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From Riverbed to Research: Austria’s Mysterious Miniature Crustaceans
Read more: From Riverbed to Research: Austria’s Mysterious Miniature CrustaceansAn interview with Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. nat. techn. Kristina Sefc from the University of Graz. “Searching for the cryptic species of freshwater shrimp feels like a sport.” The water rushed over my boots as I carefully held the net against the current, stirring up the sediment. When I lifted the net and saw the swarming…
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Evolution and Ecology of Life in Mediterranean Gravel Beaches
Read more: Evolution and Ecology of Life in Mediterranean Gravel BeachesDr. Maximilian Wagner recently finished his joint PhD degree at the University of Graz and Antwerp and is currently working as a PostDoc at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Rijeka. His research mainly focuses on the evolution and ecology of intertidal organisms, especially in Mediterranean gravel beach environments. In his PhD…
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Ready for your next Beach Holiday? Let’s check!
Read more: Ready for your next Beach Holiday? Let’s check!Beaches are far more than just beautiful places to relax, tan, and build sandcastles. What’s often forgotten is that beaches and their surroundings are vibrant ecosystems full of life. Here’s how to enjoy them responsibly while appreciating the amazing creatures that call the coast home. Leave Only Footprints Even small items like cigarette butts or…
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The Ocean is Alive
Read more: The Ocean is AliveI am the ocean. Always alive, always moving. I breathe with the tides, pulse with the moon, and hum with life from the deepest trenches to the sunlit shallows. In my warm waters, near the equator, I shimmer with color. Coral reefs rise like cities, built slowly by tiny hands. Fish in brilliant blues and…
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Wild awakening in the last great floodplain landscape in Central Europe (en/de)
Read more: Wild awakening in the last great floodplain landscape in Central Europe (en/de)Deutsche Version unter dem Video. Three years ago, I was awarded a National Parks Austria Media Fellowship to create a film about the Danube-Auen National Park. I had no idea that a two-week journey into this protected wilderness would forever change the way I saw my home country’s landscapes. Austria’s nature had always been familiar…
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Stimmen der Strömung – Voices of the Current (en/de)
Read more: Stimmen der Strömung – Voices of the Current (en/de)The English version can be found below. Nach zwei Stunden im Wasser fing die Kälte langsam an zwischen meine Haut und den Neoprenanzug zu kriechen. Heute war einer dieser Tage, die wieder deutlich mehr Zeit in Anspruch nahmen, als wir ursprünglich geplant hatten. Doch mein Tauchpartner und ich beschlossen trotzdem, noch ein letztes Mal für…
