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.
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22.04.2025
ECH Launches New Seed Funding Projects
Following a competetive review process, the Environment and Climate Research Hub is proud to present its three new Seed Funding projects: From Lab to Litigation, Exploring Social Perceptions of Chlordecone and Other Phytochemical Compounds, and From Decay to Delay.
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22.04.2025
From Decay to Delay: Organic Matter’s Fate in Soils, Inland Waters, and Ocean
As one of the ECH's 2025 Seed Funding projects, this interdisciplinary project seeks to better understand organic matter (OM) dynamics in various terrestrial and water ecosystems, by integrating biogeochemical and microbial ecology perspectives in combination with expert knowledge from different fields.
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22.04.2025
From Lab to Litigation: Translating Scientific Evidence to the Court
As one of the ECH's 2025 Seed Funding projects, this project led by ECH-members Stephanie Nitsch and Nils Güttler seeks to understand how scientific evidence has, or has not, been incorporated into legal practice, thereby fostering an in-depth and collaborative approach to horizontal environmental litigation.
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22.04.2025
Exploring Social Perceptions of Chlordecone and Other Phytochemical Compounds: A Mixed-Methods Study in Martinique (French Antilles)
This interdisciplinary research project is part of the ECH 2025 Seed Funding projects and led by Giorgio Brocco and Mathew White. It explores the socio-cultural, psychological, and emotional perceptions related to chlordecone and other more recent phytochemical substances used in agriculture in Martinique, a French Overseas Department in the Caribbean.
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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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