Institute for Alpine Environment

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The global biodiversity crisis is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. How biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services are changing and adapting due to human activities and how, in relation to this, mountain areas are affected, is at the core of where our research lies.

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Water Survey© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

Nadigs Alpenschrecke auf der Seiser Alm, ein Überraschungsfund.© Eurac Research - Martina Jaider

Institute for Alpine Environment© Eurac Research - Martina Jaider

Water Survey/Limnological Survey© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

Simon Stifter© Eurac Research - Martina Jaider

Matteo Anderle© Eurac Research - Martina Jaider

Research Fields

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions

Sustainability

Landuse and Climate Change

Natures Contribution to People

Contributi della Natura all’Umanità

News & Events

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04 October 2022

La nostra Terra, il nostro Ambiente, la nostra Casa

Serate dedicate all'ambiente e al cambiamento climatico organizzate dall'associazione culturale "Strade del mondo"

22 September 2022

“Le Alpi? Sempre più mediterranee”

Interview in Italian language with our researcher Giacomo Bertoldi

13.06.2022

Transforming management of natural systems from uniformity to complexity in today’s uncertain times

07 April 2022

Join in! Surveys of grassland birds and co.

06.05.2022

Symposium on the inner-Alpine dry meadows of the Terra Raetica

08 November 2021

Streuobstwiesen im Fokus

For more information: https://icsz2020.eurac.edu/

16-21.08.2021

XVIII INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SOIL ZOOLOGY

30.04-20.09.2021

Photo Competition Orchard Meadows

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MAGAZINE Science Stories that Inspire

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Earth's swan song

What are thermokarst lakes and why soil warming should worry us even more than air warming

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"Democracy is risky"

Conversations between disciplines: interview with limnologist Roberta Bottarin and constitutionalist Francesco Palermo.

interview

"I nostri dati non mostrano alcun impatto della centrale sull'ecologia dell’acqua"

Il biologo Alberto Scotti ha studiato i piccoli organismi del Rio Saldura prima e dopo la costruzione di una centrale idroelettrica – e non sono stati notati cambiamenti.

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“The most direct route is rarely feasible “

Conversations between disciplines: interview with ecologist Ulrike Tappeiner and emergency physician Hermann Brugger.

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Scenari per l’Alto Adige verso la neutralità climatica

Eurac Research ha elaborato uno studio tecnico completo per conto della Provincia

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Mappare la natura

La conservazione degli ecosistemi naturali è un punto sempre più critico per la società del futuro. Mappe e dati supportano le amministrazioni nella pianificazione.

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