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Berge sind die «Wassertürme» der Erde
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- Der Rosegbach im Oberengadin ist Teil des Donaueinzugsgebietes, wo über ein Drittel der 46 Millionen Tieflandbewohner:innen vom Wasser aus dem Gebirge abhängen. #WorldWaterDay. Bild: Daniel Viviroli
Why do we create virtual forests?
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- Combining 3d measurements and radiative transfer models helps to improve forest monitoring and to increase understanding of ecosystem functioning. Image: Felix Morsdorf
13.03.2023
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Morgenstimmung im Irchelpark
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- Ein magischer Ort und ein wunderschöner Arbeitsweg. Bild: Sandra Altorfer
27.02.2023
Safety first!
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- Rope handling and best practices for safety management are indispensable parts of our fieldwork. The last time we practised this was on Chli Schijen in Central Switzerland in November 2022 – and we had a lot of fun! (Image: Ethan Welty)
Prüfungsvorbereitung aus der anderen Perspektive
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- Aufsichtspersonal finden und instruieren, Prüfungen und Aushänge drucken, Sitzpläne zeichnen, technische Abklärungen treffen, etc. Und immer ein Worst-Case-Szenario bereit haben! Wir ATPs kümmern uns um die komplexen Abläufe, damit eure Prüfungen erfolgreich über die Bühne gehen. (Bild: Corinne Wyss)
06.02.2023
Sky glow on the Adriatic coast of Croatia
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- Light pollution is caused by atmospheric scattering and is suspected to impair bird migration. Over the Adriatic Sea, birds migrate in spring towards the north-east and approach the coast from the sea (green triangle). Using ornithological BirdScan radar (pink dots) and weather radar (red areas), we will observe bird migration and its impairment by light pollution in spring 2023. (Image: Simon Hirschhofer)
30.01.2023
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Why is the water so green?
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- It looks toxic but isn’t. With the help of tracer measurements and little technical equipment we can determine the discharge of glacier-fed mountain streams. Image: Alina Motschmann
16.01.2023
Field measurements in the Palcacocha valley, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
The water is essential for people living downstream and the inhabitants of the Rio Santa Valley. Due to climate change the glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca are receding and with it a vital water resource.
Life in old age
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- Nepal is experiencing rapid ageing, which is especially accelerated by outmigration of the younger generation from the mountainous regions. Image: Sarah Speck
19.12.2022
Maya Chhettri, picture, is living alone and has to work everyday to maintain a living, her sons migrated and her husband died almost 20 years ago. The only help she gets is her allowance which is especially targeted for widowed women, she was lucky to know about that allowance thanks to her neighbours.
Sarah Speck: Ageing in the Global South: A case study on life in old age from Nepal PhD Thesis 2020
SNSF Scientific Image Competition 2018
Himalayan ice beauty
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- On the surface of debris-covered glaciers, meltwater from supraglacial channels incise ice cliffs forming these abstract shapes of remarkable beauty. Image: Boris Ouvry
06.12.2022
Read more about Boris' fieldwork in the Swiss Polar Institute Blog.
Erschreckend schöne Bilder
28.11.2022
Lernende der Fachklasse Grafik Luzern haben in einem Kooperationsprojekt mit dem GIUZ Fakten und Prognosen zum Klimawandel als populär verständliche Bilder inszeniert: Ausstellung in den Schaukästen des Geographischen Instituts, Gebäude 25, Stock H und online verfügbar.
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3D animation of image-based drone data of the forest directly above the Campus Irchel
| Mapping forest vegetation structure from the ground to the crown enables the study of interactions between tree stands, biodiversity and ecosystem functions. (Animation: Felix Morsdorf) |
21.11.2022
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Rockglacier Val da l’Acqua
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- Engadine rock glaciers are among the 100 geological world heritage sites. GIUZ has a long tradition of research there. Image: Alessandro Cicoira
Fieldwork on Greenlands fastest glacier
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- Installing instruments on the extremely crevassed glacier Sermeq Kujalleq is only possible from the helicopter, and recovering them after weeks or months an art anyway. Image: Ana Nap
07.11.2022
GIUZ Blog: Fishing instruments from a helicopter
3D model of a small gold mine in Kamituga
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- Beneath the surface of the global tech industry: the gold business remains uneven and non-transparent. Screenshot: ZHdK, Gabriel Kamundala
24.10.2022
Exhibiton Kamituga | Digital Gold
Panel discussion 4.11.2022
as part of "Zurich meets Berlin" at Berlin Science Week 4.-8.11.2022
The cultural landscape in Truso Valley, Georgia
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- In the Kazbegi Municipality, the Caucasus farmers try to combine the conservation of old ruins with new agricultural activities and tourism. Image: Gvantsa Salukvadze
17.10.2022
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Field work at the ice-ocean boundary in southern Greenland
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- Image: Ethan Welty
03.10.2022
Researchers enjoy the fog bow as they prepare to make another water temperature measurement in the iceberg-filled fjord of Nordre Sermilik in southern Greenland (map). The work is part of the multidisciplinary Greenfjord project to determine how Greenlandic fjord ecosystems will be impacted as glaciers retreat onto land and icebergs disappear from coastal waters.
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Never stop playing – hydrology is fun!
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- Take a look at this eye-catching cartoon subtly capturing the individual personalities of our Hydrology & Climate (H2K) staff members. Who do you recognise? Cartoon: Steph's Sketches
26.09.2022
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A cathedral of ice, more than 200 meters high, is raised and immediately destroyed
| Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland is one of the fastest glaciers on Earth. Every year, it discharges more than 50 gigatonnes of ice to the ocean in the form of large icebergs. Video: Adrien Wehrlé |
19.09.2022
In July 2022, a team of the Glaciology Group camped in front of this giant to deploy instruments at its surface. We were lucky enough to witness several large-scale calving events like the one in this video – shown here in triple speed.
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Geographiestudierende auf einer Exkursion im Unterengadin
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- Studierende erheben Leistungen, welche die alpine Landschaft Besucherinnen und Besuchern zur Verfügung stellt. Bild: Norman Backhaus
Findelgletscher seen from space
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- Remote sensing in the optical and thermal infrared domain helps to improve our understanding of the spatio-temporal variations in the Earth’s surface energy budget. Click on the image for full resolution or view the picture printed in large format at GIUZ on the J-floor corridor. Image: Kathrin Naegeli
29.08.2022
This was one example of research input presented by a visiting scientist during the “Girls on Ice Switzerland” program: Gletschererlebnis nur für Mädchen
Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing
Tägliche Käsepflege
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- Wie werden die Vorschriften der Lebensmittelsicherheit bei der Herstellung von Alpkäse umgesetzt? Simon Zoja besuchte für seine Masterarbeit Alpbetriebe in Graubünden und Bern. Bild: Mayk Wendt
18.07.2022
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Calibrating the new spectrometer at Laegern tower
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- Working and having a beautiful view at the same time: With the spectrometer we can measure the sun induced fluorescence in the forest canopy. Picture: Jasmin Kesselring
12.07.2022
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Tropical beauty: Bromeliads growing in front of the Veronica glacier, Central Andes, Southern Peru
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- High insolation and warmth during the day, but temperatures below freezing during the night: Only highly adapted organisms can survive in the harsh conditions in the tropical Andes. Picture: Fabian Drenkhan
04.07.2022
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Field work in Val Piora, Ticino, during an excursion for Earth System Science students
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- The valley is famous for high biodiversity and unique geology. Picture: Michael Schmidt
21.06.2022
125 GIUZ Anniversary Blog: Intense days on the field course to Val Piora | GIUZ Blog: How does an education in Geography and Earth System Science matter for sustainability? | ESS 244 Earth System Science Field Course
Rainfall simulation in the Alps
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- Distinction in the 2019 Scientific Image Competition of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Picture: Florian Lustenberger
14.06.2022
The picture won a distinction in the 2019 Scientific Image Competition of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Comments of the jury: "(...) The viewer is surprised by an apparently surreal situation: artificial rain created high up in the mountains. The photograph depicts practical field research as a pursuit which requires hard and even physical work, while suggesting the sense of insecurity we feel in the light of the Anthropocene and the challenges it poses for humanity." More ...
Field work in the Tyrrhenian Sea #WorldOceanDay
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- Monitoring marine plankton requires data from satellites hundreds of kilometres above us - but samples also need to be taken directly on site. Picture: Luca Fiorani
08.06.2022
125 GIUZ Blog: The fluorescence of phytoplankton from 800 km above
Field work at Eqip Sermia glacier, West Greenland
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- Fieldcamp near the calving glacier, right next to the old cabin of the 1950s French expedition. Picture: Isabelle Gärtner-Roer
23.05.2022
GIUZ Blog: It’s all about logistics, perfect team work, heavy material and enough food
Artisanal gold labour in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Day after day miners toil under precarious conditions to extract the rare natural materials and gold for our smartphones and computers. Picture: Gabriel Kamundala
16.05.2022
Kamituga | Digital Gold
SNSF Scientific Image Competition: This picture is one of the 344 submitted works in 2022.
Studying biodiversity from space
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- Satellite and aerial images complement each other and provide information about functional diversity of forests, here at Laegern near Zurich. The different colors represent proxies for pigments and the water content in the canopy. Picture: Isabelle Helfenstein et al.
09.05.2022
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Bartang-Tal in Tadschikistan
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- Traditionelles Wissen der Lokalbevölkerung trägt zum Naturschutz und zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung des Tals im tadschikischen Pamirgebirge bei. Bild: Norman Backhaus
25.04.2022
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Sahara dust covers the icefall of the Ischmeer glacier
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- Swiss and British cryosphere researchers recently met on Jungfraujoch and enjoyed stunning views of the surrounding glaciers. Picture: Andreas Vieli
11.04.2022
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Mount Rigi, Central Switzerland
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- En route to a target area as part of our ESA CHIME 2021 scientific airborne imaging campaign to provide calibration and validation measurements for future satellite missions. Picture: Andreas Hueni
04.04.2022
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Some lights never go out.
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- Servers at GIUZ, the electronic backbone of everyday research, teaching and administration. Picture: Patrick Marchi
28.03.2022
You don’t think at email, your private home space, to the shared group and data spaces, the GIUZ wikis, the department web sites, the roombooking tool, your project’s virtual server, network connectivity, the printers on your floor, authentication for ArcGIS online, your course’s disk space, the backup of your data, your measured data in the wild, your device lifecycle, available geodata, round the clock access to the course infrastructure, replacment laptop, your database server, forgotten adapter, custom designed data synchronization service, webmail access, preconfigured laptop, network security, mailing lists, your specialized geoserver, support and ticketing system, the latest meteodata, the jupyterhub server for your course, all the time.
Because we do.
Some lights are out? You need additional lights? We are happy to help, don’t hesitate to contact Jörg, Patrick, Roya or Thomi.
Water splashes in the Triftbach River (Matter Valley, Valais)
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- #WorldWaterDay: Water is a key resource of the 21st century and an important link between mountain and lowland regions. Picture: Daniel Viviroli
Digital painting of a scene at Oeschinensee near Kandersteg
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- In Geographic Information Science we make a lot of maps. In this work I combined the standardised colouring of land cover with landscape painting. Picture: Jingwen Zhang
07.03.2022
Shrinking glaciers in the Andes of Peru
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- Shrinking glaciers are changing water resources worldwide: adaptations are urgently needed, both at the regional and global level! Picture: C. Huggel
28.02.2022
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Rhonegletscher
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- Vom Rhonegletscher abgeschliffener Fels neben dem Gletschersee. Das abgeriebene Feinmaterial färbt den See milchig weiss. Bild: Rebecca Norton
21.02.2022
Campus Irchel im Abendrot
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- Magische Abendstimmung im Irchel Naturpark - ein aussergewöhnlicher Arbeitsplatz mitten in Zürich. Bild: Isabelle Wüest
14.02.2022
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Geochronologie lernen am "schönsten Fleck der Schweiz"?
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- Das ist möglich! Am Lai da Palpuogna in Graubünden. Die Anmeldung für die Summerschool 2022 ist bereits geöffnet! Bild: Thomas Keller
07.02.2022
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Learning in the forest
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- GIUZ students visit nearby forests to learn how soil interacts with plants and environmental factors. Picture: Avni Malhotra
31.01.2022
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Mobile shop in borough Stepantsminda, Kazbegi municipality, north-eastern Georgia
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- Authentic food distribution approach helps to distribute everyday goods and agri food mostly to peripheral villages. Picture: Gvantsa Salukvadze
24.01.2022
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Andean landscape around Yuracmayo, Central Andes of Peru
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- The Yuracmayo reservoir (4320 m asl.) is located in the Central Andes of Peru surrounded by a diverse landscape and provides water for the country's capital further downstream. Picture: Fabian Drenkhan
17.01.2022
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Getting the big picture of biodiversity
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- Satellites and other remote sensing tools offer new ways to study ecosystems – and maybe even save them.
10.01.2022
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Mapping Functional Diversity of Forests with Remote Sensing (UZH News Release, 13.11.2017)
Field work near Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Island, Greenland
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- We install a dGPS on an active rockglacier and enjoy marvellous views of the icebergs. Picture: Isabelle Gärtner-Roer
03.01.2022
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Explaining the geography of plantation agriculture in Southern Italy
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- Project courtesy of Timothy Raeymaekers, Cantieri Meticci and mic-c.org
20.12.2021
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Feldarbeit im Davoser Wald
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- Mit Hilfe des terrestrischen Laserscannings erfassen wir eine Punktwolke und erhalten so eine 3D-Darstellung des Waldes. Bild: Jasmin Kesselring
13.12.2021
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Growing on rocks: Rendzina soil in Allgäuer Alps, Germany
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- Rendzina is a shallow soil and common in the carbonate-rich parts of the Alps. The name is Polish and describes the sound of a plough hitting the solid rock. Picture: Marcus Schiedung
06.12.2021
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Where we come from
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- One earth - many worlds: Spotlights visualize nationalities of GIUZ staff members. More than 30 nations are represented. Map: Armand Kapaj using ESRI’s World Imagery (Firefly) basemap
29.11.2021
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Street-Food in Malaysia
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- Mit ihren Fertigkeiten stellen Strassenköche in Südostasien nicht nur frische Snacks her, sie sind auch eine Attraktion für Touristen und Touristinnen und Treffpunkte für die Lokalbevölkerung. Bild: Norman Backhaus
22.11.2021
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Verflochtene Fliesswege
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- Der Findelbach im Vorfeld des Findelgletschers, Zermatt. Bild: Daniel Viviroli
15.11.2021
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