Human Rights Day: Gerd Oberleitner looks at how to protect them

Of mice and machines: zoologist Thomas Schmickl researches how robots can save nature

Machines that interact with animals and learn their social behaviour could save biodiversity. Thomas Schmickl and his team from the Artificial Life Lab have recently published several scientific articles on this topic.

Kraft, Ausdauer, Inklusion und gesunde Schwangerschaft

Die vier besten Abschlussarbeiten der Sportwissenschaften wurden ausgezeichnet

Climate change update: ClimateTracer of the University of Graz provides reliable data

Yesterday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union published its data on global warming up to end of November 2024. These confirm that this year will see the 1.5 °C threshold clearly exceeded for the first time. The Wegener Center at the University of Graz already computed an accurate full-year prediction: the global near-surface air temperature in 2024 will rise by 1.62 °C – plus/minus 0.05 °C standard deviation – compared to the pre-industrial level. Such latest predictions for 2024 and other essential data on climate change are provided by the scientists via the Graz Climate Change Indicators (GCCI) portal.

Anita Ziegerhofer und Helmut Eberhart erhielten den Josef Krainer-Heimatpreis

Vergangene Woche war es wieder soweit: Im Weißen Saal der Grazer Burg stand die feierliche Überreichung der Josef Krainer-Preise auf dem Programm. Landesrat Karlheinz Kornhäusl – in Vertretung von Landeshauptmann Christopher Drexler –, Gerald Schöpfer, Obmann des Josef Krainer-Steirischen Gedenkwerkes, und Michael Krainer als Familienvertreter zeichneten dabei verdiente Persönlichkeiten der Steiermark aus.