2020

Earlier than expected

Felix Würsten, Corporate Communications, ETH Zurich — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 10:56:41 GMT

Precisely when will the long-lost US aircraft “Dakota” re-emerge from the Gauli Glacier? Radioactive traces from the Cold War now indicate that this will happen soon.

Locked-in and living delta pathways in the Anthropocene

Utrecht University Communications — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:09:13 GMT

Deltas have historically been the focus of human development. Some deltas became locked-in, too costly to return to natural states. Researchers conducted a historical analysis on anthropogenic pressures over the past 300 years over 48 deltas world-wide.

Staying home for nightlife

Kalina Anguelova (Horizons - The Swiss Research Magazine) — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 22:00:00 GMT

It’s not just the coronavirus that’s making young people spend their evenings at home. When they are not under the watchful eyes of parents, home can be a place of autonomy and intimacy.

Directed Species Loss from Species-Rich Forests Strongly Decreases Productivity

Press release, University of Zurich — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 07:55:30 GMT

At high species richness, directed loss, but not random loss, of tree species strongly decreases forest productivity. Previous studies based on random species loss could therefore bias the predictions of how more realistic extinction scenarios are likely to affect ecosystem functioning.

Daily Mobility for Healthy Aging

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:12:26 GMT

Mobility is one of the key factors for maintaining health up to an old age. Using GPS, individuals' daily-life mobility can be tracked with high resolution in space and time. But how to extract meaningful indicators for the multidimensional nature of mobility?