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D-BAUG Research Day 2026: Uncertainity
On 3 November 2026, the Association of Scientific Staff at D-BAUG invites all students, researchers and professors to the department’s annual Meet & Share event. This year’s theme will be “Uncertainty”, highlighting how D-BAUG researchers make sense of the unknown and navigate it in their work. Doctoral students and researchers from many institutes will present selected case studies. The event will be held at HIT E 51 from 15:00. Join us for an afternoon of exchange, insight and inspiration!
Daily weather data point to faster glacier loss
A study led by researchers at ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel shows that glaciers worldwide could lose ice faster than previously projected. Published in Nature Communications, the research finds that daily weather variability and extreme events can substantially increase projected glacier loss and sea-level rise.
Schweizer Gletscher schmelzen in Rekordzeit
Dr Matthias Huss, Janosch Beer, Ariana Erin David in Swiss Community
Pegelstände sinken und sinken – trocknen unsere Seen in Zukunft völlig aus?
Dr Matthias Huss in Tages Anzeiger
Für die Gletscher ein verheerendes Jahr
Dr Matthias Huss in Tagesschau
«Das ist ein Zerfall der Gletscherlandschaft, kein langsamer Rückgang mehr»
Dr Matthias Huss in Tages Anzeiger
Switzerland’s glaciers are losing an astonishing amount of ice. See the meltdown.
Dr Matthias Huss in The Washington Post
New mapping system shows the timeline of when every glacier around the world will disappear
Dr Lander Van Tricht in Earth.com
Alarming map warns half of Earth’s glaciers could disappear by 2100
Dr Lander Van Tricht in New York Post
Viele Gletscher verschwinden noch zu unseren Lebzeiten – neue Karte zeigt wann
Dr Lander Van Tricht in Smartup News
L'été de tous les records
Dr Matthias Huss in RTS 1
Glaciers in the Alps are on track for record-breaking ice loss
Dr Matthias Huss, Dr Andreas Bauder in New Scientist
Catastrophe au Népal: un scénario envisageable en Suisse?
Dr Mylène Jacquemart in Tribune de Genève
Wie kam es zur verheerenden Sturzflut in Nepal?
Dr Mylène Jacquemart in Süddeutsche Zeitung
"Sehr großer Bergsturz" - und obendrauf ein Gletscher
Dr Mylène Jacquemart in Tagesschau
«Dann hätten wir wahrscheinlich acht Leben gerettet»: So kam es zum tödlichen Bergsturz von Bondo
Dr Matthias Huss in Tages Anzeiger
Das Gletschersterben geht weiter
Dr Matthias Huss in SRF 1, Schweiz aktuell
D-BAUG @Scientifica 2026
Scientifica, the science festival organised by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, takes place from 22 to 30 August 2026. This year’s theme is "How we create knowledge". D-BAUG is contributing fifteen projects, including numerous exhibition booths, guided tours, workshops, a short lecture and a film screening.
Was passiert, wenn die Schweizer Stauseen austrocknen?
Dr Matthias Huss in 20 Minuten
La siccità abbassa le riserve idriche svizzere
Dr Matthias Huss in Tvsvizzera.it
Winterstrom: Speicherseen sind nur wenig gefüllt
Dr Matthias Huss in SRF 10 vor 10
Excellent doctoral theses 2026
Seven doctoral students from the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering are being honoured this year for their outstanding achievements: six of them received an ETH medal, and one received the Culmann Prize. Congratulations!
Schmelzende Gletscher locken Touristen an
Dr Matthias Huss in SRF 1, Schweiz aktuell
Swiss glaciers rapidly lose protective snow in punishing European heatwave
Dr Matthias Huss in Reuters
L’agonia dei ghiacciai svizzeri, un fragile patrimonio naturale
Dr Matthias Huss in Corriere del Ticino
En Suisse, le glacier du Rhone fondä toute vitesse le monde
Dr Matthias Huss in Le Monde
Unglaubliche Mengen schmelzen jeden Tag
Dr Matthias Huss in Kronen Zeitung
Rekordschmelze am Dachsteingletscher, auch Pasterze droht abzureißen
Dr Matthias Huss in Der Standard
See How Europe's Heat Waves Melted the Alps' Glaciers
Dr Matthias Huss in New York Times
Building Bridges, Exploring Water, Shaping Futures: Kangaroo goes Science 2026
On 4 June 2026, ETH Hönggerberg once again welcomed a very special group of visitors: the 100 highest-ranking girls aged 12 to 14 from the 2026 Swiss Kangaroo Mathematics Competition. Kangaroo goes Science (KGS) celebrates the girls’ outstanding achievements while offering them a unique opportunity to discover the fascinating world of science and engineering at ETH Zurich.
Aujourd'hui marque "le jour de recul des glaciers"
Dr Matthias Huss in RTS 1
Morteratsch-Gletscher hat Winterreserve aufgebraucht
Dr Matthias Huss in SRF 1, Tagesschau
Face à la fonte des glaciers, le tourisme de la dernière chance se développe
Dr Matthias Huss in RTS 1
Swiss glaciers have exhausted their snow reserves
From 29 June onwards, Switzerland’s glaciers will have exhausted their snow reserves. Every litre of meltwater now causes them to lose mass – this is Glacier Loss Day. Between the extreme years of 2003 and 2022 alone, 200 square kilometres of ice – an area almost as large as the canton of Zug – have disappeared. This is reflected in the volume of meltwater, as analyses show: although ice loss was more severe in the summer of 2022 than in 2003, less water flowed off the glaciers.
Übung für den Ernstfall – wenn Regen unsere Städte flutet
Barbara Stocker in SRF Einstein
Gletscher haben bereits jetzt ihre Winterreserven aufgebraucht
Dr Matthias Huss in SRF News
Les glaciers suisses manquent de neige et sont mal armés pour affronter l’été
Dr Matthias Huss in Le Temps
Schneemangel setzt Gletschern und Seen zu
Dr Matthias Huss in scienceORF.at
Hitzewelle lässt Schnee so schnell schmelzen wie selten zuvor
Dr Matthias Huss in Der Bund
Wie der Berg runterkam
Dr Mylène Jacquemart in SRF Echo der Zeit
Trend positivo per i ghiacciai (Min. 19:38)
Dr Matthias Huss in RSI La 1
Better preparedness and warning systems needed to deal with ice-rock avalanches
Dr Lander Van Tricht in Mongabay India
Living Lab HIL: Website for the real-world laboratory is now online
Renovation is required for the HIL building on the Hönggerberg campus. Prior to this, ETH students and researchers are exploring new approaches to sustainable and circular construction within the Living Lab HIL. A new website provides insight into this initiative.
Auf Abschiedstour? Mit Schneeschuhen über den Gletscher
Dr Matthias Huss in Wirtschaftswoche
ETH Zurich ranked 4th worldwide in Civil & Structural Engineering
The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering at ETH Zurich remains among the top institutions worldwide: in the latest QS World University Rankings 2026, it is ranked fourth in Civil & Structural Engineering, following several years of steady progress in the field.
Fischabstieg bei Wasserkraftwerken bleibt ein Problem
Prof. Robert Boes in SRF, Echo der Zeit
Der Abstieg in Schweizer Flüssen endet für viele Fische tödlich
Prof. Robert Boes in SRF News
Switzerland Just Lost 3% of Its Glacier Ice in a Year As the Alps Heat Up
Dr Matthias Huss in SciTechDaily
Alaska's melting glaciers are revealing long-lost frozen bodies
Dr Matthias Huss in National Geographic
Researchers Retrieve the Deepest-Ever Rock Core From Beneath Antarctica’s Ice.
Dr Huw Horgan in Smithsonian Magazine
Rekordbohrung in der Antarktis
Dr Huw Horgan in Spektrum.de
Forschende bergen in der Antarktis den bisher längsten Bohrkern
Dr Huw Horgan in Swissinfo
Längster Bohrkern der Antarktis geborgen
Dr Huw Horgan in scienceORF.at
Mysterious Plumes in Greenland Ice Sheets Puzzled Scientists for Years. They Finally Figured Out Why
Dr Huw Horgan in Green Matters
Blatten, le chemin du retour
Prof. Daniel Farinotti in RTS 1
Record-breaking sediment core may help predict Antarctic ice loss
An international research team has recovered the longest sediment core ever drilled from beneath an ice sheet. The core preserves evidence of climate changes spanning millions of years and will help improve predictions of how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may respond to ongoing global warming.
“All glaciers in the Alps will disappear” – the irreversible transformation of Europe’s mountains
Dr Matthias Huss in Live for the Outdoors
Ghiacciai alpini, nei prossimi otto anni il picco dello scioglimento: oltre 100 persi entro il 2033
Dr Lander Van Tricht, Dr Matthias Huss in EconomiaCircolare.com
More ‘Glacier Funerals’
Dr Lander Van Tricht, Dr Matthias Huss in MillenniumPost
Dramatische Erkenntnis über die Alpen: Forscher sagen düsteres Szenario voraus
Dr Lander Van Tricht, Dr Matthias Huss in Yahoo Nachrichten
Strengthening disaster resilience
Learning from Blatten: Thanks to a donation from the Albert Lück-Stiftung, a research project led by the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG) at ETH Zurich aims to draw the greatest possible insights from the recent disaster.
In den Alpen verschwinden die Gletscher schneller als gedacht – neue Studie nennt erstmals konkrete Jahre
Dr Lander Van Tricht in Frankfurter Rundschau
Jusqu'à 90% des glaciers pourraient disparaître d'ici 2100, selon une étude de l'EPFZ
Dr Lander Van Tricht, Dr Matthias Huss in RTS La 1ère
Weltweit könnten schon bald Tausende Gletscher pro Jahr schmelzen
Dr Lander Van Tricht, Dr Matthias Huss in Spiegel Online
Réchauffement climatique : l’« extinction » des glaciers atteindra un pic au milieu du siècle
Dr Lander Van Tricht in Le Figaro
The Alps to lose a record number of glaciers in the next decade
How much longer will glaciers survive? A new study from ETH Zurich researchers offers the first detailed projection of how many glaciers could vanish by 2100 due to global warming – and why regions such as Switzerland will be most affected. This approach could also help policymakers, the tourism industry and natural hazard management plan for the future.
World heading toward ‘peak glacier extinction’ with up to 4,000 set to disappear a year
Dr Lander Van Tricht, Dr Matthias Huss in CNN
Rate of glacier disappearance expected to peak by mid-2050s, scientists say
Dr Lander Van Tricht, Dr Matthias Huss in ABC News
Verlust der Gletscher: Schon in wenigen Jahrzehnten erreicht der Schwund seinen Höhepunkt
Dr Lander Van Tricht, Dr Matthias Huss in NZZ
Wereld moet zich opmaken voor verlies van tienduizenden gletsjers: ‘We staan erbij en we kijken ernaar’
Dr Lander Van Tricht in De Morgen
Réchauffement climatique : les glaciers touchés par « un pic d’extinction » d’ici à 2050
Dr Lander Van Tricht in Le Monde
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Dr Lander Van Tricht in The Guardian
Warum ab 2040 jedes Jahr bis zu 4.000 Gletscher verschwinden könnten
Dr Lander Van Tricht in Tagesspiegel
Gletscherschwund: Mitte des Jahrhunderts erreicht das Sterben seinen Höhepunkt
Dr Lander Van Tricht in Süddeutsche Zeitung
Künftig verliert die Welt bis zu 4000 Gletscher – pro Jahr
Dr Lander Van Tricht in Tages Anzeiger
Bis 2100 Hälfte aller Gletscher verschwunden
Dr Lander Van Tricht in scienceORF.at
How many glaciers in Canada's Arctic can be saved from extinction?
Dr Lander Van Tricht, Dr Matthias Huss in Rocky Mountain Outlook
Unstable slopes and warming peaks: scientists race to understand Blatten collapse
Prof. Johan Gaume, Prof. Daniel Farinotti in Swissinfo
Pendant des siècles, des artistes ont documenté l’évolution puis la disparition de glaciers sublimes
Dr Matthias Huss in Le Temps
„Ein ziemlicher Schock“ – Antarktis-Forscher melden beunruhigende Beobachtung
Prof. Daniel Farinotti in Merkur.de
Gletscher in der Antarktis verlor Eismassen in Rekordgeschwindigkeit
Prof. Daniel Farinotti in Der Standard
Was unternimmt der Skisport, um seine Zukunft zu verlängern?
Dr Matthias Huss in NZZ
Wegen „Erinnerungsfunktion“: Experte zeichnet düsteres Alpen-Szenario
Dr Matthias Huss in Frankfurter Rundschau
The before and after images showing glaciers vanishing before our eyes
Dr Matthias Huss in BBC News
Bergsturz Blatten | Teil 1 | Zurück im Katastrophengebiet
Prof. Daniel Farinotti in SRF 1 Einstein
Gletscherjahr 2025: Wie die Eisriesen dahinschmelzen
Dr Matthias Huss in SRF News
And Swiss glaciers continue to melt
Glacial melting in Switzerland was once again enormous in 2025. A winter with low snow depth combined with heat waves in June and August led to a loss of three per cent of the glacier volume. This is the fourth largest level of shrinkage since measurements began. Consequently, the ice mass reduced by one quarter in the last ten years. This was reported by the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network (GLAMOS), which is based at ETH Zurich and the Universities of Fribourg and Zurich.
D-BAUG Research Day 2025: From Micro to Macro
On 7 October 2025, the Association of Scientific Staff at D-BAUG invites all students, researchers and professors to the department’s annual “Meet & Share” event. This year’s theme will be “From Micro to Macro”, highlighting the variety of scales that researchers at our department work on – from the smallest processes to large-scale systems. Doctoral candidates and researchers from all institutes will present selected case studies. Join us for an afternoon of exchange, insight and inspiration!
The Glorious Glacier Ride, from Munich to Monaco
Cycling 1,600 km through the Alps – from Munich to Monaco – to give a voice to Alpine glaciers and raise awareness of climate change, Christophe Ogier shares his fresh impressions from a memorable day as part of the Glorious Glacier Ride.
Experts Are Worried After Bright Pink Water Flowed Down Swiss Alps During an Experiment
Michélle Dreifuss, Prof. Daniel Farinotti in Green Matters
Neun Millionen Kubikmeter Eis und Geröll stürzten über Blatten herein
Dr Mylène Jacquemart, Prof. Daniel Farinotti in Der Standard
Accelerated glacier melt is threatening Europe's villages, rivers and economies
Prof. Daniel Farinotti in KTEP 88.5 FM
Ursachen für Bergsturz bei Blatten weiter unklar
Dr Mylène Jacquemart in SRF News
The Effects of Melting Glaciers in Europe
Prof. Daniel Farinotti in NPR
Falling ice drives glacial retreat in Greenland
The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ice break free and crash into the sea, generating large waves that push warmer water to the surface. A new study now shows that this mechanism is amplifying glacial melt.
Deglaciation – surveying the ice
Glaciers are melting – and they have been melting for a long time. For over 150 years, scientists have tracked their retreat. In a captivating journey through time, the ETH Library and ETH Zurich’s glaciologists unveil the evolution of glaciology: from bold Alpine expeditions and early Ice Age theories to cutting-edge surveying technologies and urgent questions about our planet’s future.
The Lessons of a Glacier’s Collapse
Dr Mylène Jacquemart in New Yorker
Ein Bergsturz der Superlative
Dr Matthias Huss in Radio SRF 1
L’énergie hydraulique à l’échelle mondiale
Prof. Robert Boes in Bulletin
Die Katastrophe von Blatten – Wie gefährlich sind unsere Alpen?
Prof. Daniel Farinotti in SRF 1 Einstein