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The Alps to lose a record number of glaciers in the next decade
How much longer will glaciers survive? A new study from ETH Zurich researchers offers the first detailed projection of how many glaciers could vanish by 2100 due to global warming – and why regions such as Switzerland will be most affected. This approach could also help policymakers, the tourism industry and natural hazard management plan for the future.
ScClim researchers present their results at the European Conference on Severe Storms 2025 in Utrecht
With seven oral presentations and four poster contributions, the scClim project was strongly represented at the biannual ECSS conference in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Climate change particularly pronounced in Switzerland
Switzerland will become drier and hotter, experience less snow and face heavier rainfall in the future. Those are the conclusions reached by climate researchers from its Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) and ETH Zurich. On 4 November 2025, at an event attended by Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, they presented the new climate scenarios for Switzerland, which form the basis for the Federal Council's strategy on adaptation to climate change.
Updates from C2SM: Newsletter Vol. 41 - October 2025
What's going on at C2SM? Find out all about the achieved and upcoming milestones in the latest C2SM newsletter!