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BOKU University is included for the first time in the international Quacquarelli Symonds subject rankings and takes 28th place in agricultural and…
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On December 10, BOKU University and IUFRO invite you to a special public lecture by renowned forestry expert Michael Kleine.
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Helmut Haberl and Karlheinz Erb from the Institute of Social Ecology were once again among the world's most cited researchers in 2024.
Research
The majority of Alpine river discharge is older than one month
A recently published joint study by the BOKU University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich shows the age distribution of Alpine rivers in Switzerland and Austria and shows that the majority of the annual runoff is significantly older than one month. This means that even in the event of floods, only a small proportion of the runoff consists of recent precipitation.