Climatology
Updating the self-sufficiency ratio
Research
ETH Zurich
The level of self-sufficiency indicates the extent to which agricultural performance ensures food security. But it’s not geared to the challenges that confront agriculture today, says Roman Hüppi.
Climate action potential in waste incineration plants
Research
ETH Zurich
The climate action potential of carbon capture during the processing of biomass feedstock is considerable, ETH Zurich researchers have calculated. If this potential is to be fully exploited in practice, however, there are challenges to overcome.
Global glacier retreat has accelerated
Research
ETH Zurich
An international research team including scientists from ETH Zurich has shown that almost all the world’s glaciers are becoming thinner and losing mass’ and that these changes are picking up pace. The team’s analysis is the most comprehensive and accurate of its kind to date.
Two Advanced Grants for ETH
Research
ETH Zurich
The European Research Council has decided on the recipients of its lucrative Advanced Grants. Researchers at ETH Zurich were awarded two grants – one in political science and the other in climate research. ETH is set to receive around CHF 6.6 million.
Climate-friendly, but antisocial
Research
ETH Zurich
Making agriculture climate-neutral has a high cost – which some rich countries might be willing to accept, ETH Zurich researchers find.
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