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News
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With the ambitious goal of restoring river corridors in the Danube catchment area and protecting endangered migratory fish species such as sturgeon…
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The Head of the Institute of Soil Research has received a prestigious award from the City of Vienna.
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The BOKU/MUW spin-off Rockfish Bio AG was honored in May 2025 with the Science & Business Award (S&B Award) of the Rudolf Sallinger Fund, receiving…
Events
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Muthgassen Sommerfest 2025
SAVE THE DATE – 18. Juni 2025
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JAZZ am CAMPUS
The Lower Austrian Youth Jazz Orchestra and big bands from the Tulln and Wagram music schools rock the BOKU.
A broad programme ranging from swing…
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.