Archive
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Ologies podcast on Speleology23.09.2024
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New article in climate of the past23.09.2024
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Congratulations Dr. Molenaar16.07.2024
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Documentary film on the formation of the Alps and their stability
Now available in the ZDF Mediathek and on June 2, 2024, 8:15 p.m. on ZDFinfo.
Geologist Hannah Pomella from the University of Innsbruck reports on the formation of the Alps and the construction of the Brenner Base Tunnel and computer scientist Jan Beutel on his research into the stability of mountains using the example of the Matterhorn.27.06.2024 -
New assistent professor Anna Dominika Rogowitz
We are pleased to welcome Anna Dominika Rogowitz as our new assistant professor!
27.06.2024 -
New publication by Gabriella Koltai
A new study led by Gabriella Koltai fills a gap in the use of calcite at a geothermometer.
29.01.2024 -
Writing Retreat
PhDs, PostDocs and staff from the Institute of Geology as well as the Institute of Mineralogy retreated for a week into the magnificent halls of the St. Lambrecht monastery in upper Styria from the 20-24th of November to focus on their individual writing projects. The science writing retreat was organized by the research center "Geodynamics and Geomaterials".
27.11.2023 -
Welcome guest professor Jeffrey Munroe
We are pleased to welcome guest professor Jeffrey Munroe to the Institute.
01.10.2023 -
New publication: thermoelastic properties of ice in caves
A recently published article shows how the thermoelastic properties of ice in caves explain the widespread occurrence of damaged stalagmites in caves during cold periods of the Pleistocene.
06.05.2023 -
New publication: quantitative constraints on long-term climate-induced groundwater changes in the desert of Nevada
A new study provides quantitative constraints on long-term climate-induced groundwater changes in the desert of Nevada.
12.04.2023 -
New publication: seismic hazard estimates for Carinthia
A new study validates seismic hazard estimates for Carinthia using a new calibrated 14.000-year lacustrine paleoseismology record in lake Wörthersee.
18.01.2023 -
Research award of the Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse for Gina Moseley
Gina Moseley received the research award of the Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse for her habilitation thesis "Improving understanding of rapid climate change events and past warm periods in the Quaternary."
16.01.2023 -
Renewal of Donation by Petroleum Experts
Petroleum Experts Ltd renews 10 educational Move software licences valued at £ 1,872,218.26 donated to the Department of Geology.
13.12.2022 -
New institute secretary: Alexandra Kapferer
We welcome Alexandra Kapferer who joins our institute as a second secretary.
24.10.2022 -
New publication: Heinrich Stadial 2 with implications for the precise chronology of Greenland and Antarctic ice cores
A new article examines Heinrich Stadial 2 with implications for the precise chronology of Greenland and Antarctic ice cores.
05.10.2022 -
Thank you ao. Univ.-Prof. i. R. Dr. Karl Krainer
After 45 years at the University of Innsbruck (first as student, then research assistant and professor since 1997), Karl Krainer retired end of September 2022. We thank him for his great contribution to research and teaching and wish him all the best.
30.09.2022 -
New publication: 1000 year-long calendar of megadroughts in northeast India
A new study provides a 1000 year-long calendar of megadroughts in northeast India.
20.09.2022 -
Article in National Geographic: ice caves in the Alps
In its recent issue National Geographic features ice caves in the Alps and documents the work by members of the Quaternary Research Group in this rapidly changing subsurface world.
13.09.2022 -
New publication: Little Ice Age climate in Europe
Christoph Spötl participated in a recent study of the Little Ice Age climate in Europe.
20.08.2022 -
New publication: 220 kyr-spanning event-stratigraphic record of the Dead Sea
Yin Lu's study unravels a 220 kyr-spanning event-stratigraphic record of the Dead Sea revealing contrasting roles of sediment density flows over glacial cycles.
15.08.2022 -
New publication: long-term evolution of ice in caves of the Alps
Tanguy Racine's new study provides unprecedented insights into the long-term evolution of ice in caves of the Alps
29.07.2022 -
Successful KR9 conference
We hosted the international conference "Climate Change The Karst Record IX (KR9)"
21.07.2022 -
New institute secretary Gabriella Hirsch
We welcome Gabriella Hirsch who joins our institute as a second secretary.
11.01.2022