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Research (EN)

28.02.2023

Fossil of the Late Jurassic shark Protospinax annectans from Solnhofen and Eichstätt, Germany (C: Sebastian Stumpf)

Jurassic shark – Shark from the Jurassic period was already highly evolved

Study by an international research group led by palaeobiologist Patrick L. Jambura: New phylogenetic tree provides new insights into the evolutionary...

Public

23.02.2023

Big Picture Talk: Graveyard of Space Technology - 23.02.2023

Register now for the next VISESS Big Picture Talk on the problem of space junk - with Michael Steindorfer (ÖAW), Antonio Caiazzo (ESA) and Annie...

Research (EN)

09.02.2023

11 Feb 2023 - Women in Science Day @ FGGA

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

Research (EN)

17.01.2023

Ocean warming in past interglacial caused shrinking of fishes in the "twilight zone"

Fishes living in the twilight zone of the oceans reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and are a huge food resource, but little is known about their...

Research (EN)

12.01.2023

Largest amber-preserved flower revisited

Scientists of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the University of Vienna studied an exceptionally large flower inclusion, almost measuring 3 cm...

Research (EN)

11.01.2023

Erich Thenius (1924-2022) Foto: Rudolf Gold

In memoriam Erich Thenius (1924–2022)

The University of Vienna, the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy and the Department of Palaeontology mourn the loss of one of...

Research (EN)

22.12.2022

Simulation eines Galaxienhaufens: Ein Wirbel aus hellen Scheiben, die sich um ein zentrales Licht drehen, alles umgeben von einem orangefarbenen Halo.

Cosmology meets data science: After the Big Bang … - with video

What happened after the Big Bang? Astrophysicist Oliver Hahn is tracing our universe's early development by using supercomputers and clever...

Study (EN)

21.12.2022

Lecture Hall with students at UNIVIE. Photo: derknopfdruecker.com

Initiative 53,000: "strong levers" and active support for active studying

In order to increase the number of degree programmes in which students take a certain number of exams , several initiatives have been taken at our...

Research (EN)

06.12.2022

Summary of atmospheric transport from the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Copyright: Baier et al. 2022, Geophysical Research Letters. CC BY 4.0

Transport of air masses in connection with "El Niño" decoded

Transport of air mass from the Pacific Ocean explains weather conditions associated with El Niño in North America, South America and Australia -...

Public

02.12.2022

60years ESO - Feet on the ground, eyes in the sky. (C) ESO

ESO - 60 years: Feet on the Ground, Eyes on the sky

The European Southern Observatory, of which Austria is part, celebrated its 60th anniversary. The Department of Astrophysics took take part in the...

Public

24.11.2022

Entrance COP27, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt 2022

COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh

A report from the UN Climate Conference by Lukas Brunner from the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics. For him, the inclusion of young people is...

International (EN)

23.11.2022

In the background a coastal glacier in an arctic environment, closer to the viewer the ice sheet floats on the the sea, in the foreground a calved iceberg.

Interview with Bethan Davies: Melting glaciers and their future

Due to climate change, glaciers and ice-sheets worldwide are shrinking. Glacial geologist Bethan Davies, currently Ida Pfeiffer Professor at our...

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