The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna is dedicated to teaching and research in the field of sustainability and the management of natural resources.
News
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Dr. Ivana Zivojinovic, senior researcher at BOKU University, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Visiting Scholar grant.
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A new agreement between the IAEA and BOKU University aims to strengthen greenhouse gas monitoring in order to contribute to reducing emissions.
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With the ambitious goal of restoring river corridors in the Danube, the EU-funded DANUBElifelines (DLL) project has officially started in Vienna.
Events
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Seminar Trace Gas Emissions from Desert Soil
“What Drives Trace Gas Emissions from Desert Soils: Biological, Chemical, or Biochemical Processes?”
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45th EPSO Plant Science Seminar
Navigating the Nagoya Protocol, Impacts on Plant Sciences
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A closer look at current reactor designs
In the discussion surrounding the use of nuclear energy, the topic of current reactor designs plays a central role.
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.