Congratulations to @chiara-sabelli.bsky.social, who was selected as one of ten fellows for the final round of the FRONTIERS Science Journalism Residency Programme. She will join the department for her journalistic project "To understand earthquakes, scientists are learning how to trigger them."

FRONTIERS - Science Journalism Residency Programme@frontiersmedia.bsky.social · last wk.

Chiara Sabelli 🇨🇭 ETH Zürich @ethz.ch ‣ To Understand Earthquakes, Scientists Are Learning How to Trigger Them

The Experimental Planetology group at ETH Zurich is looking for a doctoral student to research the geochemistry of Archean komatiites and their role in modulating the surface- and atmosphere of the early Earth. This position is part of NCCR Genesis. #phd #jobalert

PhD Position in Early Earth Geochemistry and Habitability

The Experimental Planetology Group at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences invites applications to undertake a 4-year PhD position on the geochemistry of Archean komatiites and their role…

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Neue Erkenntnisse zur #Venus: Der Schwesterplanet der Erde ist tektonisch aktiv 🪐✨ Forschungsteam um Erstautor Xi Yang und Prof. Dr. Taras Gerya (@ethz.ch) sowie Prof. Dr. Anna Gülcher (#unifreiburg) zeigt mithilfe eines neuen 3D-Computermodells Hinweise auf jüngere Grabenbrüche. ➡️ ufr.link/venus

New simulations of the rift valley systems on Venus indicate that they are still geologically active rather than being mere relics of a bygone era, as was previously believed. These new findings could help to identify geologically active regions on the planet.

Venus: Dead? Far from it

Simulations conducted by researchers at ETH Zurich suggest a strong likelihood that Venus’s rift valleys are still geologically active rather than being mere relics of a bygone era, as had been…

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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 data. ETH Zurich is therefore centralising data for the research of tomorrow.

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…

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Die Forschungsgruppe Risikokommunikation beim Schweizerischen Erdbebendienst der ETH Zürich sucht eine Doktorand:in um die Frage zu beantworten, wie man Bevölkerung, Behörden und Einsatzorganisationen nach einem Erdbeben über die Wahrscheinlichkeit weiterer Erschütterungen informiert. #phd #jobalert

Doktorand:in für Risikokommunikation und KI

Wie können Menschen im Ereignisfall fundierte Entscheidungen treffen? Wie informiert man Bevölkerung, Behörden und Einsatzorganisationen nach einem Erdbeben über die Wahrscheinlichkeit weiterer…

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The newly established research group Geomitigation of Greenhouse Gases by @nicolefernandez.bsky.social at ETH Zurich is looking for a doctoral student to work at the intersection of low temperature experimental geochemistry, cryosphere science, and planetary surface processes. #phd #jobalert

PhD Position in Cryogenic Carbonate Mineralization and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes

The Geomitigation of Greenhouse Gases group at ETH Zürich is actively recruiting a highly motivated and creative PhD candidate with a strong interest in low temperature experimental geochemistry. The…

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Unterwegs in Blatten. Ein Portrait über mich, die Liebe zu den Bergen, den Umgang mit Risiken, und die Überzeugung, dass positive Narrative, Lösungen und ein politischer Rahmen zwingend sind. www.3sat.de/wissen/scien...

Blatten als Weckruf: Reto Knutti über die Gefahren des Klimawandels | NANO Science Date

Ein Dorf wird von einem Felssturz verschlungen. Zwar lässt sich das Ereignis dem Klimawandel zuschreiben, doch er macht die Berge instabiler.

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🚨paper alert!🚨 Thrilled to share our work, led by @climategordon.bsky.social, on terrestrial OC burial during the PETM, which was likely much higher then previously thought. Implications for C-cycle responses to hothouse climates! @natgeosci.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Enhanced marine burial of terrestrial organic carbon through the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum - Nature Geoscience

The burial of terrestrially derived organic carbon in coastal marine sediments greatly increased during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, probably helping to draw down a large portion of carbon r...

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Once more, because glaciology and tectonics are wonderful subjects everyone should know more about, as is the roller-coaster history of speculative geology. Also, ETH Zürich has an outstanding online image library that offered some great photo options. Also, Albert Heim had an amazing beard.

Will Thomas@williamthomas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In today's AIP History Weekly Edition, we look at Andrea Westermann's recent @hsnatsci.bsky.social article on Albert Heim's late-19c. work in glaciology and tectonics. Heim combined fieldwork, lab studies, and physical analysis to ground speculation about the plasticity and motion of ice and rock.

Active faults are among the most powerful forces shaping Earth’s landscapes. They uplift mountains, redirect rivers and trigger earthquakes. But they also weaken rocks over distances of up to 100 kilometres, making landscapes erode easier than previously thought. eaps.ethz.ch/en/news/arch...

Faults shape Earth’s surface far beyond the fault lines itself

Active faults do more than uplift mountains: they weaken rocks over distances of up to 100 kilometres, making landscapes erode easier than previously thought.

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The Professorship of Solid Mechanics at ETH Zurich is offering a doctoral position in computational earthquake rupture mechanics to investigate how heterogeneous stress states and nonlinear near-fault processes influence earthquake rupture propagation. #phd #jobalert

PhD position in Computational earthquake rupture mechanics

At the Professorship of Solid Mechanics (SMEC) in the Institute for Building Materials at ETH Zurich, we aim to understand how materials deform, degrade, break, and ultimately fail. Our research is…

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The Engineering Geology group at ETH Zurich is offering a doctoral position in computer vision applied to natural hazards to develop advanced algorithms to process debris flow data, with focus on optical flow and object detection. #phd #jobalert

PhD Position in Computer Vision Applied to Natural Hazards

The Engineering Geology group at ETH Zurich (Prof. Jordan Aaron) is seeking a motivated and creative doctoral student who specializes in computer vision. The position can commence as early as…

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The Engineering Geology group at ETH Zurich is looking for a doctoral student with a strong interest in fluid mechanics and numerical modelling to develop a new coupled solid/fluid mechanics-based numerical model to simulate the motion of debris flows. #phd #jobalert

PhD Position in Numerical Modelling of Debris Flows

The Chair of Engineering Geology (Prof. Dr. Jordan Aaron, Geological Institute) is looking for a creative and motivated PhD candidate with a strong interest in fluid mechanics and numerical…

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Reconstruct the subsurface of the Swiss Alps in 3D! The Structural Geology and Tectonics group at ETH Zurich is offering a doctoral position in 3D Geological Modelling of the Eastern Penninics as part of the of the swisstopo "swissAlps3D" project. #phd #jobalert www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/11693

PhD Position: 3-D Geological Modelling of the Eastern Penninics

The Structural Geology and Tectonics group focuses on the rapidly deforming zones that define Earth’s tectonic plate boundaries and generate many of the planet’s geohazards. We have a new…

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The new National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) "Genesis", led by ETH Zurich, is looking for a Personal Assistant to the NCCR Director, with support duties of the centre's HR and equal opportunity activities. #jobalert

Personal Assistant with support of NCCR HR & Equal Opportunity activities

The Swiss federal government has approved six new National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs). These programmes will provide long term strength to key strategic research areas in…

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A new study looking at the chemistry of meteorites has found that Earth is likely made entirely from the inner Solar System. In particular, Earth's make-up is strikingly similar to that of Mars and Vesta, one of the biggest objects in the asteroid belt.

“We were truly astonished” – Astronomers say Earth formed from the same material as Mars | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Earth is made up almost entirely of material from the inner Solar System and is similar in composition to Mars and Vesta, say scientists.

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Stubbusch completed her PhD at the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS). She was supervised at Eawag by Olga Schubert and Martin Ackermann, together with Cara Magnabosco from the @eth-eaps.bsky.social.

⚒️ Article: Post-collisional calc-alkaline magmatism has originated from mixing and hybridisation of relaminated continental crust and mantle peridotite since the Archean @mncn-csic.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Many congratulations to Julian Rogger on winning the Prix Schläfli 2026 for Geosciences for his doctoral thesis. In his thesis, he investigated how closely the plant world and climate are interwoven and what happens when this interaction is no longer in balance.

SCNAT@scnat.ch · 3mo ago

🌱 What role does the vegetation system play in regulating the #climate? This is the question pursued by @julrogger.bsky.social (currently a @snsf.ch Postdoctoral Fellow at @bristoluni.bsky.social) in his thesis at @eth-eaps.bsky.social 👉 scnat.ch/en/id/yZuhy?... [3/5]

Der Schweizerische Erdbebendienst (SED) an der ETH Zürich sucht ein:e Kommunikationsspezialist:in (m/w/d) für die interne und externe Kommunikation des SED, von nationalen und internationalen Forschungsprojekten sowie des BedrettoLabs.

Kommunikationsspezialist:in (m/w/d)

Komplexe wissenschaftliche Inhalte so aufzubereiten, dass sie verständlich, attraktiv und zugänglich sind, ist die Aufgabe des Kommunikationsteams des Schweizerischen Erdbebendienstes SED an der ETH…

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Check out this interview with Simone Probst, doctoral researcher ETH Zurich, on real-time moonquake analysis with fibre optics. She explains how DAS could transform lunar seismology by enabling continuous, high-resolution measurements of subsurface structure.

Real-time Moonquake Analysis with Fiber Optics

Integrating fiber-optic seismic arrays on the Moon offers a robust approach to studying lunar geology, leveraging advanced DAS technology for detailed insights.

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The Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zurich is looking for a doctoral student for an applied research project on the seismic detection, localisation, and characterisation of explosion events in underground ammunition storage facilities. #phd #jobalert

PhD Position: Seismic Detection, Localization and Characterization of Explosion Events in Underground Ammunition Storage Facilities

The Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich invites applications for a PhD position within a multi-year applied research project on the detection, localization and interpretation of explosion…

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Weathered rock layers beneath the soil influence how groundwater moves during storms. The findings of a new study, led by ETH Zurich researcher Seulgi Moon (formerly UCLA), help explain when and where shallow landslides occur and could improve hazard prediction.

A new study improves prediction of shallow landslides

Weathered rock layers beneath the soil influence how groundwater moves during storms. The findings help explain when and where shallow landslides occur and could improve hazard prediction.

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From our FY26 New Investigator call: @nicolefernandez.bsky.social will use metagenomics & geochemistry to probe how viral-host dynamics drive biogeochemical cycling in Sierra Nevada aquifers @eth-eaps.bsky.social jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/jgi-announces-2026-new-investigator-portfolio

The Climate Geology group at ETH Zurich is looking for a doctoral student to examine the thresholds in past Atlantic Ocean circulation using stalagmite geochemistry. Check it out and apply! The deadline is approaching soon. #phd #jobalert

PhD position: Examining the thresholds in past Atlantic ocean circulation using stalagmite geochemistry

If you are intruigued by study of past climate, enjoy having your hands on samples in the lab and generating new geochemical data, and are a quantitative thinker, you might be interested in this PhD…

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Die ETH Zürich belegt weiterhin Platz 1 für die Studiengänge Erdwissenschaften, Geologie und Geophysik im internationalen Hochschulranking von Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...

Hochschulranking - Vier Schweizer Studiengänge gehören weltweit zu den besten

Insgesamt gehören 28 Studiengänge an elf Schweizer Bildungsinstitutionen international zu den besten.

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The ground-penetrating radar of NASA’s Perseverance rover has found signs of a river-and-delta system at Jezero that is buried deep beneath the surface and might be 4.2 billion years old. The study, led by UCLA, used radar data to study layers of sediment buried more than 35 meters below ground.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover discovers even older lost rivers at Jezero Crater

By plying its ground-penetrating radar in the depths of Mars’s Jezero Crater, this rover has found even older deltas buried beneath those seen on the surface from space

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Glaciers need our attention more than ever. On 21 March (World Day for Glaciers), join us at ETH Zurich for a unique programme between research, fairy tales & virtual reality.