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A group of people in alpine region having a break. They seem to be exhausted but happy.

Exploring the Ötztal Alps – Day 6: On Local Perspectives and Rock Stars

Field Trip Diary of the CLEWS Master’s Program on Climate Change and Sustainability

Our day started where the second last generation enjoyed a fuuun snow fight. Instead of snow, this year the weather offered us the brightest sun, in …
Reservoir in Ötztal Alps

Exploring the Ötztal Alps – Day 5: Hiking and Rock Glaciers

Field Trip Diary of the CLEWS Master’s Program on Climate Change and Sustainability

On the fifth day of our hike, we started around 9 in the morning and took the cable car up to Hohe Mut, which is at around 2,670 m.
High Alpine Landscape.

Exploring the Ötztal Alps – Day 4: High Alpine Road Trip

Field Trip Diary of the CLEWS Master’s Program on Climate Change and Sustainability

Every day begins with curiosity… wondering what new wonders are waiting for us.
Ötztal Local History Museum, view from the outside

Exploring the Ötztal Alps – Day 3: A mummy and cultural heritage of the Ötztal Alps

Field Trip Diary of the CLEWS Master’s Program on Climate Change and Sustainability

What makes 17 people from 11 different countries go to the Alps and feels like child entering to a candy shop? The weather that was luckily enchanting …
People hiking along a small pathway towards to glacier in the the background

Exploring the Ötztal Alps – Day 2: Close to glaciers - Hiking to the Gaisbergferner

Field Trip Diary of the CLEWS Master’s Program on Climate Change and Sustainability

Getting up early has never been so easy, especially when you know that glaciers are going to be so close that they can be touched!
Arrived in the Ötztal Alps: Students from the CLEWS Master's program in a group photo.

Exploring the Ötztal Alps – Field Trip Diary of the CLEWS Master’s Program on Climate Change and Sustainability

Understanding climate change, assessing its consequences, and developing solutions—these are the core objectives of the international Master’s program …
Portrait of Maren Schüle

When the Forest is Burning – Maren Schüle Analyses the Vegetation in Burnt Pine Forests

Forest fires do not only happen in Australia, California, or Canada. In Germany, too – especially in Brandenburg – there has been an increasing number …
Two students are squatting with a fish trap at the edge of a body of water.

Croaking and Chirping – Students record habitats, birds, and amphibians around Gülpe Field Station

They are looking for water frogs, Savi’s warblers, and ospreys: In spring 2025, three ecology students documented birds, amphibians, and their …
Elephants in the savannah

Agriculture or Wildlife Conservation – How land-use change affects carbon storage in Africa

When humans and wild animals share a common habitat in the African savanna, decisions have to be made about how the land should be used in the future. …
Die Frühlings-Platterbse wächst im Wald auf dem Boden

Consequence of over-fertilization – Diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants is reduced

Media Information 21-10-2024 / Nr. 099

Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition and climate change can reduce the competitive advantage of nitrogen-fixing plants, leading to reduced diversity of …