protection measures and…

Setback: Austria's greenhouse gas emissions rise in 2025

Climate protection is currently facing an uphill battle. The United Nations have recently been unable to agree on a roadmap for phasing out fossil…

Fair distribution: Researchers determine just greenhouse gas budgets for all EU regions

Ten years ago, on 12 December 2015, the Paris Climate Agreement was signed at the UN Climate Conference. In order to limit global warming to well…

Influential: Rupert Baumgartner and Holger Hoff among the highly cited researchers

The number of publications in scientific journals is considered to be a measure of a researcher's scientific achievement. How often these works are…

Nitrogen as the key: the overestimated effect of CO2 as a plant fertiliser

High levels of atmospheric CO2 can intensify climate change. Having said that, high CO2 also stimulates plant growth which decreases climate change.…