Michael Meyer participated in a new publication about the early Homo sapiens in the Kalahari

A new publication led by Gina Moseley provides the first speleothem-based palaeoclimate record from the high Arctic in Greenland.

A new study pinpoints the cause of the extreme ice advance during the Last Glacial Maximum in the Alps.

In an online ceremony Gabriella Koltai was awarded the Walther E. Petrascheck Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

On March 1 Michael Strasser took over from Diethard Sanders as the new head of the institute, while Christoph Spötl took responsibility as the new Dean for the Faculty of Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences.

A new study led by Patrick Oswald and other members of our institute presents new evidence that strong earthquakes triggered prehistoric rockslides in the Eastern Alps.

A new publication led by Paul Wilcox provides quantitative evidence that the Last Interglacial was not only warmer than today but also resulted in an elevation-dependent warming in the Alps.

In the last round of the FWF decision board meeting two proposals from our institute were successful.