Glacier melt and its consequences

A fascinating article by the @BBC shows that the melting of Alpine glaciers can have unexpected consequences on site as well far away from the ice masses.
For her research, the author visited the Bella Vista refuge within LTER Rofental and interviewed colleagues from the LTER Austria network monitoring the glacier retreat. Read the article here: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241213-climate-change-how-melting-alpine-glaciers-are-redrawing-europes-borders.
#LTER, #alpine_research, #LTER_Austria, #oeaw, #lfu, #uibk, #BBC

Scientists of @uniinnsbruck are also active at the research site Praxmar. Carlotta Musso from the research group 'Ecophysiology' is monitoring photosynthetic rate of woody plant species in experimental plot at this site. This work is part of the FWF project “AcouFollow” on freezing-induced xylem dysfunctions and repair in shrubs, conifers, and deciduous species. @uniinnsbruck, @fwf, #alpine_research

The scientific field season is in full swing!
LTER Obergurgl is home to the resistant but yet less investigated green alga Zygogonium ericetorum.
Charlotte Permann and Viktoria Schinnerl from the research group ‘Cell Biology’ of the Department of Botany of the University of Innsbruck (@uniinnsbruck) collecting samples at the 'Schönwieskopf' near Obergurgl
#alpine_research, @uniinnsbruck

Like #alpine zones and high mountain landscapes? I just published an #openaccess paper using ground penetrating radar to look beneath the gently sloping surface of high ridgelines in the Uinta Mountains of #Utah. It turns out that the bedrock surface beneath that smooth cover of soil is surprisingly rough, which has implications for #soil formation, #water storage, and #landscape evolution.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15230430.2024.2322334

#alpine_research #alpine_forschung #dustsquared #geophysics #gpr

New Project: The low temperature limit of tree xylem

Congratulations to Gilbert Neuner from the Department of Botany of the @uniinnsbruck, his research team and the project partners of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna on the successful submission of the project "The low temperature limit of tree xylem", which will be funded by the @fwf
For more information on this project, please read the project description: https://www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten/biologie/alpine-forschungsstaetten/pdf/project-description_the-low-temperature-limit-of-tree-xylem.pdf
#alpine_research

The Mountain Agriculture Research Unit of @uniinnsbruck is hosting with several partners a ESRS Summer School on the topic of ‘Entanglement of mountain farming and tourism’ from a social science perspective for PhD students in September 2024 at the University Center Obergurgl. If you want to participate, you can find detailed information here: https://www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten/biologie/alpine-forschungsstaetten/pdf/call-for-participation_esrs-summer-school_university-of-innsbruck.pdf
#Summer_School, #alpine_research

A new study from the @uniinnsbruck and Eurac Research shows how humans have altered the Alps since 1850. The study regions include the Stubai Valley and the municipality of Sölden, as the LTER sites located there provide a lot of socio-economic information.
For more on this, read Shaping the European Alps: Trends in landscape patterns, biodiversity and ecosystem services (E. Tasser, G. Leitinger, U. Tappeiner, U. Schirpke; Catena 235, 107607; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107607)
#alpine_research

Congratulations to Georg Wohlfahrt and the team around the Forest-Atmosphere-Interaction-Research (FAIR) Site in Obermieming (http://www.biomet.co.at/fair-site/) on the successful submission of the project "Longterm carbon and water balance of a coniferous forest" which will be funded by the FWF. For further information on the project, please visit https://www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten/biologie/alpine-forschungsstaetten/aktuelles.html.en
#alpine_research #research #uniinnsbruck

Lake Gossenkölle is an alpine lake located at 2,416 m above sea level. The University of Innsbruck is running a research station on its shores since 1975 (https://www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten/biologie/alpine-forschungsstaetten/gossenkoellesee.html.en). Research tasks comprise the monitoring of water parameters and studies on ecological processes and various groups of aquatic organisms and, most recently, viruses. The research site is part of the #LTER (https://deims.org/6ba80086-3ecc-4dc6-ab2f-a225003f7ba4) and #GLEON networks (https://gleon.org/lakes/gossenkoellesee)
#alpine_research #research #uniinnsbruck

The Alpine Research Sites in the Stubai Valley: The @uniinnsbruck operates two research sites in the Stubai Valley, which form the LTER Master Site Stubai (https://deims.org/324f92a3-5940-4790-9738-5aa21992511c). They comprise cultivated and abandoned meadows and pastures and a subalpine forest. Main research topics are the influence of land use and drought events on ecosystem processes. For more information on these and other sites please visit our website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten/biologie/alpine-forschungsstaetten/index.html.en
#alpine_research #research