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Mission Earth – what remains of the ice

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 23:00:00 GMT

The project GlaMBIE (Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise) explores how satellite observations are used to monitor over 275,000 glaciers worldwide. Livia Piermattei, Professor for Remote Sensing of Environmental Change, talked about this project in the Italian documentary program "PresaDiretta".

Luis wins the Karl Kraus Young Talent Award 2025

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:25:51 GMT

We are proud to share that Luis Gentner has won the Karl Kraus Young Talent Award 2025 for his outstanding Master's thesis "Reconstructing Pre-GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Anomalies Using Deep Learning".

RSE was at EGU General Assembly 2025

Thu, 08 May 2025 08:25:58 GMT

From April 28th to May 2nd, RSE joined the vibrant scientific community at the EGU General Assembly 2025 in Vienna.

RSE participation at EGU 2025

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 06:37:18 GMT

Here you can find our contributions for EGU General Assembly 2025, the best moment to connect with us!

Livia and Francesco were at the 28th Alpine Glaciology Meeting

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:11:37 GMT

Livia Piermattei and Francesco Ioli took part in their first conference as members of our team! They attended the 28th Alpine Glaciology Meeting, held on February 27–28, 2025, in Innsbruck, Austria.

Nature Paper Alert! - Melting Glaciers Increase Loss of Freshwater Resources and Rise Global Sea Levels

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:00:00 GMT

The melting ice from glaciers worldwide is leading to an increased loss of regional freshwater resources. And it is causing global sea levels to rise at ever-greater rates. Since the year 2000, glaciers have been losing 273 billion tons of ice annually, according to estimates by an international research community led by researchers of the University of Zurich, of which Livia Piermattei was part.

New Assistant Professorship in Remote Sensing of Environmental Changes

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:00:00 GMT

On February 1st 2024, Livia Piermattei started her position as Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing of Environmental Changes, a new research group within the Remote Sensing Laboratories at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich.