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Every plant has a distinctive smell. In a healthy state, this smell is quite subtle. But that changes as soon as caterpillars and beetles start feeding on the plant. "Plants use their odours to attract the enemies of their enemies, for example," says Meredith Schuman, a chemical ecologist at GIUZ.
In Greenland, climate change has far-reaching consequences for glaciers, vegetation, biodiversity and especially for the population. Two journalists accompanied researchers from the interdisciplinary GreenFjord project to the front of the Qajuttap glacier, among other places. Glaciologists from the GIUZ are investigating the calving of the glacier there.
UZH tapped into the collective wisdom of its community to find out how to make everyday university operations more sustainable. One of the supported projects comes from GIUZ. Green4Clim investigates how the vegetation on campus should be managed – on the one hand to extract as much climate-damaging carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as possible, and on the other to better cool the buildings and thus reduce energy consumption.
The second series of 'frighteningly beautiful pictures' presents the forecasts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to which researchers from the Department of Geography have contributed significantly. They are now on display in our glass cases on the H floor. From 27 October, they will also be on show at the Kalkbreite cooperative in Zurich.
One extreme year follows another. Glaciers in Switzerland lost 6% of their volume in 2022. However, 2023 saw 4% destroyed, representing the second largest decline since measurements began. The Swiss Commission for Cryosphere Observation of the Swiss Academy of Sciences reported that a total of 10% of the ice volume disappeared in only two years.
In fall semester 2023, a Geography Film Club is being organized by junior researchers of the Department of Geography. The screenings are open to anyone interested in joining!
The fact that people are already having to flee because of climate change, and will have to do so much more often in the future, is still far too little understood by the general public, says Christian Huggel in the programme "Echo der Zeit". Many people are not yet fully aware of the scale of the problem: "By 2050, it is estimated that one billion people will be exposed to rising sea levels."
People with limited mobility have to deal with numerous obstacles in Zurich. ZüriACT, a joint project of the Department of Geography, the Digital Society Initiative and the city of Zurich, aims to tackle this issue and make the city more accessible. The project will collect accessibility data on sidewalks in Zurich and make this information available to the general public.
How much time can we devote to our work? How much time for unpaid work in the family and society, for oneself and the social environment? Labour geographer Karin Schwiter took part in a public panel discussion on the four-day week organised by the Polit Forum Bern: "Many people lack time for unpaid work, especially care work, in addition to gainful employment".
How hard are the consequences of climate change hitting the people in the Swiss mountains? "SRF Impact" report from the Aletsch Glacier with some expert statements by glaciologist Kathrin Nägeli.
Andreas Linsbauer, a glaciologist at the GIUZ and a member of the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network (GLAMOS), visited the collapse hole on the Rhone Glacier for a "Schweiz aktuell" report. He explains these traces of the glacier's rapid melting from above and below - and the consequences for the water balance.
Veruska Muccione researches strategies for adapting to climate change. And she warns against relying on them alone: "Their effectiveness decreases with increasing warming." But conservative politicians are calling for less climate protection and more and better adaptation to the heat.
In einem gross angelegten Experiment in der Sierra Nevada hat ein Team um Michael Schmidt die Auswirkungen der Klimaerwämung auf die Böden und ihre Funktion als Speicher für Kohlendioxid untersucht. In der Sendung «alle wetter!» erläutert er, was die Resultate für die Strategien im Kampf gegen die globale Erwärmung bedeuten.
Earth observation plays a crucial role in monitoring efforts to quantify biodiversity decline. Claudia Röösli and Meredith C. Schuman have now formed an International Space Science Institute International Team to leverage earth observation technologies to monitor essential genetic diversity.
Sara I. Fabrikant receives the Waldo-Tobler GIScience Prize 2023 for her outstanding and sustained contributions to the discipline worthy of inspiring young scientists in Geoinformatics or Geographic Information Science, and for having accomplished significant advances in research and education. Congratulations!
Within the cryosphere cluster of the GreenFjord project, GIUZ researchers investigate processes of glacier calving and iceberg export, as well as the resulting hydro-dynamics and nutrient fluxes in the fjord.
Viele Menschen möchten so lange wie möglich zu Hause leben. Möglich machen das in der Schweiz oft Betreuerinnen aus Osteuropa – nicht selten unter ausbeutenden Bedingungen. Diese Arbeitsmigration sei nicht nachhaltig, sagt Arbeitsgeographin Karin Schwiter und plädiert für eine andere Lösung.
Forschende des nationalen Forschungsschwerpunkts «Evolving Language» zeigen anhand von Stammbäumen auf, wie Sprachen miteinander verwandt sind. Dabei arbeiten Linguist:innen, Genetiker:innen und Geograph:innen eng zusammen: Beitrag in SRF Einstein mit Peter Ranacher (ab Minute 15:27).
The Department of Geography is pleased to support candidates for the anticipated 2023 SNSF Professorial Fellowships call. We are particularly interested in candidates whose proposed research matches our research priorities in Health Geography and Environmental Justice. Furthermore, we strongly encourage applicants to apply who would add to the diversity of the professorial staff at the Department.
Die Medienberichterstattung über eine Umfrage an der UZH und der ETH Zürich suggerierte, dass viele Frauen, die studieren, kaum Karriereambitionen hätten. Die Arbeitsgeografin und Genderforscherin Karin Schwiter ordnet die Resultate im Gespräch mit Radio SRF ein.
Bunte Mischwälder sind robuster und unter Umständen auch ertragreicher als Monokulturen. Dies zeigt eine neue Studie eines Forscherteams mit GIUZ-Beteiligung.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service, on behalf of the European Commission, released the European State of the Climate 2022 report. The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) - located at the Department of Geography - contributed glacier data and analyses.
Maude Barlow, activist and co-initiator of the worldwide "Blue Community" movement gave an impressive talk at GIUZ. At the Dies Academicus she received the honorary doctorate of the Faculty of Science in recognition of her commitment to the human right to water and its sustainable use.
How are mountain regions dealing with migration and climate change? A collaborative seminar at GIUZ and Tbilisi State University explores the challenges faced by both the Alps and the Caucasus region – with the help of a custom-developed app.
Climate change is expected to become one of the main reasons for migration in the future. And the poorest will be hit hardest. Christian Huggel and Maria J. Santos analyze which regions are particularly under threat and how to best manage mass relocations.
Trees near a fissure through which a magma eruption will later occur use water and carbon from the depths of the volcano. And they accelerate their growth during this phase. An international research team led by Markus Egli and Paolo Cherubini (WSL) was able to prove this by analysing the annual rings and with the help of infrared satellite images on Mount Etna in Sicily.
Zum ersten Mal verlangsamt sich das Bevölkerungswachstum auf unserem Planeten. Wie kommt es dazu? Wie kann man es beeinflussen? Was bedeutet es für die Zukunft unserer Gesellschaft? Antworten gibt u.a. Norman Backhaus im Wissenspodcast «Durchblick».
Die Wohnungskrise sei eine demokratische Krise, sagt Hanna Hilbrandt im Interview mit dem Tagesanzeiger – auch weil die Verdrängung das Zusammenleben von verschiedenen Bevölkerungsgruppen gefährde.
22 March is World Water Day. Every year, the World Water Week takes place around this day. As a Blue Community, the University of Zurich also offers various events.
For us users, everything runs smoothly at GIUZ. We have access to our emails and data from anywhere in the world, the IT infrastructure for our courses is up and running. But who is actually behind it? Roya Soleymani Kohler talks about her work as part of the IT team at GIUZ.
Klaus Itten, emeritus Professor of Remote Sensing, passed away on 26 February 2023 at the age of 79. Klaus studied geography and completed a PhD at GIUZ, and after the retirement of Harold Haefner, became the head of the Remote Sensing Laboratories until his retirement in 2009.
The Faculty of Science has launched a campaign to present women pioneers in research yesterday and today. One of them is Merry Schuman, professor for Spatial Genetics at GIUZ.
Mit dem Anthropozän, dem Zeitalter des Menschen, soll ein neuer Abschnitt der Erdgeschichte markiert werden. Doch was ist das Anthropozän? Wann beginnt es? Und wie zeichnet es sich aus? Ein Gespräch mit der Erdsystemwissenschaftlerin Maria J. Santos und der Historikerin Debjani Bhattacharyya.
Das Bilderbuch «Ich entdecke Landschaften» sensibilisiert für das Allgemeingut «Landschaft». Erarbeitet wurde es von einer Projektgruppe bestehend aus Fachpersonen der Pädagogischen Hochschulen Zürich und Waadt, der Universitäten Zürich und Lausanne und von éducation21.
What are the values on which our relationship with nature is based? The environmental social scientist Mollie Chapman resarches together with the environmental ethicist Anna Deplazes Zemp the relationship between humans and nature.
Trees can deposit pollutants in their tissues over decades and centuries, becoming witnesses to environmental pollution. In an interview with RSI, Paula Ballikaya and Paolo Cherubini explain what dendrochronology tells us about the environment and human history.
Have you ever asked yourself why the dust on your desk or the dirty spots on your office floor have disappeared? Who is responsible for the clean toilets and the shiny stairs?
Immer mehr Menschen bieten ihre Arbeit auf digitalen Plattformen an. Viele dieser Plattformen wollen jedoch partout keine Verantwortung als Arbeitgebende übernehmen. Karin Schwiter erforscht dieses noch junge Phänomen.
What can tweets reveal about our mental health? Oliver Grübner explored this question with two colleagues from different disciplines and faculties. Together they have now won the UZH Postdoc Team Award.
Zwei Forscherinnen des GIUZ gewinnen aus der Lichtreflexion von Blättern Erkenntnisse zu Artenvielfalt und Eigenschaften von Pflanzen. Die Auswertung solcher Spektraldaten revolutioniert nicht nur die Art, wie wir Ökosysteme untersuchen, sondern ermöglicht es auch, diese besser zu schützen.
