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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

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...

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...

Research (EN)

22.01.2024

Extinct megatooth shark Megalodon was more slender than previously thought

A new study with participation of palaeontologists at the University of Vienna shows the Megalodon, a gigantic shark that went extinct 3.6 million...

Research (EN)

19.01.2024

Welcome: Professor Meike Levin-Keitel

Meike Levin-Keitel started as Professor for Spatial Research and Spatial Planning at the Department of Geography and Regional Research beginning of...

Research (EN)

12.01.2024

Antarctic ice cores: Pollution through mining already in the 13th century

An international team of scientists with participation of Andreas Stohl and Andreas Plach (both Meteorology and Geophysics) found evidence of Southern...

Research (EN)

09.01.2024

C: Daria Tatsii, University of Vienna & Taraprasad Bhowmick, MPI Goettingen with OpenSCAD/MeshLab

Shape matters: How microplastic travels that far

How far microplastics travel in the atmosphere depends crucially on particle shape, according to a recent study by scientists at the University of...

Research (EN)

05.01.2024

The Up-Goer Five challenge at the EGU

Can you explain your science using only the thousand most common English words? If so, register until 10.01.2024 for the Up-Goer Five challenge at the...

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