Climate Change
Bridging the “Valley of Death” in carbon capture
Research
EPFL
Developed at EPFL, Heriot-Watt University, and ETH Zurich, PrISMa is a new platform that uses advanced simulations and machine learning to streamline carbon capture technologies, by taking into account the perspectives of diverse stakeholders early in the research process.
Researchers discover novel deepwater renewal process in Lake Geneva
Research
EPFL
EPFL researchers discovered that deepwater renewal in Lake Geneva in wintertime is not only due to vertical mixing. Instead, strong currents coming from the lake’s Petit Lac basin and nearshore zones of the Grand Lac play a vital role.
How climate change is altering the Earth’s rotation
Research
ETH Zurich
When the Earth’s ice masses melt, the way the planet rotates also changes. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now been able to show how climate change is altering the Earth’s axis of rotation and the length of the day. The speed of rotation, which was hitherto mainly influenced by the moon, will now also depend much more on the climate.
Snow or plant
Research
WSL
Machine learning helps researchers to use weather stations to investigate the consequences of climate change for the growth of alpine vegetation.
Can aerosols stop global warming?
Research
PSI
Markus Ammann, head of the Multiphase Chemistry research group at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and adjunct professor of atmospheric chemistry at ETH Zurich, ranks considerations regarding the use of so-called geoengineering to put the brakes on climate change and explains what the Swiss Light Source SLS has to do with it.
Impact of high-temperature heat storage on groundwater
Research
Eawag
An Eawag project is investigating how borehole thermal energy storage (BTES) affects the surrounding soil, the groundwater and the microorganisms living in it.
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