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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,…

1. Österreichischer Hitzeaktionstag

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!

Die Terrassenhaussiedlung als Urban Living Lab

Erstes physisches Konsortialtreffen für das Projekt HeriSol in Graz

University of Graz launches project to share green know-how with Southeast Asia

Thailand and Vietnam are not only among the top tourist destinations. According to the Global Carbon Atlas, they are also among the regions with the…

Flood risk on the rise: Climate change causes more persistent heavy rainfall

Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent as a result of climate change. River floods such as those along the Ahr and Meuse valleys in 2021,…

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Neue Publikation: Die Folgen des Klimawandes am Beispiel von Hangrutschungen in der Steiermark

New research: intensity of extreme heatwaves could increase much more than expected

It is known that heatwaves become more severe as the climate warms. But a new study led by the University of Graz now shows that the most extreme heat…