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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 26/08/2026

How do glaciers sculpt the seafloor? 🧊 A #geology team including #univie researcher Daniel Le Heron @diamictite.bsky.social used ice‑age rocks to unveil a new glacier–seafloor model, shedding light on hard‑to‑observe marine ice sheets. 🔍 Want to find out more?⤵️ fgga.univie.ac.at/forschung/fo...

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Ancient Rocks Reveal How Glaciers Shape the Seafloor

An international team of geologists has used exceptionally preserved rocks from ancient ice ages to develop a new understanding of how glaciers interact with the seafloor. Their findings, published in...

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 18/06/2026

📣 Event tip: Data Science + AI Day 2026 „Advancing Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust and Understand" 🔬 @ds-vienna.bsky.social invites to an #AI showcase on June 22 — panels & keynotes highlighting how Vienna's university researchers are advancing interpretable AI systems we can trust. 🔍 More: ⤵️

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Data Science & AI Day 2026

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

To mark the February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, some of the numerous skilled, committed and inspiring women working as scientists at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy @univie.ac.at present themselves in a multifaceted photo collage.

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 11/02/2026

🏛️ Find out more about this and the participating faculties and centres of the University of Vienna here: ⤵️ gleichstellung.univie.ac.at/en/equality/...

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 11/02/2026

11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science‼️ This day aims to draw attention to the gender gap in #STEM subjects. It is a day that inspires, challenges & shows how #science can become more equitable. 👩‍🔬 #univienna

The picture shows the shadow of the muse in the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna.

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The new SFB "Dark UNiverse Explorations“ with participation of Oliver Hahn @cosmohahn.bsky.social and Sylvia Ploeckinger @univie.ac.at aims at shedding light on the dark universe by (dark energy and dark matter) - see 👉 fgga.univie.ac.at/en/dune/

As part of DUNE, observational data – here an image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2390 from ESA's Euclid mission – will be compared with virtual universes to study the dark matter and energy of the universe. Photo: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi. CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

This scene is from a high‑fidelity numerical universe, evolved with 70 billion simulation particles to capture the growth of structure from quantum seeds to cosmic architecture. Using the DISCO-DJ software, such model universes can be simulated in a few seconds, allowing to rapidly compare many model predictions against measurements from telescopes on the ground and in space, such as the Euclid mission. Credit: The DISCO-DJ team (F. List, O. Hahn, L. Winkler, T. Floess, University of Vienna)

Matter in the local universe is arranged in a web-like structure. At the nodes, galaxies, galaxy groups, and massive galaxy clusters take form. The large image shows the distribution of all baryonic matter—stars, gas, and dust—in a simulation from the COLIBRE project. The smaller images display a few examples of the thousands of galaxies that emerge within the simulation. Just as in the observed universe, some COLIBRE galaxies evolve into slender spiral galaxies (e.g., lower left), while others adopt an elliptical morphology (e.g., lower right). Image: (C) COLIBRE Team (www.colibre-simulations.org); Schaye et al. (2025, arXiv:2508.21126)

The ‘Dark UNiverse Explorations (DUNE)’ SFB team. From left to right: Oliver Hahn (University of Vienna), Laila Linke (University of Innsbruck), Sebastian Grandis (University of Innsbruck), Francine Marleau (University of Innsbruck), Sylvia Ploeckinger (University of Vienna), Tim Schrabback (University of Innsbruck), Jorryt Matthee (ISTA). Photo: private

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 20/11/2025

Bisherige Annahmen widerlegt: #Artenrückgang statt Artenzunahme bei Haien & Rochen 🦈 Überraschender Langzeit-Rückgang enthüllt dringende #Schutzprioritäten, etwa Erhalt und die Wiederherstellung vielfältiger Küstenlebensräume. Die Studie liefert wichtige Erkenntnisse für den modernen #Meeresschutz.‼️

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Bisherige Annahmen widerlegt: Artenrückgang statt Artenzunahme bei Haien und Rochen

Überraschender Langzeit-Rückgang enthüllt dringende Schutzprioritäten, etwa Erhalt und die Wiederherstellung vielfältiger Küstenlebensräume

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Quantum Science | University of Vienna @quantumunivie.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

⚛️🙌 We would like to invite you to a guest talk by Prof. Dr. Nicola Spaldin from the @ethz.ch. 🗓️ Date: Thursday, 6 November 2025, 17:00 📍 Location: Lise Meitner Lecture Hall, Strudlhofgasse 4, 1090 Vienna 🔗 More Info: physik.univie.ac.at/events/event... 📸: © Giulia Marthaler / ETH Zürich

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 22/10/2025

Earth Sciences students at #univienna have artificially produced an iron sulphate compound in the laboratory and examined its spectral signal. 🔬 The surprise that followed: this signal matches a spectral signal from #Mars that #NASA has not yet been able to assign to any known #mineral. More: ⤵️

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Students discover Mars mineral in laboratory

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Bezüglich Leben auf dem Mars gibt es (noch) nicht die "smoking gun", aber ein spannendes Indiz für eine mögliche Biosignatur, wie @florianaigner.at wieder mal so anschaulich Schritt für Schritt hier erklärt 👉

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

As simple as possible, but not simpler: Recent article in AGU Advances co-authored by @aikovoigt.bsky.social @univie.ac.at was featured as Editor's Highlight on @eos.org making the case for the value of idealized models in Earth system science 🌏 👉 eos.org/editor-highl...

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As Simple as Possible: The Importance of Idealized Climate Models - Eos

As models that simulate Earth’s climate system become increasingly complex, the use of simpler and more flexible idealized models remains important for science and education.

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

In two weeks, the Stellar Origins 2025 conference starts in Vienna! Check out the programme 👉 stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/program/ and follow @stellarorigins2025.bsky.social for the latests results on star formation and what we have learned from ALMA, JWST, and Gaia observations 🔭💫 @univie.ac.at

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🌍 The first Planet Earth Day 2025 of the University of Vienna in cooperation with EGU and Kinderbüro was so much fun 🫶 Many thanks to all the interested visitors who joined us in exploring our wonderful Earth and the ‘Science Marketplace’ end of April.

At the ‘Meteorites or Meteowrongs’ station, Camilla Imarisio, who was in Vienna for the EGU25, explained the difference between ‘meteorites’ and ‘meteowrongs’. Foto: © Walter Skokanitsch

Diana Hatzenbühler explained her project on the Anthropocene. Foto: Skokanitsch

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy earth day! 🌏🔭 Visit us on Sunday, 27 April at the Geocenter of the University of Vienna for "Planet Earth Day", a day for families, students, teachers and all interested party we organize together with the children's university @univie.ac.at and @egu.eu 👉 planetearthday.univie.ac.at

Team "Sternwarte" in front of the mobile planetarium. Photo: Marko Kovic.

Kids with a mikroskope. Photo: Barbara Mair

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Von den Tiefen der Meere bis zu den Sternen - Forschen für unsere wunderbare Erde! 🌏🔭🔬🌱 Komm am 27.4. zum „Planet Earth Day“ ans Geozentrum @univie.ac.at - reise im mobilen Planetarium zu den Sternen, erkunde mit der VR-Brille den Untergrund Wiens, erzeuge dein eigenes Erdbeben ... Happy Earth Day!

Team Sternwarte vor dem Mobilen Planetarium. Foto: Marko Kovic

Kinder beim Mikroskopieren. Foto: Barbara Mair

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Blaž Gasparini @blazgaspa.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Had a great few days at the annual tpchange.de meeting in Bad Dürkheim! Only now did I realize how big this project is, including everything related to the extratropical upper troposphere & lower stratosphere.

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 11/02/2025

Today is the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞! 🚀 The University of Vienna also sends a signal on 11 February: On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the University shines a spotlight on female academics working at its natural sciences faculties. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⤵

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Women in Science

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 03/02/2025

Antarktisches Eis gibt Aufschluss über den zukünftigen Eisverlust 🧊 Eine kürzlich in „Nature“ veröffentlichte Studie unter Beteiligung von Marina Dütsch von der Universität Wien untersuchte, wie sich die letzte Warmzeit vor rund 100.000 Jahren auf das westantarktische Eisschild auswirkte. Mehr: ⤵

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Antarktisches Eis gibt Aufschluss über den zukünftigen Eisverlust

Eine kürzlich in "Nature" veröffentlichte Studie, an der auch die Meteorologin Marina Dütsch von der Universität Wien beteiligt war, untersuchte, wie sich die letzte Warmzeit vor etwa 100.000 Jahren a...

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 06/02/2025

New @circleu.bsky.social Online Course: “Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives". In the summer semester of 2025, the lecture series is an official Circle U. course, open to incoming BA students from Circle U. partner universities for online attendance.🌍 More: ⤵

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Circle U. Online Course: Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 06/02/2025

New study in the “Journal of Geophysical Research” @agu.org “Do Microplastics Contribute to the Total Number Concentration of Ice Nucleating Particles?” ☁🌍 #Microplastics may affect cloud formation and highlights the need to reduce uncertainty in MP #emissions. Read more here: ⤵ #geo #wx

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Do Microplastics Contribute to the Total Number Concentration of Ice Nucleating Particles?

We assess road traffic-related microplastic number concentrations in the atmosphere and their contribution to total ice nucleating particles Microplastics can disperse throughout the entire tropo...

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 06/02/2025

Mikroplastik von Autoreifen beeinflusst Wolkenbildung und #Klima ☁ Studie von Klimawissenschafter*innen der Universität Wien modelliert Einfluss von Reifenabrieb auf globales Klima: #Mikroplastik ist in manchen Regionen durchaus relevant für die Bildung von Eiswolken und damit auch klimarelevant. ⤵

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Mikroplastik von Autoreifen beeinflusst Wolkenbildung und Klima

Studie von Klimawissenschafter*innen der Universität Wien modelliert Einfluss von Reifenabrieb auf globales Klima. Laut ersten Ergebnissen ist Mikroplastik in manchen Regionen durchaus relevant für di...

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 15/01/2025

The ocean is the hottest it has ever been recorded by humans, not only at the surface temperature but also for the upper 2000 meters. 🌡 This is the result of a new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences with participation of Michael Mayer, meteorologist at the University of Vienna. 🌊 ⤵

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Ocean temperatures reached a new record high in 2024

The ocean is the hottest it has ever been recorded by humans, not only at the surface temperature but also for the upper 2000 meters. This is the result of a new study published in Advances in Atmosph...

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 07/01/2025

Blei schuld an IQ-Rückgang: Eisbohrkerne aus der Arktis ermöglichten Rekonstruktion der Bleibelastung im alten Rom - die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass dadurch, während der Pax Romana, eine Verringerung des IQs um 2 bis 3 Punkte passierte. 🧊🤯 Zur Aussendung: ⤵ medienportal.univie.ac.at/media/aktuel...

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Bleiverschmutzung führte zu IQ-Rückgang bei Menschen im Römischen Reich

Eisbohrkerne aus der Arktis ermöglichten Rekonstruktion der Bleibelastung im alten Rom

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

This year, @aikovoigt.bsky.social from @univie.ac.at is part of the Scientific Program Committee of the ASHPC25. He is particularly looking forward to an "exciting session on climate and weather research and the role of HPC and ML/AI in advancing understanding and providing information to society".

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

From May 19 to 22, the Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2025 (the ASHPC25) will bring together users and providers of large-scale computing resources - the call for abstracts is open until Jan 10, 2025. 👇 img.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

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ASHPC25: HPC and ML/AI for climate and weather

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2025 - ASHPC25. The call for abstracts is open until Jan 10, 2025.

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Heidi Weinhäupl @hweinhaeupl.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Radiotipp! Ab 2.12- erklärt Petra Heinz von der @univie.ac.at auf @oe1.bsky.social / "Vom Leben der Natur" Wissenswertes zu Foraminiferen. Die faszinierenden Einzeller erlauben spannende Blicke in die klimatische Vergangenheit und damit auch die Zukunft... Empfehlung! 👇 oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

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Einzeller mit harter Schale (1) | MO | 02 12 2024 | 8:55

Die Paläontologin Petra Heinz spricht über Foraminiferen. Teil 1: Kugeln und Spiralen.

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 27/11/2024

Interesting offer for all #PhD students at Circle U universities - the PhD winter class 'Big data and artificial intelligence supporting climate and water science' at UCLouvain. Check this out: ⤵ 👨‍🔬 👩‍🔬 #PhDSky sites.google.com/view/envitam...

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Envitam - Big data and water management

Transform data into solutions! Scope of the training Climate change exerts significant pressure on water resources. With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), innovative remote sensing techni...

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Blaž Gasparini @blazgaspa.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Great to see a site out there that provides easily digestible information on solar radiation modification! Glad to be able to contribute a little to it!

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 25/11/2024

Aus aktuellem Anlass: Für Updates aus der Welt der Universität Wien habt ihr die Möglichkeit, uns hier auf Bluesky, Mastodon, auf Instagram, Facebook, unseren YouTube-Kanälen & auf LinkedIn zu folgen, überall unter '@univienna'. 🏛 🔍 Unseren Twitter-Account haben wir heute ruhend gestellt. #eXit 👋

Man sieht den Eingangsbereich der Universität Wien aus der Frontansicht, mit drei bunten Flaggen, der Rampe und den Treppen zum Haupteingang.

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Konstantina Agiadi @kagiadi.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Great keynote on the Formation of the Mediterranean salt giant by @danigeos.bsky.social today at the amazing grant aula of @unibarcelona.bsky.social #medgu24

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 14/11/2024

Blaž Gasparini erforscht die Rolle von Zirruswolken für das Klima und wägt die Chancen und Risiken des solaren Geoengineerings miteinander ab. ☁ ⚙ Warum er trotz düsterer Aussichten für das Weltklima nichts von Resignation wissen will, erfährst du hier: ⤵ 🎧 rudolphina.univie.ac.at/podcast-folg...

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Podcast: Warum Geoengineering das Klima nicht retten kann

Der Klimawissenschafter Blaž Gasparini erforscht die Rolle von Zirruswolken für das Klima und wägt die Chancen und Risiken des solaren Geoengineerings miteinander ab. Angesichts der aktuellen Klimakon...

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 15/11/2024

Fast doppelt so viele klimaschädliche Fluor-Gase ausgestoßen, wie gemeldet: ohne ehrliche Zahlen scheitert der Klimaschutz! 🌐 Eine internationale Studie unter der Leitung von Andreas Stohl der #univie. Mehr: ⤵ medienportal.univie.ac.at/media/aktuel...

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Klimaschädliches Fluor-Gas: Europa und USA stießen gemeinsam fast doppelt so viel aus wie gemeldet

Meteorolog*innen orteten regionale Quellen des hochpotenten Treibhausgases SF6 - China größter Emittent

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