Wolfgang Kießling traces Earth’s history through layers of fossils. The data he uncovers together with his team serves to create a reliable database for climate research, opening up opportunities for nature-based conservation solutions.
Using smart sensor and measurement techniques to make farming more efficient and sustainable is the goal of a team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich.
Harnessing sunlight for a cleaner tomorrow: Five Bavarian universities unite in "SolTech" to pioneer next-gen solar energy technologies—from green hydrogen to hybrid systems—for a sustainable global energy future.
Research projects at HSWT are investigating the climate-protection potential of peatlands—and are at the heart of environmental protection efforts in Bavaria’s rural landscape.
Scientists at the University of Bayreuth are investigating how extreme weather events affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Together with their international partners, they study the local impacts of global climate change.
High up in the Alps, Dr. Homa Ghasemifard collected data to better understand climate change, identifying major pollution sources on the European continent – using an environmental research station that used to be a luxury hotel.
Although more than half of the world’s rivers have been altered by human activity and climate change, the floodplain ecosystems along the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan remain largely untouched.
Sixty percent of Bavaria’s alpine forests serve as protective forests that safeguard settlements and infrastructure from the impacts of extreme weather events. Climate change is putting these forests under increasing pressure. To advance research, the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation supports TUM’s new Center for Alpine Forest Management, which examines these impacts and evaluates long-term options to sustain protective forests.
Hof / Mexico City – Water scarcity, flooding, and overstretched infrastructure pose enormous challenges for megacities around the world. This is particularly evident in the 23-million-inhabitant metropolis of Mexico City. How innovative concepts for sustainable water management can help address these challenges was examined by Christopher Funk, a master’s student in the “Sustainable Water Management and Engineering” program at Hof University of Applied Sciences, during a research semester in the winter semester of 2024/25. On behalf of the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa), he analyzed the potential of the so-called sponge city concept at two schools in the Mexican metropolis.
With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial basis for climate research and the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They enable more precise models for urbanization, infrastructure and disaster management – and help to make cities around the world more inclusive and resilient.
