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Greenhouse gas emissions have led to substantial warming globally and in Europe. However, the observed warming in Europe is stronger than typically projected in regional climate models. A new study shows that this is due to insufficient consideration of changes in aerosols in the models and implies higher warming than expected for the future.

Christoph Schär is one of the Swiss climate scientists who have shaped high-resolution climate modelling. He is now retiring after more than 35 years at ETH Zurich. In this portrait, he explains why he himself never tires of researching climate change.

IAC researchers gathered on 16 January 2024 to discuss current state and prospects of heatwave research at the institute. Overview presentations by five groups, more than 20 poster presentations from IAC researchers, and lively round table discussions underlined the importance of heatwave research at IAC and fostered the exchange of ideas and visions for future heatwave research across groups.

Colette Heald has started on 1st January as a Full Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC) at D-​USYS. Colette was a Full Professor (2015-​2023) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

More and more people are afraid of climate change. For Cyril Brunner, this also has to do with how we talk about climate. We should focus less on problems and instead spend more time discussing solutions, suggests the climate researcher at the start of the year.