A new publication using fluid inclusion paleotemperatures derived from speleothems reveals warmer temperatures during the Last Interglacial period than today

One of the this year´s awards for outstanding teaching at our University goes to Michael Meyer and Bastian Joachim-Mrosko

We finished a 3D model of Hundsalm Eis- und Tropfsteinhöhle based on laserscanning.

The Austrian Science Fund approved a grant proposal led by Yuri Dublyansky

A recent study involving stalagmite samples from an Austrian cave explores the synchroneity of hydroclimate changes in the last 10,000 years between the Northern Hemisphere westerlies, the South American Monsoon and the African Monsoon.

Speleothems shed light on extinctions on Indian Ocean islands

A short popular science movie documents our research in one of the largest ice caves in the world

The Tiroler Landespreis für Wissenschaft was awarded to Christoph Spötl and the Förderpreis to Gabriella Koltai

The expedition report is now available fully open-access

Speleothems provide a threefold improvement in the precision of the timing of this last cold spell

We spent two days in Frauenofen, a 6 km long cave that opens north of Eisriesenwelt

Christoph Spötl, Gina Moseley, Anika Donner and Chloe Snowling travelled to the Gottesacker karst plateau in western Austria to visit Klaus Cramer cave.

A new paper opens the door for a much improved geothermometer using carbonate minerals

We visited two ice caves in central Austria as part of an FWF-funded project

Tanguy Racine, Gabriella Koltai and Christoph Spötl spent a few days in the Tolminski Migovec massif studying ice caves.

The Austrian Science Fund approved a grant proposal by Paul Wilcox

Our lab participated in a recent study about the role of climate change in the transition from Neanderthals to modern humans

We have been slowly starting field work after the lockdown

Elena Tomasi (first row, centre) was one of the ten successfull candidates who received a stipend from the University Innsbruck.

Christoph Spötl participated in an international study using stalagmites to shed light on the mid-Pleistocene transition

Gina, Katee and Yuri feature in a new IMAX documentary

New study on the landscape evolution on the southern Tibetan Plateau published

Charlotte Gild has joined the OSL dating group as the new lab technician and manager.

We welcome Anika Donner to our group.

This year's traditional group sledging and dinner found sufficient snow and great food

Gabriella was among this year's recipients of grants by the Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds

Charlotte and Tanguy will join the next expedition to Patagonia

A Detection and Stimulation Head (DASH) and EMCCD camera were installed in the OSL lab opening up new vistas in luminescence research

The update of the Boch et al 2011 NALPS paper is now published in Climate of the Past