Climate change significantly increases population displacement risk Research ETH Zurich The risk of people being forced from their homes by flooding increases by half for each additional degree of global warming, as an international research team led by the Weather and Climate Risks Group at ETH Zurich demonstrate. Exceptional summer droughts in Europe since 2015 Research WSL An international team studied the chemical fingerprints in European oak trees to reconstruct summer climate over 2110 years. They found that after a long-term drying trend, drought conditions since 2015 suddenly intensified, beyond anything in the past two thousand years. Climate change influences river flow Research ETH Zurich River flow has changed significantly worldwide in recent decades. An international research team led by ETH Zurich has now demonstrated that it is climate change, rather than water and land management, that plays a crucial role at a global level. Graphene filter makes carbon capture more efficient and cheaper TechTransfer EPFL Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a graphene filter for carbon capture that surpasses the efficiency of commercial capture technologies, and can reduce the cost carbon capture down to $30 per ton of carbon dioxide. A call for charging points at home Politics ETH Zurich For Switzerland to become climate neutral, there’s no way around electric mobility. But to get e-cars going, the public must push for charging stations where people live, argues Anthony Patt. Warmer and wetter climates amplify carbon release Research ETH Zurich Terrestrial ecosystems help mitigate climate change by absorbing large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. A new study now confirms that changing climate conditions could reduce this effect because in warmer and wetter areas, carbon stored in the soil is released back into the atmosphere more quickly. Previous 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14... Next Page 10 of 18
