Sustainability

Drawing a picture of the Earth's surface

Jan Dirk Wegner uses artificial intelligence to research different aspects of the Earth's surface. In doing so, he hopes to help raise people's quality of life and protect the environment. His work has now earned him a place in the World Economic Forum's Young Scientists community.

Lidl Switzerland supports Empa research

Lidl Switzerland intends to serve its branches without the use of fossil fuels, relying among other things on renewable synthetic gas as an energy carrier. In addition to biogas, which is produced from organic waste, this is currently a hot topic in energy research. That's why Lidl Switzerland is supporting the latest project in move, Empa's mobility demonstrator – a production facility for synthetic methane based on hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Life cycle assessment of cars – new web tool helps consumers and researchers

Decision support for car buyers: Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute have developed a web tool called the Carculator that can be used to compare the environmental performance of passenger cars in detail.

Corona recovery programs can help the climate

Rather than delaying the much-needed restructuring, we should use recovery programs to reset the economy on a sustainable footing, urges Jochen Markard.

Have Air Miles become obsolete as a status symbol?

For close to two months now, many of us have been working almost entirely from home. And it’s going far better than some people anticipated. What has now become normal will change the working world profoundly, believes Gudela Grote.

Going against the trend

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.

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