Climate Resilience

We are changing the climate - and with it, the risk for landslides. Extreme weather and land use are increasing their number and severity. Particularly in urban areas, landslides have become the cause of many avoidable deaths. Now, researchers ranging from geologists to psychologists have united to rethink the issue holistically. The resulting research group wants to reduce landslide fatalities in the long run - despite urbanization and climate change.

The Alps are warming rapidly, and winter as we know it is fading. Why are plants, people and the ski industry struggling to adapt? Can artificial snow buy enough time, and what is needed to maintain quality of life in the mountains? Research by ECH members Valentina Ausserladscheider and Stefan Dullinger offers some answers. A story of snowmaking, climate pressures, and cultural lethargy.

We speak with Wolfram Weckwerth, Head of the Molecular Systems Biology lab and the Vienna Metabolomics Center at the University of Vienna, about the EAT-Lancet Report from a biological systems perspective. He reflects on plant diversity, stress resilience, and the limits of yield-driven agriculture - and introduces AIPN, a new research platform that brings together metabolomics, microbiome research, psychology, and AI to translate planetary health diets into data-driven, personalised strategies

Almost every day, we can see clouds in the sky, but rarely we are aware of their wide-ranging impact on the climate. They can both raise and drop temperatures and have complex interactions with the particles in the air. These could even allow us to influence the clouds to fight climate change.