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Tackling water stress in the Swiss Alps

The Alps are being increasingly affected by floods and droughts. According to Manuela Brunner, we can do something about this problem: use water more sparingly and think about hazard protection in broader terms.

New High-Resolution Model for Weather and Climate Research

ECMWF, CSCS and ETH Zurich are teaming up further develop the new weather and climate model FVM, using the domain-specific library GT4Py

New to the IPCC Bureau

Sonia Seneviratne, Professor of Land-Climate Dynamics at ETH Zurich, has been elected to the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Aerial view of Lake Anama. The ground is so dried out that it has cracks in it.

Droughts increasingly diminish tropical carbon sinks

ETH Zurich researchers have found evidence that droughts are having an increasing effect on the carbon cycle in the tropics. This could mean that the carbon sink potential of terrestrial ecosystems has been overestimated.

Releasing forests from human management: How much more carbon could be stored?

According to a study led by Caspar Roebroek at ETH Zurich, the mitigation potential of this strategy is limited.

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Tackling water stress in the Swiss Alps

25.10.2023

Daniela Domeisen and Anthony Patt receive Dandelion Award 2023

Daniela Domeisen and Anthony Patt, both professors at ETH Zurich, have been honored with the Dandelion Award 2023. The award recognises professors for their outstanding commitment to promoting entrepreneurship at ETH Zurich and beyond.

16.10.2023

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Events

Upcoming Colloquia & Seminars organized by the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science

Mon 30.10.23 16:15 - Kolloquium - CAB G 11

Predicting aerosol effects on weather and climate at high spatial resolution more info

Thu 02.11.23 16:00 - Ice Nucleation Colloquium - Zoom

Ice nucleation, snowfall and reduced cloud cover downwind of anthropogenic aerosol sources

Mon 06.11.23 16:15 - Kolloquium - CAB G 11

New insights on upper tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols from single particle measurements

Mon 13.11.23 16:15 - Kolloquium - CAB G 11

The Gulf Stream, the Jet Stream...and the Quantum Cafe more info

Mon 20.11.23 16:15 - Kolloquium - CAB G 11

From drought to water scarcity: better understanding and predicting societal impacts of drought

Mon 27.11.23 16:15 - Kolloquium - CAB G 11

Surface-layer turbulence over mountains - hurdles and ways forward

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The Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC) focuses on atmospheric and climate processes, including links to the hydrosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere

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Prof. Dr. Heini Wernli

Head of Inst. Atmospheric and Climate Science / Deputy head of Center for Climate Systems Modeling

Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

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Rahel Buri

Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zürich
Switzerland