Climate Change
How much CO₂ does Zurich emit?
Research
Empa
To achieve net zero, we need to reduce our CO₂ emissions quickly and efficiently. An EU project involving Empa has selected Zurich as one of three pilot cities in Europe to accurately measure and model their carbon dioxide emissions. The findings will help cities to achieve their climate targets.
Climate change will massively affect beech trees
Research
WSL
WSL researchers took a close look at two older studies on the future of beech. The gloomy forecast of one of them will probably come true.
More precise snowmelt forecasts
Research
WSL
SLF researchers have used satellite data to optimize their models, which they use to predict how much snow there is and when and where it will melt. This progress is important in order to be able to warn of floods and inundations in good time.
How to make wood glow
Research
Empa
Since more and more deciduous trees are being planted in Swiss forests, whose wood is often burned directly, innovative ideas are in high demand in order to utilize Swiss hardwood more sustainably. Empa researchers are therefore equipping wood with new functionalities. Their latest coup: wood that can glow in the dark.
Scientists quantify aerosols based on sea state
Research
EPFL
A research team led by EPFL scientists has developed a system that provides key insight into the relationship between sea spray aerosols, sea state and atmospheric conditions. The system was mounted on an icebreaker and carried across vast regions of the Arctic to collect and analyze valuable data.
Climate change alone does not cause mass migration
Research
ETH Zurich
People are already being forced to flee the consequences of climate change to an alarming extent in the Global South, says Jan Freihardt. He believes, however, that Europe's fear of mass climate migration is exaggerated, since international migration has other root causes.
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