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News
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At the Austrian Pavilion of EXPO 2025 in Osaka, a scientific Austria–Japan Workshop organized by BOKU took place. It was part of the ABC&M excursion.
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On September 11, the BOKU Leading Lights Award for outstanding science communication was presented for the first time at BOKU University.
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Dr. Ivana Zivojinovic, senior researcher at BOKU University, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Visiting Scholar grant.
Research
The majority of Alpine river discharge is older than one month
A recently published joint study by the BOKU University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich shows the age distribution of Alpine rivers in Switzerland and Austria and shows that the majority of the annual runoff is significantly older than one month. This means that even in the event of floods, only a small proportion of the runoff consists of recent precipitation.