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Reaching climate targets: analytical models must include all stakeholders

The next UN Climate Change Conference, COP 30, will begin in two weeks in Belém, Brazil. Every year, the international community agrees on targets to…

A success story: 20 years of the Wegener Centre at the University of Graz

Paths emerge in that we walk them. In line with this motto, more than 70 scientists from the fields of geophysics, climate physics, meteorology,…

Rückblick: 20 Jahre Wegener Center

Wege entstehen, indem wir sie gehen: Am 3. Oktober 2025 feierte das Wegener Center der Uni Graz sein 20-jähriges Bestehen.

Green Academia Award for Earth Sciences, Business Administration and History

A high number of publications in prestigious research journals in combination with climate-friendly behaviour when it comes to international business…

Climate change unabated: Researchers predict global warming of almost 1.5 degrees for 2025

Summer is over. Despite a partly quite cool July, the last three months were very warm overall in Austria, with over 30 hot days, not to mention the…

Partnerschaft für Klimakompetenz: Security KAG unterstützt das Wegener Center

Ab 2025 unterstützt die Security KAG das Wegener Center für Klima und Globalen Wandel an der Universität Graz über ihre Social Tranches Initiative im…

Hot Earth: Annual report on global climate documents new records

The international annual report on the State of the Climate, published in mid-August, confirms new climate records for 2024. Despite the natural…

Austria's greenhouse gas emissions continue to fall: Uni Graz researchers identify causes

Climate protection is working. Austria's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.56 percent between 2023 and 2024, the Environment Agency Austria announced…

New study shows: Ozone layer recovering over the Antarctic

Significant temperature changes have been observed in the atmosphere in recent decades. Due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations, the…

Amazonas in der Atmosphäre: Wenn sich Flüsse am Himmel bilden

Es gießt in Strömen – buchstäblich. Ausgehend von den Tropen bilden sich nämlich über den Ozeanen sogenannte „Atmospheric Rivers“, die oft doppelt so…

Vegetation under stress: climate change increases the risk of forest fires in Austria

Large-scale forest fires have just been extinguished on the Croatian coast. The Greek island of Chios is still battling the flames. Here in Austria,…

New assessment report: climate change hits Austria particularly hard

Summer is in the starting blocks. Whether it will bring new temperature records remains to be seen. One thing is certain: Over the last few decades,…

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Hitze ist das größte klimabedingte Gesundheitsrisiko – Zeit zu handeln!

Researchers at the University of Graz enable reliable monitoring of Paris climate goals

Global warming is continuously advancing. How quickly this will happen can now be predicted more accurately than ever before, thanks to a method…

Julia Danzer gewinnt STEIRERIN Award!

Am 22. Mai fand in der Seifenfabrik die feierliche Verleihung der STEIRERIN AWARDS 2025 statt, bei der Senior Scientist Julia Danzer nach einem…

Masterprämierung der Umweltsystemwissenschaften 2025

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Annika Reiter und Matthias Salomon!