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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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Climate change in the fjords of southern Greenland
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français A interdisciplinary research project will be launched in summer 2022 In the framework of the Greenlandic Fjord ecosystems in a changing climate: Socio-cultural and environmental interactions project funded…
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Micropyrites: a signature of life
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français An international team coordinated by Johanna Marin Carbonne (ISTE) has successfully measured micropyrites in modern microbial mats, in Cuba and Mexico. They present their results in a…
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Biodiversity restoration: local projects under scrutiny
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français What can we learn from actions led by Indigenous peoples and local communities? Using ecological as well as social methods, Gretchen Walters (IGD), Olivier Hymas (CIRM) and Jenny Kelleher…
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The multiple facets of SIMS in Switzerland
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Prof. Marin-Carbonne, Prof. Meibom, Prof. Rubatto, Prof. Baumgartner, Dr Bouvier, Dr Escrig, Dr Bovay, and M. Plane in front of the SwissSIMS in the Center for Advanced…
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The Origin of Gold: this precious metal has now its geoforensic passport
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Within the framework of an Innosuisse, Dr Barbara Beck, researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences and specialist in archaeometry, has developed an innovative, rapid and low-cost…
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Realize a project to create a start-up?
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Meeting with two alumni of the FGSE (IDYST) Federico Amato and Fabian Guignard, former young Their project was supported by the UCreate3 accelerator program of the UNIL Entrepreneurship and…
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Waste management in South Asia: what impact of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français How did waste management change during the current pandemic ? René Véron and Swetha Rao Dhananka work together since more than ten years in South Asia. Now they initiate…
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What happens to biodiversity when glaciers disappear?
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Biodiversity Change is the label of a new research group at the University of Lausanne that is attempting to answer this question. Global environmental change, in particular rising temperatures, is causing…
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How climate change affects extreme rainfall ? A new Eccellenza professor at FGSE addresses this issue
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français How climate change impacts hydrology? And how can we better prepare for the future challenges of hydrological hazards and risks? The desire to find answers to these…
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A Visual Atlas for Soil Micromorphologists
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français If you want to learn about the innermost nature of soils, discover the new Atlas of Soil Micromorphology that has just been published. This reference book has…
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Interview with Céline Rozenblat about the Handbook of Cities and Networks
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français Céline Rozenblat (Institute of Geography and Sustainability, FGSE, University of Lausanne) and Zachary Neal (Michigan State University) edited the Handbook of Cities and Networks published in July 2021. This handbook…
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Moulting: the behaviour that tells the long history of arthropods
Cette publication est également disponible en : Français A new Sinergia collaborative project was launched, with Allison Daley, specialist at ISTE of fossils and animal evolution in Cambrien, Marc Robinson-Rechavi and Robert Waterhouse (from the Department of Ecology…