Climate Change
New Centre for Climate Research in Davos
Research
WSL ETH Zurich
The Canton of Grisons and the Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) are establishing a new research centre employing up to 40 people in Davos. From January 2021, the centre will examine social and economic issues connected with climate change, extreme events and natural hazards in mountainous regions. ETH Zurich will also be involved, through two professorships.
Treetops protect forest life from global warming
Research
WSL
The cooling leaf canopy protects forest organisms from extreme temperatures and has a significant influence on their adaptation to global warming, according to an international study led by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and published in the journal Science today.
Corona recovery programs can help the climate
Politics
ETH Zurich
Rather than delaying the much-needed restructuring, we should use recovery programs to reset the economy on a sustainable footing, urges Jochen Markard.
Going against the trend
Research
ETH Zurich
Global warming has affected the entire planet’s surface, except for one particular area of the ocean, which has bucked the trend. A research team comprising scientists from ETH Zurich and Princeton University has unravelled the causes of this conundrum.
Long-term developments of energy pricing and consumption in industry
Politics
PSI
Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, on behalf of a research project funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), have studied how energy consumption by Swiss industry develops depending on energy prices. One result: Price increases for energy usually affect energy consumption only over the long term.
Drifting through the ice on board a polar climate research vessel
Research
EPFL
The German research icebreaker Polarstern has been drifting through the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean since September last year. Julia Schmale, an atmospheric scientist from EPFL, joined the crew two months ago to study cloud formations and their role in local and global climate change.
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