How can we value nature? What does the dramatic loss of biodiversity mean for us? In an interview with the Handelszeitung, Michael Schaepman, founding father of the World Biodiversity Forum, ...
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) jointly released the European State of the Climate 2023 report. The report provides a summary of the ...
Ein neues studentisches Projekt beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung der feministischen Geographie am Institut. Nach viel Archivarbeit und Interviews mit Zeitzeug:innen werden nun die ...
Climate change is also affecting our waters. To better adapt and prepare, we need a lot of data from rivers, streams and lakes around the world. This can be collected with the CrowdWater App. ...
We would have triggered so many tipping points in the climate system that it would be an uncomfortable world, says Michael Zemp, Director of the World Glacier Monitoring Service. But if we ...
The new IceAgeCam installation on Felsenegg gives an impressive demonstration of the human influence on climate change. Visitors can immerse themselves in an interactive experience of the ...
In the “City without Papers” project, geography students collaboratively investigate undocumented migrants’ precarious living conditions. This new type of teaching format is devoted to ...
A team from GIUZ and the Swiss Ornithological Institute studied how migratory birds cross the Swiss Alps for the first time using year-round radar measurements: migration intensities, flight ...
«Geographie ist eigentlich ein mega trauriges Fach»
Dieser Aussage einer Geographie-Lehrperson der Sekundarstufe I gehen wir vom Team «Geography Teacher Training» in der aktuellen Ausgabe der GeoAgenda nach und fragen: Wie können wir globale ...
“Thermal Lens”: Explaining thermal remote sensing in a podcast series
Identifying urban heat islands or monitoring plant health from space are just two examples of applications of thermal remote sensing. In this new podcast series, experts discuss topics ranging ...
30.4.2024, 14:00: Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing for Vegetation: From Computation of Land Surface Temperature to Retrieval of Vegetation Biochemical and Biophysical Variables.