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Posts by Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich

«Unsere Studierenden wollen Zusammenhänge verstehen, Ernährung sichern und Ressourcen schützen – mit innovativen Methoden, Hightech und KI die Zukunft gestalten», erläutert Nina Buchmann, Professorin für Graslandwissenschaften.

👉📰 Unsere Artikel in der heutigen NZZ am Sonntag!

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Agrarwissenschaften: Die Rolle von Milch und KI im Klimawandel Erfahren Sie, wie Agrarwissenschaften, unter der Leitung von ETH-Professorin Nina Buchmann, dazu beitragen, die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Milchproduktion, Klimawandel und Biodiversität zu verstehen. E...

«Lösungen für uns alle»: Christian Hofer, Direktor des Bundesamts für Landwirtschaft, erklärt in der NZZ am Sonntag, warum die klügsten Köpfe an der @ETH #Agrarwissenschaften studieren sollten.

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@nzz.ch #Klimawandel #AgTech #Nachhaltigkeit #Landwirtschaft

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‪🌲One framework, many forests: ETH Zürich researchers propose Integrative Forest Management to translate biodiversity & climate-resilience goals into practical, trackable actions across Europe’s forests. #IFM #Forestry
@wslresearch.bsky.social

👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123698

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🌱🌍 ♻️The #NetZeroDay is becoming a structural principle at @ethz.ch. Discover and connect with net‑zero initiatives across ETH!

👉 Programme & registration: ethzurich.eventsair.com/netzero/regi...
#NetZeroDay #ETHZurich #NetZero

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«Agrarwissenschaften ETH» – ein Studium für Weltveränderer | naturtalent Aktuell leben über acht Milliarden Menschen auf der Welt und die Welternährungsorganisation FAO schätzt, dass es......

@nbuchmann.bsky.social, Professorin für #Graslandwissenschaften an der @ethz.ch, spricht im Podcast über #Ernährungssicherheit und drei Studentinnen berichten von ihrer Studienwahl. Agrarwissenschaften: Ein Studium für Menschen, die die Welt verändern wollen!

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Ausserdem: "Unsere Gesellschaft verändert sich rasant. Deshalb brauchen Absolventen heute nicht nur fachliches Wissen, sondern auch die Fähigkeit, komplexe Systeme zu verstehen, Daten zu analysieren und interdisziplinär zu arbeiten", sagt unser Studiendirektor Bruno Studer im Interview. 🌱🔬

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Dank ETH-Studium: Mit 27 an die Spitze der LANDI | Zürcher Bauer Wenn Aline Schmucki über ihren Beruf spricht, klingt darin vor allem eines mit: Begeisterung. Die 31-jährige ETH-Absolventin leitet heute die......

Grosse Serie über das Studium #Agrarwissenschaften an der @ethz.ch im "Zürcher Bauer"!

🌱🚜Vom Bauernhof im Thurgau an die Spitze der LANDI Zola: Aline Schmucki zeigt, wie weit ein ETH Studium tragen kann:

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🐄 At D‑USYS, Mutian Niu and his team develop non‑invasive breath "exhalomics" in dairy cows. 🔬 VOC profiling + AI distinguish healthy vs. sick animals and agree with rumen cannula data – a step towards precision livestock farming with fewer antibiotics. #AnimalHealth

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Ranking: ETH Zurich still the world’s best university in Earth Sciences In 16 disciplines, the university ranks among the 10 best in the world. In addition to Earth Sciences, it also achieves an outstanding ranking in Architecture, Civil and Structural Engineering, and En...

🎉🙌Proud to see @ethz.ch once again ranked among the world’s very best universities — and especially thrilled about the strong performance of the disciplines anchored in D‑USYS! #4 Environmental Sciences, #8 Agriculture & Forestry. #QSRankings #AcademicExcellence

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Why plants fail in dry soil Whether a plant can draw water from the soil depends on the soil’s physical properties, not the plant itself. This explains why previous programmes aimed at cultivating drought-resistant plants have n...

Why do plants die of thirst even when there is still some moisture in the ground? 🥀 A new study by @ethz.ch & @utas.edu.au shows the culprit isn't the plant—it’s soil physics!

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#ETH #Science #SoilPhysics #ClimateChange #PlantScience #Agriculture

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Gletscherforschung hautnah! 🧊📉 Besuchen Sie uns am 21. März, dem Welttag der Gletscher.

📍 ETH Zürich (HG E 45)
🕙 10:00 – 17:00 Uhr
🎟️ Eintritt frei

#WelttagDerGletscher #Klimawandel #ETH #Forschung #Zürich #Gletscher

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Not every forest cools the Earth In the fight against the climate crisis, countries are pinning great hope in reforestation projects. In a new study, ETH Zurich researchers show that the location in which reforestation is taking plac...

Not every forest cools the planet! 🌍🌲A study by @norafahrenbach.bsky.social and colleagues shows that location is more important than the number of trees planted. In fact, the same cooling could be achieved using 50% less land if positioned strategically.

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🌟Congrats to Serina Robinson on her appointment as Assistant Professor of #EnvironmentalBiochemistry! Her interdisciplinary #PFAS and enzyme‑modelling research will deepen our links with @eth-dbiol.bsky.social, D‑HEST and @eawag.bsky.social. #ETHZurich #Interdisciplinary
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Loic Pellissier, how can we encourage companies to do a better job of protecting biodiversity? Biodiversity has suffered greatly worldwide. Companies should also do more to protect it. However, they need reliable indicators that quantify the success of measures taken to benefit nature, writes E...

🌱🐟🐾#Biodiversity has suffered greatly worldwide. Companies should also do more to protect it. However, they need reliable indicators that quantify the success of measures taken to benefit nature, writes ETH ecosystem researcher @loicpellissier.bsky.social.

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News detail | Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership is pleased to welcome...

Thrilled to see Mutian Niu appointed to the @fao.org Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP)Technical Advisory Group! A recognition of the impactful climate–livestock research from our @ethz.ch #AnimalNutrition team!
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New policy brief by Eva-Marie Meemken & team: how to promote decent work for informal food workers in Ghana 🇬🇭

Three priority areas for policymakers 👇
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Her submission was based on her Master’s thesis, which was supervised by @bianca-vienni.bsky.social and @retoknutti.bsky.social, and received technical support from Stephanie Briers at @usyseth.bsky.social. Our congratulations also go to the second winner, Marlene Rimmert!

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‪ 📢👏 Congratulations to Victoria Herbig on winning the GAIA Master’s Student Paper Award 2026 for her work on inclusive sustainability modelling! #Sustainability #ETH #ScienceImpact #ScienceForSociety #InclusiveScience

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Does rock powder help protect the climate? Accelerated rock weathering on farmland is seen as a promising way to sequester carbon dioxide in the long term. However, researchers at the Thünen Institute and ETH Zurich urge caution: before rock p...

🚜🌍 Accelerated rock weathering shows promise for long term CO₂ removal — but major uncertainties remain.
#ClimateScience #CarbonRemoval #ERW
With @thuenen.de and @ethz.ch @mschiedung.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social

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Peatland lakes in the Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old Over thousands of years, the swamps and peatlands in the Congo Basin have accumulated and stored huge amounts of carbon. A research team led by ETH Zurich has now shown that large lakes in this ecosys...

Congo Basin blackwater lakes release ancient peat carbon—challenging long‑held climate assumptions. Land‑use change may worsen this trend.🚨🌍Research by @draketw.bsky.social and colleagues.
#ClimateResearch #ETHZurich #Peatlands #CongoBasin

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Eliane Christen: Vom Bergbauernhof zur Olympiade – ein Weg voller Tränen und Kämpfe Die 27-jährige Eliane Christen startet im Olympia-Slalom in Cortina, nachdem sie sich von schweren Verletzungen erholt hat. Ihre Emotionen sind überwältigend.

Vom Hörsaal auf die Olympia-Piste! ⛷️Eliane Christen, Master-Studierende der @ethz.ch Agrarwissenschaften, startet heute im Olympiaslalom in Cortina (10 / 13.30 Uhr, live bei uns). Go, Eliane, go! 🇨🇭🏔️

#Cortina2026 #ETHZürich #Agrarwissenschaften #Olympia #SkiAlpin

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🌏Can we truly predict the future of our climate if we don’t fully understand clouds?☁️🔬 Meet Mayur Sapkal, founder of RepliClouds and @ethz.ch Social Impact Pioneer Fellow. Mayur is developing a device to replicate cloud formation and sharpen our climate models.

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🎓How do we design Master’s programmes for the next 15 years? 90+ students, lecturers, and professors gathered to plant the "Seeds of Change" for our MSc in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

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Costa Rica’s forests find their voice again By

🎧Take a listen! Giacomo Delgado and his team have analyzed 16,000+ hours of audio to track forest recovery in Costa Rica. 🇨🇷
The study could help establish a direct link between #sound and #biodiversity in ecosystems around the world.

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Swiss Agricultural Research – Online Journal Swiss Agricultural Research – online journal with scientific articles in the various fields of the agriculture and food sector.

🙌We are an official partner of agrarforschungschweiz.ch! Together with @agroscope.bsky.social, FiBL, HAFL, Agridea and ZHAW, we are driving forward research and communication into sustainable agricultural systems. 🌱🌍 #ETHZurich #AgriculturalResearch #Sustainability.

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Danke @robertfinger.bsky.social für diese Präzisierungen!

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As we have already reported, we are happy that the Swiss Federal Government has approved the new National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) CLIM+: Climate Extremes and Society.

👉 Here is our D-USYS report on the project:
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D‑USYS researchers contribute to aircraft observations of North Atlantic storms Researchers from the Atmospheric Dynamics group at the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D‑USYS) are contributing to a major international field campaign over the North Atlantic, providing ...

✈️🌊How do storms over the Atlantic shape Europe’s winter weather? Scientists from D-USYS join an international flight campaign to find out. usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

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Bruno Studer argues that strict NGT laws favor big corporations by creating high entry barriers. To keep Swiss breeding local and innovative, we need science-based regulation, not more hurdles. 🌾🚫 Thank you, "Schweizer Bauer", for the comprehensive interview! 👇

#PlantSciences #NGT

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