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Swiss Climate Summer School 2025: Sustainable Pathways to Net Zero
67 international participants met on the occasion of the 23rd Swiss Climate Summer School from 24 - 29 August 2025 at Monte Verità in Ascona, Switzerland.
Rising temperatures intensify supercell thunderstorms in Europe
In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the University of Bern and ETH Zurich have shown how climate change is intensifying supercell thunderstorms in Europe. At a global temperature increase of 3 degrees Celsius, these powerful storms are expected to occur more frequently, especially in the Alpine region.
Menschengemachter Klimawandel trocknet Europas Sommer aus
Die vermehrt trockenen Sommer in Europa lassen bereits erahnen, dass wir es in Zukunft mit mehr Hitze, ausgedörrten Böden und Waldbränden zu tun bekommen. Dahinter steckt der menschengemachte Klimawandel. Dominik Schumacher und Sonia Seneviratne erläutern die Zusammenhänge von Bodenfeuchte und Klimawandel in der neusten Ausgabe des ProClim-Flash.
Is AI the future of weather and climate modelling?
Machine learning has emerged as a powerful tool for weather forecasting and offers considerable potential for climate projections. Nicolas Gruber and Andreas Prein explain why traditional simulations using numerical models remain indispensable.
Weather and climate data freely available
As part of the Open Government Data (OGD) initiative, the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss is making meteorological and climatological data available to all interested parties free of charge from May 2025.