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Research (EN)

20.11.2025

A young whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) rests under a table coral off the coast of Indonesia. (C) Manuel Staggl

Against previous assumptions: Shark and ray diversity is declining, not increasing

Surprising long-term decline reveals urgent conservation priorities: preserving and restoring diverse coastal habitats - Study led by Manuel Staggl...

Visiting (EN)

06.11.2025

Currently visiting: Sebastian Kamann

In his research, the astrophysicist explores the evolution of massive star clusters and the hidden presence of black holes within them. He builds on...

Research (EN)

22.10.2025

Students discover Mars mineral in laboratory

Earth Sciences students at the University of Vienna have artificially produced an iron sulphate compound in the laboratory and examined its spectral...

Research (EN)

16.10.2025

Schwarzgrundel (Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758) aus der Nordadria und ein fossiler Otolith. © Michael Stachowitch (Schwarzgrundel) und Isabella Leonhard (Otolith))

Hidden life histories in fish ears

Fossilized fish ear stones - known as otoliths - can reveal far more than previously thought. In a recent study, a team of palaeontologists from the...

Research (EN)

01.09.2025

"Fairy circle" in the São Francisco Basin in Brazil. Foto: Alain Prinzhofer

"Fairy circles" can provide clues to the depth of natural hydrogen sources

Sustainable energy: New study by the University of Vienna explains why 'fairy circles' subside. The study by Martin Schöpfer from the Department of...

Research (EN)

22.07.2025

Clouds over wine yard and city skyline © Nora Gau

Cloud Power: How the Sky Shapes Our Climate

The wide-ranging impact of clouds on the climate explained by Blaž Gasparini from the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics and Paul Winkler from...

Research (EN)

22.07.2025

Of Microbes and Mires: What the Diet of Bacteria Has to Do With the Global Climate

Geoecologist Stephan Glatzel, biogeochemist Kyle Boodoo and microbiologist Petra Pjevac explain in an ECH article, why mires and peat bogs are...

Research (EN)

19.06.2025

First Flora Hochsinger Grant goes to Chi Zhang

The FGGA's new Flora Hochsinger Grant aims to support tenure(-track) professors at our Faculty. The first grant goes to Chi Zhang from the Department...

Study (EN)

19.06.2025

And the Teaching Awards 2025 go to ...

Die two Teaching Awards of the Faculty go to Oliver Hahn, Agata Wislocka und Bodo Ziegler for the course Cosmology and to Janek Walk and Philipp Marr...

Study (EN)

18.06.2025

"Meet the Faculty for Exploration": Networking, Exchange, and Teaching Awards

On June 12, 2025, alumni, faculty staff, and student representatives once again gathered at UZA II. Although the BBQ was canceled in light of the...

Visiting (EN)

13.06.2025

Mapping the Milky Way: The difficult view from within

From May to August 2025, Sergey Khoperskov from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam is Ida Pfeiffer Professor at the Faculty of Earth...

Visiting (EN)

29.05.2025

Currently visiting: Catherine Russell

For as long as she can remember, Catherine Russell has been fascinated by what has shaped the landscape as it appears today, which has evolved into...

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