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News
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BOKU researcher Thomas Rosenau has been elected a full member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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![[Translate to English:] (c) Florian Reischauer](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/7/csm__P7A4970__1__baac75d270.jpg)
Three BOKU PhD students, led by Patrick Scherhaufer, organised a session at the conference of the Society for Transdisciplinary and Participatory…
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BOKU grants diversity prizes for research at Tulln's inaugural Diversity Day. Discover the strategy behind the awards and meet the winners.
Events
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Master's Information Day
The Master's Information Days at BOKU University offer you the chance to learn about exciting new fields of study and talk to Master's lecturers and…
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52nd EPSO Plant Science Seminar
‘Genome Editing Public Consultation Outcomes’
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.