2026
News list
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Climate change affects the landscape: practical knowledge from experience and research
From droughts to heavy rainfall and retreating glaciers – climate change is altering Switzerland's landscapes. At the same time these landscapes protect us from the consequences of climate change, such as flooding and avalanches. How can we safeguard these landscape services in the future?
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March 21 is World Glacier Day
A diverse program at the intersection of research, art and virtual reality offers insights into current glacier research at ETH's main building, including several contributions from the Department of Geography: exhibitions, lectures, interactive stations, and much more.
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Glaciers – Melting Giants
An ARTE documentary about melting glaciers worldwide and their consequences for local natural hazards, regional water availability and global sea level rise. Well-known glaciers serve as examples, and glaciologists such as Simon Allen, Laura Niggli, Inés Dussaillant and Michael Zemp from GIUZ are interviewed.