geosciences

New BOKU study provides important insights into previously poorly understood processes at the boundary between water and the atmosphere.

A new study by researchers from Mainz, Oxford, Berlin and Innsbruck shows that Pompeii's early baths were much less hygienic than long assumed. Geochemical analyses of lime deposits from the city's wells and pools reveal severe contamination and shed light on the ancient water supply in Pompeii. Innsbruck geologist Christoph Spötl was involved in the study published in the scientific journal PNAS.

What if the ongoing 15-year megadrought hits Chile again at the end of the century? In light of the ongoing fifteen-year megadrought in Chile, an international team of researchers, including Francesca

The new holistic monitoring system developed under the leadership of TU Graz measures boat waves with millimetre precision using satellite navigation data and sensors on buoys and for the first time allows investigations into the extent to which boat traffic, weather and other factors influence the ecosystem of lakes.

Tropical cyclones can unleash extensive devastation, as recent storms that swept over Jamaica and the Philippines made unmistakably clear.

In a remote cave in northern Greenland, a research team led by geologists Gina Moseley, Gabriella Koltai and Jonathan Baker from the University of Innsbruck has discovered traces of a significantly warmer Arctic.