Today, we remember Hannes Flüeler, a visionary scientist, mentor, and builder of institutions. 🌱 His pioneering work in soil physics and his dedication to people and environmental sciences helped shape @usyseth.bsky.social at @ethz.ch and generations of researchers. 🖤 usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

🌾🔬 Hotter, drier summers call for resilient crops. Bruno Studer explains how CRISPR and other genome editing tools can help accelerate the development of drought-tolerant crops and strengthen climate-resilient agriculture. #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #PlantBreeding 👉 ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Bruno Studer, when will we see drought-tolerant CRISPR crops in Swiss fields?

The EU has introduced new legislation for plants developed using new genomic techniques. If Switzerland were to follow a different path, it would increase red tape and make it harder to exchange plant...

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🔬🌿 Peatlands store 30% of terrestrial carbon while covering just 3% of land. Researchers around Marie Schoelmerich are investigating how microbes in the Entlebuch peatlands influence methane production, carbon cycling, and ecosystem restoration under climate change. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Hunting microbes in peat bogs

Peatlands hold many secrets – and one of the most remarkable lies in their microbes. ETH researchers have been visiting the Entlebuch peatlands to discover what role these tiny organisms play in this ...

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🌍 🌍 CLIM+ ist gestartet: Interdisziplinäre Forschung für den Umgang mit Klimaextremen und eine klimaresiliente Schweiz. 🤝#CLIM+ @ethz.ch @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social @kariningold.bsky.social 🤝https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2026/startschuss_fuer_eine_klimaresilientere_schweiz/index_ger.html

The Hydrology & Climate Impacts in Mountain Regions research group at #SLF and @usyseth.bsky.social is looking for a doctoral student who is interested in working on the impacts of climate and hydrological extremes on water quality. More: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social

Doctoral Student on impacts of climate and hydrological extremes on water quality

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WaldDialog – Forest Dialogue – Dialogue Forestier 2026 - Biologische Vielfalt als Schlüssel zur Förderung der Anpassung und Widerstandsfähigkeit im Wirtschaftswald @swissforestlab.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social www.srf.ch/audio/rendez...

Wie sich der Wald an Hitze und Trockenheit anpassen soll

Die Schäden in den Wäldern nach dem Hitzesommer sind gross. Besonders betroffen sind Buchen und Fichten. Förster und Forschende diskutierten in Basel, welche Baumarten künftig noch geeignet sind und w...

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🐷🔊 Humans and AI can detect consistent patterns in pig vocalisations, especially during distress. But a sound alone rarely reveals how a pig actually feels. Findings from @ethz.ch highlight both the promise and limits of AI-based welfare monitoring. www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/en/2026/09/c...

Can people hear how a pig feels? - Agrarforschung Schweiz

People and artificial intelligence (AI) detect reproducible patterns in pig vocalizations, especially during acute distress. Yet an isolated sound rarely reveals the exact situation or whether a pig f...

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🪂🏆 Congrats to Swiss team SUI-2, winners of the 2026 #GordonBennett #GasBalloonRace! Atmospheric scientists from D-USYS and the University of Bern supported route decisions with forecasting and trajectory analysis, helping enable a successful Baltic Sea crossing. usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

25 years of climate impact in less than 3 minutes! 🎬 What does a quarter-century of pioneering atmospheric research look like? Watch the anniversary video for key reflections on where the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC) @ethz.ch is heading next. ✨ youtu.be/7JQWTRqCFNg

The Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC) celebrated its 25th birthday

YouTube video by Department D-USYS, ETH Zurich

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Émission Infrarouge @rts.ch sur l'été 2026: Oui cet été n'est qu'un avant-goût de ce qui nous attend si nous continuons à brûler pétrole, gaz & charbon. Non ce n'est pas une raison pour déprimer, mais une motivation pour agir! @alexisfavre.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social www.rts.ch/emissions/in...

Éco-anxiété : comment garder le moral face au réchauffement ?

Sécheresse, feux de forêts, éboulements en montagne : avec cinq épisodes caniculaires depuis le mois de mai, l’été 2026 a d’ores et déjà battu tous les records de chaleur sous nos latitudes.

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We mourn the loss of Dr. Ernst Ott (1934-2026), pioneer of modern mountain silviculture and former @ethz.ch h lecturer. His research, teaching and leadership shaped mountain forest management across generations. 🌲🌲⛰️ #ForestEcology #MountainForests usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

🌎 #ElNiño könnte sich 2026/27 besonders stark entwickeln. Nicolas Gruber, Professor für #Klimaphysik, ordnet in SRF Echo der Zeit🎙️die möglichen Folgen ein: www.srf.ch/audio/echo-d...

El Niño könnte Wetterextreme weltweit verschärfen

Klimaforschende beobachten mit Sorge die Entwicklung von El Niño im Pazifik. Das Klimaphänomen könnte besonders stark ausfallen und weltweit Wetterextreme verstärken. Dürren, Überschwemmungen und Ernt...

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🌱25% of sustainability monitoring data in cocoa farming was manipulated, find researchers from @ethz.ch @saegroupethz.bsky.social and @cam.ac.uk. A simple change to audit design cut false reporting by more than half, helping strengthen sustainable supply chains. 🍫🌍👇 ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Study reveals weaknesses in farm sustainability monitoring

The sustainability of tropical products can only be verified using reliable data on production practices. A new study, using cocoa as an example, shows that such data is frequently falsified by the au...

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A new ETH Zurich study shows where these compound extremes occur, why they are becoming more frequent, and what they mean for marine life and fisheries. #MarineHeatwaves #OceanAcidification #ClimateScience #OceanHealth #ETHZurich

A double hit for marine life

Marine heatwaves regularly co-occur with ocean acidification extremes, compounding stress on ocean life. A recently published ETH Zurich study shows where these compound extreme events occur and why t...

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Wenn Felder verdorren und Wälder brennen, fragt sogar die @nytimes.com bei @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social nach. Exzellentes Interview im @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social! Video: Boris Gygax Text: Fabian Fellmann 👉 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/hitze-und-tr...

🌎 A new Perspective article by researchers from ETH Zurich, University of Colorado Boulder, and The Nature Conservancy highlights the urgent need to better understand how extreme events can disrupt ecosystems and the vital services they provide to society. #ClimateChange #Sustainability #ethzurich

How extreme weather is changing nature’s role in our lives

A new Perspective article by researchers from ETH Zürich, University of Colorado Boulder, and The Nature Conservancy highlights the urgent need to better understand how weather and climate extremes ca...

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🌎According to ETH Zurich researcher Christine Eriksen, Europe needs to move beyond fire suppression and focus on creating fire-resilient landscapes and better-prepared communities. #ETHNews #ClimateChange #Wildfires #FutureReady #ScienceMatters #ETHZurich

“Europe must learn to live with fire“

Severe wildfires are raging across Europe. ETH researcher Christine Eriksen argues that destructiveness of wildfires is often determined by social and cultural processes.

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🏆 Congratulations to Daniela Domeisen on receiving the AMS Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lectureship 2027. Her groundbreaking research has advanced atmospheric predictability and weather and climate forecasting. ethz.ch/staffnet/en/... @ethz.ch @unil.bsky.social @ametsoc.org

☀️🌡️ Reichen Klimaanlagen als Antwort auf die Hitze? Oder müssen wir Städte, Schulen, Spitäler und Arbeitsplätze grundlegend neu denken? @ethz.ch-Professor David N. Bresch ordnet ein was die "Mediterranisierung" der Schweiz für Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft bedeutet. www.srf.ch/audio/echo-d...

Wie können wir uns künftig besser an die Hitze anpassen?

Sommer mit mehreren Hitzewellen dürften wegen des Klimawandels zur Regel werden. Aus diesem Grund wird der Ruf laut nach besseren technologischen Lösungen gegen die Hitze und nach mehr Klimaanlagen. E...

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Herzliche Gratulation! 🙌

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Die Preisträgerin und Preisträger des 2026 Nachwuchspreis der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie (SGA) sind: Viviane Buser, Jakob Burkhardt und Maxence Rössler Herzliche Gratulation! Details: agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/31/s...

More accurate weather forecasts and earlier warnings of natural hazards depend on vast amounts of data. ETH Zurich has therefore copied openly available NASA climate and Earth observation datasets to CSCS in Lugano, where they can be used to train new AI models. ☁️⚡ #AI #ClimateTech #ETHZurich #CSCS

ETH Zurich centralises climate and Earth observation data for the research of tomorrow

AI models are playing an increasingly important role in weather forecasting and the early detection of natural hazards. Training these models requires vast amounts of climate and Earth observation dat...

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🌧️ Heavy precipitation is increasing with climate change, but previous flood projections underestimated its impact in the Alps. ⛰️

How often will 100-year floods occur in future?

Heavy precipitation becomes more intense with every degree the Earth warms. This has an impact on flooding. Using hourly data from 384 rivers in the Alps, staff from the WSL Institute for Snow and Ava...

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Researchers at #ETHZurich have made a breakthrough in understanding the chemical communication between #microscopic algae and #bacteria, a key process in the global carbon cycle.

Phytoplankton apply the onion skin principle

The interactions between microscopic algal cells and bacteria in the oceans play a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now taken an important step towards decipheri...

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#Clouds are among the largest sources of uncertainty in Hashtag #ClimateModels. Mayur Sapkal has a solution: he simulates droplets formation.

Simulating cloud conditions for more accurate climate models

Every cloud droplet starts as an invisible particle, but the precise process of its formation remains unclear. Mayur Sapkal has created an instrument to study this process and is using it to improve t...

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Protein is often seen as the key to good health, but ETH researchers Alexander Mathys and Ferdinand von Meyenn warn against this narrow focus. What matters more, they argue, is the protein source and overall dietary composition – for both bodily health and the climate.

Alexander Mathys and Ferdinand von Meyenn, how can the protein hype be made more sustainable?

Proteins are often regarded as the key to good health and well-being. However, nutrition and food science experts Alexander Mathys and Ferdinand von Meyenn argue that an exclusive focus on protein is ...

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Research by ETH biologist Gabriel Ulrich on predicting plant extinction risks using digitised data has been included in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's «State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2026» report.

ETH Zurich study on wetland plants featured in Global Kew Report

Research led by ETH biologist Gabriel Ulrich, who was part of the Plant Ecological Genetics group headed by Alex Widmer, has been featured in the "State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2026" report by...

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On June 19, around 155 graduates in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences celebrated their Master's degree at ETH Zurich. Sunshine, a fierce thunderstorm, and an unforgettable evening in the Paul Scherrer lecture hall – a night to remember.

D-USYS Master's ceremony 2026: Around 155 Students ceremonially bid farewell

What began with bright sunshine ended with a violent thunderstorm: the 2026 Master’s graduation ceremony for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences offered more than just meteorological drama – the g...

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The Swiss Federal Council has voted to confirm Günther Dissertori as the next President of ETH Zurich. The current Rector of ETH Zurich and particle physicist succeeds Joël Mesot on 1 January 2027. Find all information here: lnkd.in/eUpR48E3 Q&A about the change: lnkd.in/euE_THPw

Günther Dissertori to become next President of ETH Zurich

At the request of the ETH Board, the Federal Council voted to confirm Günther Dissertori as the next President of ETH Zurich. The particle physicist, who currently serves as Rector of the university, ...

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ETH Zurich is among the biggest winners of this year's European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants — a remarkable result that reflects the calibre of science happening here. Huge congratulations to our awarded researchers.🎓

Twelve top research projects win millions in European funding

ETH Zurich and its researchers are among some of the biggest winners of this year’s ERC Advanced Grants: with 12 researchers having been awarded this prestigious EU funding, a total of 31.5 million eu...

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🌱🍇Reducing copper use in #viticulture works best when measures are combined. A study of 489 Swiss farms reveals a combination of prevention, efficiency, and system redesign cut use by ~0.65 kg/ha/year. @zarantonello.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/en/2026/06/r...

Reducing Copper Use in Viticulture: Combining Measures Delivers the Greatest Impact - Agrarforschung Schweiz

Copper is widely used in Swiss viticulture—but is increasingly under pressure due to environmental risks. A new study by ETH Zurich shows how its use can be reduced. Which measures make the difference...

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