News and Media
(02.03.2020): Congratulations to Martha Vogel who was awarded the ETH medal for her PhD thesis!
(28.02.2020): Congratulations to Kathrin Wehrli for successfully defending her PhD thesis on "On the sensitivity of heat waves to physical drivers and climate change"!
(28.11.2019): Congratulations to Ryan Padron for successfully defending his PhD thesis on "Water availability in a warming world Insights across scales from observations and climate models"!
(20.11.2019): Prof. Sonia Seneviratne on "highly cited researchers" list for the 6th year in a row!
(27.09.2019): Energy Science Center welcomes Prof. Sonia Seneviratne as new member (link)
(12.08.2019): external pageIPCC Special report on Climate Change and Landcall_made approved: Dr Edouard Davin from LandClim group was a lead author on the report (U-SYS news)
(18.03.2019): Congratulations to Heewon Moon for successfully defending her PhD thesis on "Precipitation and drought persistence in global climate models"!
(05.12.2018): Congratulations to Martha Vogel for successfully defending her PhD thesis on "Temperature extremes in a changing climate – Processes, emergent constraints and impacts"!
(27.11.2018): Seven "highly cited researchers" from D-USYS
(08.10.2018): New IPCC Report on 1.5°C global warming approved. Prof. Sonia Seneviratne was a lead author of the report.
(05.10.2018): Congratulations to Vincent Humphrey who was awarded the ETH medal for his PhD thesis!
(01.09.2018): Congratulations to Jakob Zscheischler for receiving an external pageSNF Ambizione grantcall_made to start a research group at the University of Bern!
(23.04.2018): Prof. Sonia Seneviratne nominated as coordinating lead author on the IPCC 6th assessment report
(08.02.2018): Congratulations to Clemens Schwingshackl, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
(04.10.2017): Congratulations to Vincent Humphrey, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
(30.07.2017): Land-climate dynamics group featured in Arte television documentary
(21.04.2017): Congratulations to Mathias Hauser, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
(17.01.2017): Congratulations to Wim Thiery for being part of the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe calls of 2017!
(16.9.2016): Congratulations to Quentin Lejeune, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
(26.8.2016): Congratulations to Nadine Nicolai-Shaw, who successfully defended her PhD thesis!
(09.12.2015): Congratulations to Jakob Zscheischler, who was awarded the external pageWladimir Peter Köppen Awardcall_made for his excellent PhD thesis!
(07.12.2015): Congratulations to Stefanos Mystakidis, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
(27.04.2015): Congratulations to Peter Greve, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
ETH annual report (12/2014): Our research highlighted in 2014 ETH annual report
(09/2014): Congratulations to Peter Greve who was awarded an external pageOutstanding Student Poster Award from the European Geosciences Unioncall_made
(31.01.2014): Congratulations to Benoit Guillod, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
ETH (30.01.2014): Prof. Sonia Seneviratne is awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant
GEWEX News (11/2013): external pageGEWEX welcomes the new Co-Chairs of the GEWEX Scientific Steering Group (SSG)call_made
(05.08.2013): Prof. Sonia Seneviratne receives the James B. Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union (external pageAGU web sitecall_made; external pageEOS announcementcall_made)
(07.05.2013): Congratulations to Rene Orth, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
ETH annual report (12/2012): Our research cited in the 2012 ETH annual report
ETH Life (07.12.2012): Neue Professoren an der ETH Zürich
ETH Life (07.12.2012): New professors at the ETH Zurich appointed
(23.11.2012): Congratulations to Ruth Lorenz, who successfully defended her PhD thesis!
WCRP 4th reanalysis meeting (09.05.2012): external pageBrigitte Mueller makes presentation as EGU young ambassadorcall_made [external pageEGU ambassadorscall_made]
(27.01.2012): Congratulations to Brigitte Mueller, who successfully defended her PhD thesis!
IPCC SREX Summary for Policymakers (18.11.2011): external pageRelease of IPCC SREX Summary for Policymakerscall_made; external pageCore writing teamcall_made; external pageVideocall_made
(02.11.2011): Congratulations to Heidi Mittelbach, who successfully defended her PhD thesis!
(12.10.2011): Congratulations to Paulo Oliveira who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
(18.09.2009): Congratulations to Eric Jäger, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
ETH News (29.08.2018) Drought increses CO2 concentration in the air
NZZ (15.07.2020) external pageDie jüngste Hitzewelle in Sibirien wäre ohne den Klimawandel undenkbar gewesencall_made
ETH News (30.06.2020) Climate change is altering terrestrial water availability
SRF (24.06.2020) external pageHitzewelle in Sibiriencall_made
Television Suisse Romande (RTS) (23.06.2020) external pageSonia Seneviratne, prof. climatologie EPFZ: "L'Arctique connaît un réchauffement 3x plus rapide qu'en moyenne globale"call_made
European Commission (16.06.2020) external pageHighlight on our European Research Council DROUGHT-HEAT projectcall_made
Le Temps (02.06.2020) external pageAviation: Des objectifs climatiques plutôt que de simples parolescall_made
Tagesanzeiger (28.05.2020) external pageGastkommentar: Griffige Klimaziele für die Luftfahrt statt Lippenbekenntnissecall_made
NZZ (05.05.2020) external pageDie Coronakrise spart mehr CO2 als je zuvor, der Klimaschutz profitiert trotzdem nichtcall_made
NZZ (18.04.2020) external pageMessungen im Boden zeigen: Noch nie war es im April so trocken wie jetztcall_made
Le Temps (24.03.2020) external pageSonia Seneviratne l'expertise au service du combat climatiquecall_made
24 heures (29.01.2020) external pageLa chercheuse engagée excelle dans l'art du climatcall_made
ETH News (15.01.2020) Irrigation alleviates hot extremes
ETH News (13.01.2020) Prof. Sonia Seneviratne contributed to ETH workshop for newly elected Swiss parliamentarians
Le Temps (13.01.2020) external pageClimate activists acquitted at process at which Prof. Sonia Seneviratne and Nobel-prize winner Jacques Dubochet provided testimoniescall_made
EOS (20.12.2019) external pageHeat waves born of Earth and skycall_made
SRF (26.11.2019) external pageCO2 Ausstoss: Es gibt auch positive Entwicklungencall_made
ETH News (09.04.2019): Simultaneous heatwaves caused by anthropogenic climate change
NZZ (27.10.2018): external pageTrockenheit: Auch Dauerregen und Schnee bringen keine Erholungcall_made
Télévision Suisse Romande (RTS) (09.10.2018): external pageEn Suisse, la hausse des températures est plus importante que la moyenne mondialecall_made\
Tagesanzeiger (09.10.2018) external pageEin halbes Grad mehr kann zu viel seincall_made
ETH Zukunftsblog (08.10.2018): Major benefits - and in principle still achievable
ETH Zukunftsblog (08.10.2018): Bringt viel und ist grundsätzlich möglich
SRF 18.07.2018: external pageGemeinden rufen zum Wassersparen aufcall_made
Tagesanzeiger (11.06.2018) external pageDie Erderwärmung ist unkorrigierbarcall_made
ETH News (21.01.2018): Reflective surfaces alleviate heatwaves
Arte (30.07.2017): Die Erfindung der Zukunft
NZZ (21.01.2016) external pageWarum das Zwei-Grad-Ziel nicht überall giltcall_made
ETH News (21.01.2016) How two degrees may turn into four
SRF (04.07.2015): external pageBald jeder zweite Sommer ein Rekordsommer?call_made
Terre et Nature (04.06.2015): La climatologie est un domaine en plein essor
ETH News (05.03.2015): Wie Regen von der Bodenfeuchte abhängt; How rain is dependent on soil moisture
ETH annual report (12/2014): Our research highlighted in 2014 ETH annual report (full report)
Washington Post (15.09.2014): external pageClimate change rule of thumb gets rained oncall_made
20 minutes (15.09.2014): external pageTrockene Gebiete werden nicht immer trockenercall_made [German]
Nature Geoscience, News and Views (14.09.2014): external pageClimate Change: Dichotomy of drought and delugecall_made
ETH News (14.09.2014): Klimafolgen-Faustregel umgekrempelt; Rules of thumb turned upside down
Forbes (26.08.2014): external pageDifferent recipes for cooking our planetcall_made
Huffington post (03.07.2014): external pageNo hiatus in high extremes in temperaturecall_made
Spiegel (02.07.2014): external pageHitze-Jahr 1540: Wetterdaten enthüllen Europas größte Naturkatastrophecall_made [German]
RTS Info (25.06.2014): external pageRenoncer a labourer ferait baisser la temperature en cas de caniculecall_made
RTS CQFD (25.06.2014): external pageLe labourage et le réchauffement climatiquecall_made [French]
Spiegel (24.06.2014): external pageLandwirtschaft: Unbeackerte Felder dämpfen Hitzewellencall_made
Nature, News (23.06.2014): external pageUnploughed fields take edge off heat wavescall_made
ETH Life (23.06.2014): Stroh-Albedo mildert Hitzeextreme; Straw albedo mitigates extreme heat
The Economist (08.03.2014): external pageGlobal warming: Who pressed the pause button?call_made
SRF2 Wissenschaftsmagazin (01.03.2014): external pagePause beim Klimacall_made [German]
Reuters (26.02.2014): external pageHeat extremes increase despite global warming hiatuscall_made
Climate Central (26.02.2014): external pageClimate change is increasing extreme heat globallycall_made
ETH News (30.01.2014): Vier ETH-Forschende ausgezeichnet; Four ETH researchers win award
RTS Telejournal 19h30 (03.10.2013): external pageChangement climatique en Suisse [French]call_made
RTS Mise au point (22.09.2013): external pageInterview (Fonte des glaciers, GIEC) [French]call_made
ETH annual report (12/2012): Our research highlighted in 2012 ETH annual report
ETH Life, 7.12.2012: Neue Professoren an der ETH Zürich; New professors at the ETH Zurich appointed
Science Magazine, News (14.11.2012): external pageRecent drought trends not so cut and driedcall_made
The Telegraph (14.11.2012): external pageDroughts steady since 1950scall_made
Nature Geoscience, Research highlights (31.08.2012): external pageDry heatcall_made
NZZ (29.08.2012): external pageDie Crux mit den Extremencall_made
NZZ Online (10.08.2012): external pagePermanente Dürre in den USA?call_made
ETH Life (17.07.2012): Bodenfeuchte und Hitzetage global untersucht; Soil moisture and hot days examined globally
Schweizer Bauer (17.07.2012): external pageForschung: Längere Trockenheit sagt Hitzewellen vorauscall_made
Tages Anzeiger (16.07.2012): external pageETH-Forscherinnen können Hitzewellen voraussagencall_made
Los Angeles Times (16.07.2012): external pageDry spells may predict heat wavescall_made
ScienceDaily (27.05.2012): external pageMore Summer Heatwaves Likely in Europe: Predictability of European Summer Heat from Spring and Winter Rainfallcall_made
ETH Klimablog (10.05.2012): IPCC Sonderbericht zu Änderungen in Klimaextremen (IPCC SREX in Kürze)
ETH Life (29.03.2012): IPCC-Sonderbericht zu Klimaextremen; IPCC Special Report on Extreme Events and Disasters
ETH Klimablog (29.03.2012): Rigorose Qualitätskontrollen beim neusten IPCC-Sonderbericht
SciDevNet (28.03.2012): external pageIPCC predicts rise in extreme climate eventscall_made
Aqua & Gas (03/2012): On ne peut pas définir la sécheresse indépendamment du milieu impacté
Environmental Health Perspectives (01.02.2012): external pageManaging the Risks of Extreme Weather: IPCC Special Reportcall_made
ETH Globe (12/2011): Ab drei Grad wird's kritisch - Trockenheit und Landwirtschaft
Le Temps (26.11.2011): Vivre au sec, mode d'emploi
ETH Connect (09/2011): Ein Frühwarnsystem für magere Jahre
NFP61 DROUGHT-CH (08.06.2011): Video on DROUGHT-CH project [external pageFrenchcall_made; external pageEnglish sub-titlescall_made; external pageGerman sub-titlescall_made]
Le Temps (16.05.2011): Mieux prédire les grandes canicules
SF Einstein (05.05.2011): external pageEin Frühling wie Sommercall_made
SNF Journal Horizonte/Horizons (03/2011): Wenn die Atmosphäre zum Backofen wird; Mieux prédire les canicules
NZZ (15.12.2010): Dürren bereiten den Boden für Hitzewellen
ETH Life (13.12.2010): Der Boden ist schuld; Soil responsible for heat waves
Nature Geoscience, News and Views (12.12.2010): external pageExtreme heat rooted in dry soilscall_made
ETH Globe (11/2010): Vom Klimamodell zum Klimaservice
ETH Life (06.09.2010): Das Wald-Paradoxon bei Hitzewellen; The forest paradox during heatwaves
ETH Life (22.07.2010): Einfluss der Temperatur auf den «CO2-Atem»
Le Temps (22.07.2010): La Suisse doit adopter un système d'alertes sécheresse
3Sat (nano) (15.09.2009): external pageDer Boden schützt uns bald nicht mehr vor Hitze. Die Schweiz durchzieht ihr Land mit Messstationencall_made
ETH Life (22.08.2008): Der Bodenfeuchte auf den Grund gehen
SNF Journal Horizonte/Horizons (12/2008): Ein Klimaschlüssel liegt im Boden; Une clé du climat se cache dans le sol