OGGM
OGGM is an open source model for glacier dynamics that is able to simulate past and future mass-balance, volume and geometry of (almost) any glacier in the world. This mo... [more]
Using present and past observations to understand future climate and environmental change
Participating in climate research worldwide
Latest News
- Twentieth-century contribution to sea-level rise from uncharted glaciersA joint study by the University of Bremen and the University of Innsbruck
- Maintaining a mountain top weather stationSome impressions
- IPCC Special Report SR1.5 publishedInformation, seminar talk, links...
- National awardfor Georg Kaser [German news]
- Seminars 2018/2019Updated schedule
Featured Projects
POP Greenland
A scientific ski traverse of Greenland to sample the levels of pollution in the snow. Persistent organic pollutants (the POPs of the title) include pesticides, fire retar... [more]
Northeast Greenland Caves
We are using cave deposits to work out when in the geologically recent past Greenland was warmer and wetter than today ... [visit website]
Lake Hallstatt: a Paleoflood archive
In collaboration with Natural History Museum Vienna and international collaboration partners within the Face Alps project, University of Innsbruck researchers Dr. Stefan ... [more]
Innsbruck Box (i-Box)
Innsbruck Box (or i-Box for short) is a test bed for studying boundary layer processes in highly complex terrain. [more]
Ortles Project
(PAMOGIS, Pollen analyses of the Mt. Ortles glaciers ice samples) Glacier ice archives important information about: i) climate (air temperature, amount of precipitation);... [more]
ALP-IMP
ALP-IMP researchers will use the unique data potential existing in the “Greater Alpine Region” (GAR) to produce a consistent picture of regional climate variability in th... [more]
DoG - Atmospheric Downscaling for Glacierized mountain environments
Due to given restrictions in computing power, global atmospheric models generally consider mountainous terrains in a very simplified manner. As a consequence, mountain we... [more]
Debris covered glaciers
Three ongoing projects in ACINN and Geography together aim to improve our understanding of the impact of surface rock debris on glacier behaviour. A rock layer on the sur... [more]
Holocene tree-ring isotopes and glaciers
The Holocene Tree-Ring Isotopes and Glaciers Project combines climate information from Alpine glaciers with stable isotope data established on calendar-dated Alpine tree-... [more]