Tag: Climate Change

Projects

How spruce meets bark beetle

How efficient is the defence mechanism of spruce trees when they are suffering from drought, what attracts bark beetles to stressed trees, and what role do their fungal symbionts play in the infestation? In a basic research project, entomologist Sigrid Netherer and her team succeeded in furnishing the first empirical evidence that drought-stressed spruce trees […] Continue reading “How spruce meets bark beetle”

Interview & Opinion

Climate change and its consequences – our responsibility?

Opinion: Lukas Meyer

We can all contribute to climate protection, not least by reducing the emissions we generate personally. Taking our responsibility as individuals seriously is also sending out a signal to political decision-makers to ensure fair burden sharing. It is clear that, unless drastic measures are taken, we will not be able to prevent more climate catastrophes […] Continue reading “Climate change and its consequences – our responsibility?”

Portrait

The limits of space

By Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

Faster, higher, further. Our society is based on the principle of growth, but our living space is limited. This is one of the fundamental problems that Alois Humer confronts. This professor of geography and spatial researcher at the University of Vienna is looking for answers as to how we can distribute our living space more […] Continue reading “The limits of space”

On the road

Learning from crises – doing research in a year like no other

By Javier López Prol

Research thrives on international exchanges and young researchers, in particular, benefit from stays abroad. Javier López Prol completed his Schrödinger Fellowship in Berlin, until the coronavirus came onto the scene. For scilog, this economist reports on how he was able to make a contribution to society in the pandemic as a researcher and how this […] Continue reading “Learning from crises – doing research in a year like no other”

Projects

Not sinking, swarming!

The artist and filmmaker Oliver Ressler has been drawing attention to the dangers of global warming for roughly three decades. Created on the basis of exchange with participants in the climate movement, his works show how activists organise themselves. The project “Barricading the Ice Sheets” is a tribute to the role of civil disobedience and […] Continue reading “Not sinking, swarming!”

Projects

What really makes nations tick: checking clichés about climate and welfare

In the context of the European Social Survey (ESS) the inhabitants of all EU member states and Russia were surveyed on two issues of relevance for the future: the development of the welfare state, as well as climate change and energy security. On the basis of these data researchers are able for the first time […] Continue reading “What really makes nations tick: checking clichés about climate and welfare”