Biodiversity
The next pandemic is coming, it’s time to take the ecological crisis seriously
Politics
Eawag
126 Swiss researchers, including 6 from Eawag, want to draw the attention their Swiss compatriots to the scientific evidence showing the link between the emergence of pandemics and human disturbance of the natural environment.
“We need to study biodiversity in a more holistic way”
Research
Eawag WSL
To mark this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May, professor Catherine Graham and professor Florian Altermatt explain in an interview why it is important in biodiversity research to look beyond systemic boundaries. The two scientists lead the joint research initiative “Blue-Green Biodiversity” between WSL and Eawag.
Restoring rivers and streams: Effective outcome evaluation
Research
Eawag
In many places in Switzerland, rivers, streams and lakeshores are being restored. The new practice documentation “Evaluating the outcome of restoration projects” by Eawag and FOEN provides the basis for joint learning across project boundaries.
Switzerland, a haven of chestnut diversity
Research
WSL
It is little known that Switzerland harbours chestnut forests and mixed stands covering about 24000 ha. Even more unknown is that these forests hide a precious genetic resource specific to Switzerland and not existing elsewhere in Europe. This is what an international team of scientists with participation of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL has discovered.
Deepwater charr, presumed extinct, reappears in Lake Constance
Research
Eawag
In Lake Constance, Eawag scientists have tracked down a charr species thought to have gone extinct – a surprising rediscovery raising numerous questions.
Blue-Green Biodiversity: a new research initiative of Eawag and WSL
Research
WSL Eawag
The ETH Board is strengthening the interdisciplinary biodiversity research of WSL and Eawag in order to find answers to the urgent social challenges of species loss as quickly as possible.
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