The Geoecology Group aims at understanding ecosystem functioning across scales and time. More specifically, our research aims at identifying physical, chemical and biological parameters that control ecosystem carbon turnover on the landscape scale. We pay particular attention to vegetation and soils, as they are proxies for present and past ecosystem conditions. To achieve this, our research employs methods from soil science, ecophysiology and micrometeorology in a geography context. At present most of our projects focus on peatland carbon cycling at various field sites in Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Sweden.

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The brochure "Aktiv für Moore" is now available (only in German) in digital and printed format.

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In the center of the National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel, geoecologist Stephan Glatzel and his team are investigatin how climate change is...

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Mires and Peatlands in danger: article about peatland research is highlighted on the website of Uni Vienna.

 

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Spatial and temporal analysis of reed ecosystem dynamics of Lake Neusiedl 2021 using RGB drone imagery, Phenocam and Deep Learning

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In the podcast episode "Why are peatlands so important for climate protection?", Styrian Green Party leader Sandra Krautwaschl talks to Prof. Stephan...

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After the oldest book page in the world, which was recently found in the Graz University Library, a similarly exciting treasure has now been unearthed...