Kickstarting Environmental Solutions
We are facing a triple crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution each pose separate yet interconnected challenges. An integrated and mechanistic understanding and approach to these different facets of the crisis is necessary to ensure a sustainable future for us all. The ECH brings together researchers to produce excellent scientific knowledge that can provide us with solutions for this multitude of challenges.
Recent Talking Points
13.03.2025
ECH Research Retreat 2025: Exploring Shared Paths to Innovation
On the 27th of February, 32 ECH members came together for our research retreat at the Climate Lab Vienna. Under the theme "Exploring Shared Paths to Innovation," the members participated in cross-disciplinary discussions, workshops, and networking exercises to foster new ideas for scientific collaborations.
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13.03.2025
Watching Nature Scenes can Reduce Pain
A recent study led by the University of Vienna, including ECH members Claus Lamm and Mat White, reveals that experiencing nature can alleviate acute physical pain. Surprisingly, even virtual nature, such as nature videos, can reduce pain-related brain signals.
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29.01.2025
Warming Groundwater Affects Millions – Not Only Humans
While mostly hidden, groundwater is of central importance to surface ecosystems and human society. Christian Griebler, researcher at the University of Vienna and ECH-member, recently contributed to a new global model of groundwater temperature that predicts the effects of climate change on this subterranean ecosystem. [...]
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29.01.2025
Numbers Don’t Lie, Do They? On the Gap Between Greenhouse Gas Reports and Reality.
Under the Kyoto Protocol, countries must report their greenhouse gas emissions, including one of the most potent greenhouse gases: Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), used mainly as an insulator in the electrical industry. But the numbers don’t add up. [...]
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21.01.2025
Zukunft sichern durch nachhaltige Ernährungssysteme
„Moderne Ernährungssysteme haben einen zu hohen Ressourcenverbrauch und unsere Zivilisation überschreitet dauerhaft die planetaren Grenzen“, warnte der Umweltwissenschaftler Hofmann in seinem Vortrag bei der Wintertagung des Ökosozialen Forums.
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