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The UZH has created the "Teaching Fund", a new instrument to support innovative teaching projects. In the first call, 16 out of 41 project proposals were approved. Among them “Calibrated Peer Reviewing” and “Decision Lab” submitted by Sara Fabrikant, Martin Müller and Yvonne Scheidegger Jung.
An article on imaging spectroscopy in the Swiss National Park by Anna Schweiger, Mathias Kneubühler, Michael Schaepman and others makes it to the cover of the scientific journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution. MNF news article
Spectral analysis of satellite images is used e.g. in urban planning, forestry or water observation. Devis Tuia has proposed an algorithm that automatically finds the most optimal hyperspectral setting and combination of filters.
The trend of the warming alpine permafrost is unbroken. This is shown by the latest results of the Swiss Permafrost Measurement Network (PERMOS), of which our Department is a partner.
Changes in glaciers provide some of the clearest evidence of climate change. The latest global mass balance data indicate continued strong ice losses. Isabelle Gärtner-Roer explains the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), hosted at our Department, in a blog post of the World Data System (WDS).
