Research services

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The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) compiles and disseminates standardized data on glacier fluctuations.

Systematic documentation and monitoring of long-term glacier changes in the Swiss Alps.

Systematic documentation of the state and changes of mountain permafrost in the Swiss Alps.

GeoLabs are the shared laboratory services of several GIUZ research units and open for scientific collaboration.

Geochronology: Dating landscape changes and geomorphic surface dynamics.

Optical satellite image data distribution, processing, support and consulting to Swiss stakeholders for any region in the world.

International project office fostering collaborative interdisciplinary activities on biodiversity and ecosystem science.

The GIS Hub offers support in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to researchers and students across UZH.

An integrated research infrastructure to measure terrestrial processes of the Earth system at regional scale.

Facilitating comparative analyses of black carbon in diverse environmental matrices.