The EU has introduced new legislation for plants developed using new genomic techniques. If Switzerland were to follow a different path, it would increase red tape and make it harder to exchange plant...

Peatlands hold many secrets – and one of the most remarkable lies in their microbes. ETH researchers have been visiting the Entlebuch peatlands to discover what role these tiny organisms play in this ...

Die Schäden in den Wäldern nach dem Hitzesommer sind gross. Besonders betroffen sind Buchen und Fichten. Förster und Forschende diskutierten in Basel, welche Baumarten künftig noch geeignet sind und w...

People and artificial intelligence (AI) detect reproducible patterns in pig vocalizations, especially during acute distress. Yet an isolated sound rarely reveals the exact situation or whether a pig f...

YouTube video by Department D-USYS, ETH Zurich

Sécheresse, feux de forêts, éboulements en montagne : avec cinq épisodes caniculaires depuis le mois de mai, l’été 2026 a d’ores et déjà battu tous les records de chaleur sous nos latitudes.

Klimaforschende beobachten mit Sorge die Entwicklung von El Niño im Pazifik. Das Klimaphänomen könnte besonders stark ausfallen und weltweit Wetterextreme verstärken. Dürren, Überschwemmungen und Ernt...

The sustainability of tropical products can only be verified using reliable data on production practices. A new study, using cocoa as an example, shows that such data is frequently falsified by the au...

Marine heatwaves regularly co-occur with ocean acidification extremes, compounding stress on ocean life. A recently published ETH Zurich study shows where these compound extreme events occur and why t...

A new Perspective article by researchers from ETH Zürich, University of Colorado Boulder, and The Nature Conservancy highlights the urgent need to better understand how weather and climate extremes ca...

Severe wildfires are raging across Europe. ETH researcher Christine Eriksen argues that destructiveness of wildfires is often determined by social and cultural processes.

Sommer mit mehreren Hitzewellen dürften wegen des Klimawandels zur Regel werden. Aus diesem Grund wird der Ruf laut nach besseren technologischen Lösungen gegen die Hitze und nach mehr Klimaanlagen. E...

AI models are playing an increasingly important role in weather forecasting and the early detection of natural hazards. Training these models requires vast amounts of climate and Earth observation dat...

Heavy precipitation becomes more intense with every degree the Earth warms. This has an impact on flooding. Using hourly data from 384 rivers in the Alps, staff from the WSL Institute for Snow and Ava...

The interactions between microscopic algal cells and bacteria in the oceans play a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now taken an important step towards decipheri...

Every cloud droplet starts as an invisible particle, but the precise process of its formation remains unclear. Mayur Sapkal has created an instrument to study this process and is using it to improve t...

Proteins are often regarded as the key to good health and well-being. However, nutrition and food science experts Alexander Mathys and Ferdinand von Meyenn argue that an exclusive focus on protein is ...

Research led by ETH biologist Gabriel Ulrich, who was part of the Plant Ecological Genetics group headed by Alex Widmer, has been featured in the "State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2026" report by...

What began with bright sunshine ended with a violent thunderstorm: the 2026 Master’s graduation ceremony for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences offered more than just meteorological drama – the g...

At the request of the ETH Board, the Federal Council voted to confirm Günther Dissertori as the next President of ETH Zurich. The particle physicist, who currently serves as Rector of the university, ...

ETH Zurich and its researchers are among some of the biggest winners of this year’s ERC Advanced Grants: with 12 researchers having been awarded this prestigious EU funding, a total of 31.5 million eu...

Copper is widely used in Swiss viticulture—but is increasingly under pressure due to environmental risks. A new study by ETH Zurich shows how its use can be reduced. Which measures make the difference...

Flüsse sind in den letzten 40 Jahren jedes Jahrzehnt um 0.5 Grad wärmer geworden, insgesamt um 2 Grad. Dies zeigen erste Resultate des Forschungsprojekts zu Flusshitzewellen. Das Phänomen werde unters...

Rain instead of alpine sunshine set the tone as around 100 researchers from D-USYS gathered in Davos to discuss the future of science. The atmosphere was focused and engaged—at times reflective—shaped...

Water’s natural fingerprints reveal how it’s stored, mixed, and released through the Earth’s Critical Zone, potentially improving Earth System models in a rapidly warming world.

A look at the anatomy of pets

New digital tools are helping the agriculture, forestry and water management to deal with the challenges posed by climate change.

Gaps in data and difficult‑to‑compare datasets limit what climate and weather AI models can reliably predict. Researchers from the ETH Domain have now introduced an AI model that helps close these gap...

Mira Film presents the documentary film Flying Scents – of Plants and People by Antshi von Moos.}

YouTube video by Eawag - aquatic research

Antonia und Gabriel Ruckli führen den elterlichen Betrieb als Geschwisterteam weiter. Ihre agronomische Ausbildung hilft ihnen, neue Ideen praxistauglich in den Stall zu bringen und den Hof mit klarer...

Ein Versuch in den Kantonen Aargau, Thurgau und Zürich zeigt: Die Landwirtschaft käme mit weniger Spritzmitteln aus.

Prix Schläfli 2026 for Biology: From a very young age, Astrid Stubbusch wanted to thoroughly explore life in all its forms. In her thesis at Eawag – the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and ...

In Europa lassen sich Windparks so planen, dass besonders schöne Landschaften geschont werden, ohne dass die Stromkosten steigen. Dies zeigt eine neue Studie. Auf regionaler Ebene kollidieren Landscha...

Rewilding, like reintroducing beavers, often excludes local people. Jaboury Ghazoul argues fairness and justice are key to making restoration projects succeed.

Erfahren Sie, wie Agrarwissenschaften, unter der Leitung von ETH-Professorin Nina Buchmann, dazu beitragen, die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Milchproduktion, Klimawandel und Biodiversität zu verstehen. E...

Aktuell leben über acht Milliarden Menschen auf der Welt und die Welternährungsorganisation FAO schätzt, dass es......

Wenn Aline Schmucki über ihren Beruf spricht, klingt darin vor allem eines mit: Begeisterung. Die 31-jährige ETH-Absolventin leitet heute die......