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Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich
@usyseth.bsky.social
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Understand. Engage. Inspire Change.
Research and teaching in Environmental and Agricultural Sciences at ETH Zurich. Managed by D-USYS Comms team. #usyslife #usysscience #usysawards #usysstudents
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Congrats to @cyyu.bsky.social on winning the Golden Owl 🦉 from VSETH for his excellent teaching! One of Brunner's main areas of focus is leading the SPEED2ZERO project, which is centred on Switzerland's sustainable transformation.
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Golden Owl for Cyril Brunner
For his excellent teaching, Cyril Brunner has been awarded the Golden Owl by ETH Zurich’s students association VSETH.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Lackdämpfe aus der Zugproduktion setzen VOC-Schadstoffe frei. Diese belasten Gesundheit und Umwelt. @morecloud.bsky.social, Professorin für #Aerosolchemie an der @ethz.ch, ordnet ein: www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
Stadler Rail belastet seit Jahren die Umwelt – Kritik an Behörden
Stadler Rail stösst seit Jahren zu viele Schadstoffe aus. Die zuständigen Kantone reagierten laut Experten zu spät.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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‪👏🏅8 of our D-USYS researchers at @ethz.ch
have been named Highly Cited Researchers 2025 by
@clarivate.com. This puts them in the Top 1% of the world's most influential scientists. What a great honour - for them and us as ETH department!

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D-USYS researchers among world's most influential in 2025
Erich Fischer, Nicolas Gruber, Lukas Gudmundsson, Reto Knutti, Andreas Prein, Martin Scheringer, Sonia Seneviratne, and Johan Six have been named
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November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Braucht es Erbschaftssteuer für Finanzierung der Klimapolitik? Anthony Patt betont auf @srfnews.bsky.social: Die Tatsache, dass für #Klimaschutz mehr investiert werden muss, relativiert die Schwächen der Vorlage. Abgestimmt wird am 30.11.2025.

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Braucht es Erbschaftssteuer für Finanzierung der Klimapolitik?
Weil Superreiche das Klima stark belasten, sollen sie mit einer Erbschaftssteuer den Klimaschutz finanzieren. So die Idee der sogenannten Initiative für eine Zukunft der Jungsozialisten. Parlament und...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Carolina Bello secures one of the coveted SNSF Starting Grant 2025!

Her funded project: AniCaRes: Animating carbon restoration: The role of animals in C sequestration during forest restoration 🌳.

Only 41 projects funded across Switzerland—a brilliant achievement! 🏆

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Career funding: 41 projects approved
In its SNSF Starting Grants call, the SNSF is funding outstanding researchers with approx. 70 million Swiss francs and a bequest.
www.snf.ch
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Switzerland: How to boost e-mobility? 🇨🇭🚗
@Tony Patt @ethz.ch proposes the following to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs)

-"Right to Charge" for tenants.

- 2030 end date for new fossil fuel cars.

- Scrappage scheme for older cars.

Read more 👇
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Anthony Patt, how can we boost e-mobility in Switzerland?
Only a few cars on Swiss roads are purely electric, and the fleet is still growing slowly. New taxes on e-cars are likely to slow down the switch in future. Anthony Patt explains how the mobility tran...
ethz.ch
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Announcing the 2026 #LatsisSymposium, focusing on how historical data can inform our approach to past, present, and future epidemics.

🗓️ Feb 9-11, 2026

🔍 Key Sessions Include:

- Past Outbreaks Dynamics
- Phylogenetics & Ancient DNA
- Disease History
- Synthesis Panel

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Latsis Symposium 2026: The history of epidemics - are there lessons for the future?
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November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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MeteoSwiss, ETH Zurich, and C2SM present the new Swiss climate scenarios.

These show how the Swiss climate will change if the global average temperature rises by 3 degrees. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

@meteoschweiz.ch, @usyseth.bsky.social #klimaszenarien #meteoschweiz #ETH #C2SM #NCCS
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 ...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Old oats, new future!🌾🧬🌾A research consortium has deciphered the genetic make-up of over 30 oat varieties and compiled the genes into a database. The rediscovered Swiss oat variety “Hative des Alpes” could help breed more robust, climate-resilient crops. 👉 ethz.ch/en/news-and-... #AlpineOat
New research into forgotten Alpine oat variety
For decades, the oat variety ‘Hative des Alpes’  had been all but forgotten. Now, its genetic information is being incorporated into the first gene atlas for oats – and will one day contribute to the ...
ethz.ch
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Congrats to Dr. Anna Feller of our Plant Ecological Genetics group! She's won the Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize 2025 from the SNSF! 🧬🌱
www.snf.ch/en/ix78nqjSr...

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#MHVprize #PlantGenetics #Evolution #ScienceAward #ETHZ #Science #Biodiversity
Anna Feller ist die MHV-Preisträgerin 2025
YouTube video by Schweizerischer Nationalfonds
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November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Dr. Hans Dätwyler is the new CEO of the Swiss Plant Breeding Centre (SPBC). The board includes representatives from private and public breeding/research, such as ETH Zurich professor Bruno Studer.

#SPBC #PlantBreeding #ETHZ #SwissAgri #Sustainability

www.spbc-plantbreeding.ch/en/spbc
Swiss Plant Breeding Center - SPBC 
Das Swiss Plant Breeding Center (SPBC) ist das unabhängige Kompetenz- und Innovationszentrums für Pflanzenzüchtung in der Schweiz. Es hat zum Ziel, den gesamten Schweizer Pflanzenzüchtungssektor zu st...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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An alpine plant could hold the key to its survival in a steadily warming climate. ETH Zurich researchers have identified the origin of two particular ancient gene variants in the plant that control its flowering time. @usyseth.bsky.social ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Does the wood pink provide the formula for surviving climate change?
An alpine plant could hold the key to its survival in a steadily warming climate. ETH Zurich researchers have identified the origin of two particular ancient gene variants in the plant that control it...
ethz.ch
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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We are thrilled to share that @yannquilcaille.bsky.social, Postdoctoral Researcher at @ethz.ch, has been named to the TIME100 Climate List 2025 - recognizing the world’s most influential leaders driving real climate action.

Congratulations, Yann! 🌍👏

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Yann Quilcaille: The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2025
Find out why Yann Quilcaille is on TIME's 2025 list of the 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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For decades, the #Oat variety ‘Hative des Alpes’ had been all but forgotten. Now, its genetic information is being incorporated into the first gene atlas for oats – and will one day contribute to the cultivation of new oat #Varieties.
New research into forgotten Alpine oat variety
For decades, the oat variety ‘Hative des Alpes’  had been all but forgotten. Now, its genetic information is being incorporated into the first gene atlas for oats – and will one day contribute to the ...
ethz.ch
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Die @ethz.ch -Professorin @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social
hat als erste Schweizerin den renommierten Deutschen #Umweltpreis der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) erhalten.

Ein Porträt von SRF nano (ab ca. Minute 16.40): www.srf.ch/play/tv/nano...
Schweizer Klimaforscherin erhält Deutschen Umweltpreis - nano - Play SRF
Die ETH-Forscherin Sonia Seneviratne wird für ihre bahnbrechende Forschung zur Bodenfeuchte und deren Einfluss auf Klimaextreme ausgezeichnet. EU-Klimaziele 2040 Der Konflikt zwischen Industrie und Kl...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The paper “Drought risk management in agriculture: A copula perspective on crop diversification” led by Jonas Schmitt et al. has won the "Best Article in Agricultural Economics 2024" Award!🏆

🔗 Read the paper: doi.org/10.1111/agec...

🔗 agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/10/27/b...
Agricultural Economics | IAAE Journal | Wiley Online Library
Drought events are a major cause of large crop yield losses with implications for food security and farmers’ incomes. Growing multiple crops simultaneously during a cropping season is a well-known on...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Melissa Chapman is new Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at @ethz.ch. 🌿

Her research focuses on global #biodiversity policies, using computational, ecological, and political approaches for effective and equitable implementation.

Welcome to ETH Zürich, Melissa! ✨

Read more: go.ethz.ch/36
October 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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@nbuchmann.bsky.social has been awarded the Honorary Membership by the British Ecological Society (BES)! 🏅
Her pivotal work on biogeochemistry and the long-term Swiss FluxNet data is crucial for understanding ecosystem response to climate change. 🌳🌾

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Nina Buchmann awarded British Ecological Society Honorary Membership
Nina Buchmann, Professor of Grassland Sciences at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Honorary Membership by the British Ecological Society (BES). Honorary membership is the highest honour given by the S...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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🔥🌍 State of Wildfires Report 2024–25 shows climate change is dramatically fueling global wildfires.

Wildfires burned an area larger than India 🇮🇳, Pantanal fires were 35× larger, Southern California fires were 2-3× more likely due to climate change.

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October 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Mehr als 8 Millionen Hektar #Wald wurden laut einem internationalen Bericht 2024 zerstört. Oft ist illegale #Brandrodung die Ursache. Andreas Rigling @ethz.ch gibt Auskunft über die Ursachen, die hinter der Abholzung stecken und welche Folgen sie für das #Ökosystem hat.
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Bericht: Zerstörung der Wälder nimmt global weiter zu - Tagesschau - Play SRF
Landwirtschaft, Bergbau: Mehr als acht Millionen Hektar Wald sind laut einem internationalen Bericht zum Zustand der Wälder 2024 dauerhaft zerstört worden. Besonders von der Abholzung betroffen sind T...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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26 years of data from the #ICOS-CH Davos station show a future at risk for a subalpine CO2 sink! 🏔️🌲While the 120-year-old Norway spruce forest was a net carbon sink, high summer temps are now increasingly limiting its CO2 uptake. Sink strength is declining. 📉
October 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Today is #WorldFoodDay! 🌍

We're highlighting four pioneering @ethz.ch research projects that are tackling global food challenges, from climate resilience to sustainable nutrition.

Swipe to learn more! ⬇️

@usyseth.bsky.social

#ETHZurich #FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #Sustainability
October 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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📢 2 WEEKS to @ethz.ch #FoodDay (Oct 29)!

Workshops are sold out (waitlist open), but tickets remain for the Plenary Session&Networking Poster Session!

Hear about cutting-edge #research on food systems, from #robotics to #microalgae.

Secure your spot NOW! ➡️ bit.ly/3KOTNXU

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October 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Was passiert, wenn es wirklich extrem wird? 🌡️💧 Die WebApp #EXtremes der @wslresearch.bsky.social & der Designagentur Zense zeigt interaktiv die Kettenreaktionen extremer Wetterereignisse in der Schweiz. 🇨🇭

👉 extremesapp.wsl.ch
WSL Extremes
Wie wird das Klima der Schweiz in der Zukunft aussehen?
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October 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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⚠️Is our chemical risk assessment falling behind? Research from @ethz.ch & @rptu.bsky.social shows the rapid rise of chemicals in the environment is outpacing regulatory ability.

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The world’s chemical pollution exceeds safe limits
The rapid production and distribution of chemicals in the environment means that regulatory risk assessment can no longer keep pace with their ever-increasing number. This is the conclusion reached by...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM