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Research (EN)

16.04.2024

Seed ferns experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago

According to a research team led by Mario Coiro and Leyla Seyfullah, the net-like leaf veining typical for today’s flowering plants developed much...

Research (EN)

12.04.2024

Stellar winds of three sun-like stars detected for the first time

An international research team led by Kristina Kislyakova from the University of Vienna has for the first time directly detected stellar winds from...

Visiting (EN)

02.04.2024

Currently visiting: Sonja Aulbach

During April 2024, the geologist Sonja Aulbach is visiting professor at the Department of Lithospheric Research. Research on the deep earth for her is...

Visiting (EN)

31.03.2024

Currently visiting: Fabian Pettig

Fabian Pettig, geographer and expert in didactics and sustainability, is visiting professor at our Faculty from end of March until June. For him, the...

Research (EN)

21.03.2024

Fig. 1: Aellopobatis bavarica: The newly discovered species, complete fossils are only known from Germany. This species is also the largest species of all and can grow up to 170 cm in size. C: Türtscher et al. (2024, Figure 4)

Rays were more diverse 150 million years ago than previously thought

In a new study recently published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology, an international team of scientists led by palaeobiologist Julia Türtscher...

Research (EN)

19.03.2024

Frequency of heat days systematically underestimated in many studies

Lukas Brunner and Aiko Voigt (Meteorology and Geophysics) discovered error in established calculation method for temperature extremes

Study (EN)

01.03.2024

Win up to 300 Euro for your best "Snapshots of Exploration"!

Call 2024 is open: All students at our Faculty as well as students of two Postgraduate-programmes are invited to submit the best photos of their...

Research (EN)

21.02.2024

Telescopes on route to the Moon

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the space probe “Intuitive Machines IM-1” as payload bound to the moon, that should touch down on...

Study (EN)

21.02.2024

Picture with writing: "Mind the gap" by Marco Leo on Flickr, CC 2.0

Lecture series "Academia and In/Equality"

Seven lectures open to the public and streamed: New lecture series addresses inequalities in the scientific community with a focus on astronomy, earth...

Diversity_Gender

11.02.2024

Women in Science @ FGGA

Science is fascinating, impactful, multifaceted - and female, too! To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Feb 11 , we have...

Lithosphere

10.02.2024

Antarctica Dome Snow - Photo by Stephen Hudson CC 2.5 on Wikimedia

Model study on impact-induced initiation of Snowball Earth

New article in Science Advances with participation of Christian Köberl: Impact winter following an asteroid impact could have led to global...

Public

29.01.2024

Inaugural lectures: Artificial intelligence, sustainable cities and colourful galaxies

Video and picture galery: On 11 January 2024, the joint inaugural lectures of Krzysztof Janowicz, Kerstin Krellenberg and Glenn van de Ven took place...

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