Noticias sobre Austria
An integrated modeling framework to assess surface and groundwater resources
Against the backdrop of climate change and rising water demand, tools for adequately modeling water availability are much needed.
Studies showcase long-term effects of drought
With the effects of climate change underway, drought is becoming an increasing problem in many parts of the world.
Impacts of floods and droughts increase worldwide
Risk management has reduced the vulnerability to floods and droughts around the world, but their impact is still increasing worldwide, according to a study published in the…
USask researchers explore how floods and droughts are challenging science and society globally
Floods, droughts, and other water-related disasters are some of the costliest natural events that occur in Canada and around the world.
Scientists address the imbalance of the ‘Asian Water Tower’
The Third Pole, which is centered on the Tibetan Plateau, stores most of the frozen water in the world after the Antarctic and Arctic.
LIFE WILDisland Project marks new commitment to protect wetlands along the Danube
On 11 May 2022 the new Danube WILDisland Project was launched in Vienna, Austria.
Zero pollution: large number of Europe’s bathing waters meet highest quality standards
The annual Bathing Water report, published today, shows that in 2021 almost 85% of Europe's bathing water sites met the European Union's most stringent ‘excellent' water quality standards.
Experts review safety of plan to discharge treated water from Fukushima site
A Task Force of experts dispatched by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) collected water samples and scrutinized detailed technical data during their first mission to Japan this week to review the safety of its plan to discharge treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the sea.
World Bank funds €44.1 million to improve Moldova’s water sector
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved financing for the Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project in the amount of EUR 44.1 million, which will support the Government of Moldova in implementing a comprehensive, long-term approach to addressing persisting challenges in the country’s water sector.
Plastic snowfall in the Alps
In a new study, Empa researcher Dominik Brunner, together with colleagues from Utrecht University and the Austrian Central Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, is investigating how much plastic is trickling down on us from the atmosphere.
“Water science should generate impact beyond academia”
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), in Austria, conducts research into problems of a global nature that are too large or too complex: water security is one of them, requiring a transdisciplinary and system’s approach.
Aalto University receives 1 million euros for software-centric industrial automation program
Schneider Electric donation of industrial automation technology, software licenses, and teaching support. Students to answer growing need for automation expertise.
Wastewater treatment improves in Europe but large differences remain
Collection and treatment of waste water are key to reducing pressures and risks to human health and the environment, especially to rivers, lakes, and coastal waters.
International government-led coalition calls for urgent action on pumped storage hydropower
‘Get used to blackouts’ or risk reverting to fossil fuels is the warning, unless the world scales up investment in water batteries to support fast-growing solar and wind power.
River backwaters to meet high water quality standards
Clean drinking water is essential. Scientists at TU Wien are investigating how water quality in riverine floodplains, often used as drinking water resources, changes as a result of heavy rainfall and flooding.
Voith Hydro takes next step in becoming Small Hydro system integrator with onboarding of Sintaksa
Voith Group acquired a majority shareholding of the electromechanical equipment provider Sintaksa in 2020.
Water-related hazards dominate disasters in the past 50 years
Water-related hazards dominate the list of disasters in terms of both the human and economic toll over the past 50 years, according to a comprehensive analysis by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Sacyr renews its commitment to the Spanish Handball Federation
The infrastructures and services company, which sponsors the federation since 2015, extends its support to Spanish handball for another two years.
Zero Pollution: Vast majority of Europe’s bathing waters meet the highest quality standards
The annual Bathing Water report published today shows that in 2020, almost 83 % of Europe’s bathing water sites met the European Union’s most stringent ‘excellent’ water quality standards.
International research team discovers that it takes some heat to form ice on graphene
A new study from the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and Graz University of Technology (Austria), reveals that energy is needed for water to proceed through the first step of ice formation on graphene.