C2SM News
Zonda v1.0 is here – making ICON simulations more accessible
The new web-based tool Zonda for generating external parameter data for the weather and climate model ICON is now officially available. Zonda simplifies a previously complex process and opens the door for more researchers to work with ICON.
Ulrike Lohmann receives Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal 2025
Ulrike Lohmann, Professor for Atmospheric Physics at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the 2025 Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) for her research on cloud-climate interactions. Her work combines microscale processes and satellite data with global models to assess the radiative impact of clouds on the Earth system.
Coastal guardians at risk: Cyclones and rising seas threaten mangroves
About half of global mangrove ecosystems are at risk from changes in tropical cyclone activity and sea level rise. A study by Sarah Hülsen and colleagues from ETH Zürich, University of Colorado Boulder, and Stanford University, show mangroves providing the most ecosystem services are disproportionately affected.
Updates from C2SM: Newsletter Vol. 40 - March 2025
What's going on at C2SM? Find out all about personnel changes, activities of the core team, latest projects from the community and more in the current C2SM newsletter!
“Switzerland’s glaciers could vanish completely by 2100”
Switzerland’s glaciers are in increasingly poor shape. If greenhouse gas emissions are not cut drastically soon, they could cease to exist by 2100 – so says ETH Professor Daniel Farinotti in this ETH News interview to mark the first World Day for Glaciers.