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July 15, 2025
Plants improve soil carbon storage, but they can disrupt it too
Plants can capture CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into building blocks they use to grow. Ultimately, they send a large portion belowground through their roots.
June 10, 2025
Alps could face a doubling in torrential summer rainfall frequency as temperatures rise by 2°C
Intense, short-lived summer downpours are expected to become both more frequent and more intense across Alpine regions as the climate warms.
June 10, 2025
Rethinking Past Ocean Circulation to Refine Future Climate Models
An international study led by the University of Lausanne reveals that deep ocean currents in the North Atlantic stayed active during two extremely cold and well-studied periods of the last ice age.
June 4, 2025
From commitment to collective action: Launch of the Culture for the Planet Alliance
A major step forward in the sustainability transition of the arts and cultural sector on a global scale is taking place.
May 26, 2025
Melting of Greenland’s ice sheet: how ice slabs regulate meltwater runoff into the sea
Scientists working at the universities of Fribourg and Lausanne have developed a model for the way Greenland’s meltwater drains into the sea.
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Studying the impact of glacier retreat on biodiversity
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Glaciers are the guardians of an entire ecosystem, and their disappearance caused by global warming will lead to a dramatic decline in biodiversity. In the field, the…
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Jorat Natural Park : first steps towards long-term monitoring
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français A new peri-urban park was born in the Jorat woods in 2021, becoming the second of its kind in Switzerland. Pascal Vittoz (IDYST) is involved in the…
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Uncovering the secrets underground: how micro-scale processes in soils have global impact
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Marco Keiluweit is a specialist expert in soil biogeochemistry who joined the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics in July 2022. He is particularly interested in the role…
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Investigation in Madagascar – ethnographic fieldwork in a rural landscape
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français This series of conversations brings you the thoughts of our research community on field practice and how it is evolving. See also : Christian Kull is interested in…
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The University of Lausanne and the Natural History Museum of Geneva receive samples of the famous asteroid Ryugu for their scientific research
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Scientists from the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the Museum of Natural History of Geneva (MHNG) have been selected by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to…
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Digital Twin Cities : the need to integrate more complexity in the analysis
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Virtual representations of cities – or Digital Twin Cities – are in full expansion and are intended to facilitate the management and planning of urban systems in…
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Media coverage of climate change research does not inspire action
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Media coverage of scientific advances on climate issues does not activate the mechanisms known in psychology to trigger action in individuals and groups. This is the conclusion…
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A roadmap for integrating species in biodiversity restoration
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Par leur simple présence, certaines espèces, plantes ou animales peuvent fortement modifier le paysage, créer de nouveaux habitats pour la faune et augmenter la biodiversité. A l’Université…
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Oxidation phenomena would have taken place much earlier than thought on Earth
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français By analyzing thousands of data from 3.8- to 1.8-billion-year-old rock samples, a team from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) has demonstrated that the phenomenon of iron oxidation…
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Sampling expedition off the coasts of Vancouver: first step to a better understanding of the cycle of chromium in the ocean
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Isabelle Baconnais, a member of the BOAT (Laboratory for Biological Oceanography Across Time, Institute of Earth Sciences, ISTE)research group, led a maritime expedition off the coasts of Vancouver in October…
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Better predicting heat waves, which affect all inhabited areas
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Heat waves are a major threat to human health and ecosystems and will further intensify in the future in virtually all inhabited regions. For now, predictive models…
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Back from Greenland: what sediments tell us about the retreat of the Ice Sheet
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Researchers from the UNIL went to Greenland to study the changes in erosion of the ice sheet, and the discharge of glacial sediments into ecosystems. Poorly understood,…