2023
C2SM members among the most cited researchers of D-USYS
C2SM members Erich Fischer, Nicolas Gruber, Reto Knutti, Sonia Seneviratne, and Niklaus Zimmermann are once again among this year's "Highly Cited Researchers".
Tackling water stress in the Swiss Alps
The Alps are being increasingly affected by floods and droughts. According to C2SM member Manuela Brunner, we can do something about this problem: use water more sparingly and think about hazard protection in broader terms.
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.
“We’re living in yesterday’s future scenarios”
ETH Professor and C2SM Deputy Chair Sonia Seneviratne has been elected as Vice-Chair of the Working Group I of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In order to take on this new responsibility, she is stepping down as Associate Vice President for Sustainability at ETH Zurich. In this interview she talks about her old and new positions.
The seas are in extremis
An extraordinary heat wave is assailing the world’s oceans with an intensity that is surprising climate researchers. Environmental physicist Nicolas Gruber provides some context.