Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich
@usyseth.bsky.social
Understand. Engage. Inspire Change.
Research and teaching in Environmental and Agricultural Sciences at ETH Zurich. Managed by D-USYS Comms team. #usyslife #usysscience #usysawards #usysstudents
Research and teaching in Environmental and Agricultural Sciences at ETH Zurich. Managed by D-USYS Comms team. #usyslife #usysscience #usysawards #usysstudents
🙌We are an official partner of agrarforschungschweiz.ch! Together with @agroscope.bsky.social, FiBL, HAFL, Agridea and ZHAW, we are driving forward research and communication into sustainable agricultural systems. 🌱🌍 #ETHZurich #AgriculturalResearch #Sustainability.
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/en/
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/en/
Swiss Agricultural Research – Online Journal
Swiss Agricultural Research – online journal with scientific articles in the various fields of the agriculture and food sector.
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
🙌We are an official partner of agrarforschungschweiz.ch! Together with @agroscope.bsky.social, FiBL, HAFL, Agridea and ZHAW, we are driving forward research and communication into sustainable agricultural systems. 🌱🌍 #ETHZurich #AgriculturalResearch #Sustainability.
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/en/
www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/en/
As we have already reported, we are happy that the Swiss Federal Government has approved the new National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) CLIM+: Climate Extremes and Society.
👉 Here is our D-USYS report on the project:
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
👉 Here is our D-USYS report on the project:
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
February 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
As we have already reported, we are happy that the Swiss Federal Government has approved the new National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) CLIM+: Climate Extremes and Society.
👉 Here is our D-USYS report on the project:
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
👉 Here is our D-USYS report on the project:
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
✈️🌊How do storms over the Atlantic shape Europe’s winter weather? Scientists from D-USYS join an international flight campaign to find out. usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
D‑USYS researchers contribute to aircraft observations of North Atlantic storms
Researchers from the Atmospheric Dynamics group at the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D‑USYS) are contributing to a major international field campaign over the North Atlantic, providing ...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
✈️🌊How do storms over the Atlantic shape Europe’s winter weather? Scientists from D-USYS join an international flight campaign to find out. usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
Bruno Studer argues that strict NGT laws favor big corporations by creating high entry barriers. To keep Swiss breeding local and innovative, we need science-based regulation, not more hurdles. 🌾🚫 Thank you, "Schweizer Bauer", for the comprehensive interview! 👇
#PlantSciences #NGT
#PlantSciences #NGT
February 2, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Bruno Studer argues that strict NGT laws favor big corporations by creating high entry barriers. To keep Swiss breeding local and innovative, we need science-based regulation, not more hurdles. 🌾🚫 Thank you, "Schweizer Bauer", for the comprehensive interview! 👇
#PlantSciences #NGT
#PlantSciences #NGT
Interdisciplinarity as a core pillar, addressing grand challenges, knowledge transfer and stakeholder engagement. The funding of the #NCCR #CLIM+ is a major milestone that aligns perfectly with the mission and long-term strategy of our @usyseth.bsky.social. Very proud of this major achievement! 🌏🙏🎉
Breaking news: The #NCCR #CLIM+ on "Climate Extremes & Society" will be funded by the @snf-fns.ch in the coming 4 years! With 47 PIs, 20 institutions & 22 stakeholders from #health to #finance & #agriculture, it will unite climate expertise from both natural & social science!
nccr-climplus.ch
nccr-climplus.ch
January 30, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Interdisciplinarity as a core pillar, addressing grand challenges, knowledge transfer and stakeholder engagement. The funding of the #NCCR #CLIM+ is a major milestone that aligns perfectly with the mission and long-term strategy of our @usyseth.bsky.social. Very proud of this major achievement! 🌏🙏🎉
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Three years ago, the Institutions of the ETH Domain came together to actively promote #Decarbonisation in Switzerland through the #Speed2zero initiative. The initiative has now come to an end, and project director Reto Knutti looks back at what was achieved.
More speed needed
Three years ago, the institutions of the ETH Domain came together to actively promote decarbonisation in Switzerland through the Speed2zero initiative. The initiative has now come to an end, and proje...
ethz.ch
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Three years ago, the Institutions of the ETH Domain came together to actively promote #Decarbonisation in Switzerland through the #Speed2zero initiative. The initiative has now come to an end, and project director Reto Knutti looks back at what was achieved.
Was ist uns Bio wirklich wert? 🤔🍏
👉 Artikel von @robertfinger.bsky.social in der Zeitschrift "Ökologie & Landbau"
👉 Artikel von @robertfinger.bsky.social in der Zeitschrift "Ökologie & Landbau"
'Lenkungsabgaben auf landwirtschaftliche Inputs - Was Beispiele aus Europa uns lehren'
Neuer (kurzer) Artikel in Ökologie & Landbau www.oekom.de/ausgabe/was-...
Freier Zugang via www.research-collection.ethz.ch/entities/pub...
Hintergundpaper zum Thema doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
Neuer (kurzer) Artikel in Ökologie & Landbau www.oekom.de/ausgabe/was-...
Freier Zugang via www.research-collection.ethz.ch/entities/pub...
Hintergundpaper zum Thema doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
January 15, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Was ist uns Bio wirklich wert? 🤔🍏
👉 Artikel von @robertfinger.bsky.social in der Zeitschrift "Ökologie & Landbau"
👉 Artikel von @robertfinger.bsky.social in der Zeitschrift "Ökologie & Landbau"
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The GRiP project at @ethz.ch has successfully validated a new approach to agricultural pest monitoring! 🚀
By pairing autonomous #drones with #eDNA analysis, the team detected invasive Japanese beetles weeks earlier than traditional methods.
👉Access fact sheet: bit.ly/3ZbY6Al
@usyseth.bsky.social
By pairing autonomous #drones with #eDNA analysis, the team detected invasive Japanese beetles weeks earlier than traditional methods.
👉Access fact sheet: bit.ly/3ZbY6Al
@usyseth.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 10:52 AM
The GRiP project at @ethz.ch has successfully validated a new approach to agricultural pest monitoring! 🚀
By pairing autonomous #drones with #eDNA analysis, the team detected invasive Japanese beetles weeks earlier than traditional methods.
👉Access fact sheet: bit.ly/3ZbY6Al
@usyseth.bsky.social
By pairing autonomous #drones with #eDNA analysis, the team detected invasive Japanese beetles weeks earlier than traditional methods.
👉Access fact sheet: bit.ly/3ZbY6Al
@usyseth.bsky.social
The withdrawal of US support for the #IPCC carries risks far beyond funding. Without the US's approval of future IPCC reports, other nations may attempt to dilute the scientific findings, according to scientists such as @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social. 🌡️🏛️
genevasolutions.news/climate-envi...
genevasolutions.news/climate-envi...
US exit from key UN climate convention deals major blow to climate fight - Geneva Solutions
US president Donald Trump has decided to pull out of several international entities critical for protecting the environment and the climate, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, a ...
genevasolutions.news
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 AM
The withdrawal of US support for the #IPCC carries risks far beyond funding. Without the US's approval of future IPCC reports, other nations may attempt to dilute the scientific findings, according to scientists such as @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social. 🌡️🏛️
genevasolutions.news/climate-envi...
genevasolutions.news/climate-envi...
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The Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize is introducing a new selection process:
🔓 Open call for nominations (self-nomination or by third parties)
🎯 Eligibility: women researchers who completed a Postdoc.Mobility fellowship or Ambizione grant in the last two years
📢 First call is now open!
➡️ sohub.io/i8hx
🔓 Open call for nominations (self-nomination or by third parties)
🎯 Eligibility: women researchers who completed a Postdoc.Mobility fellowship or Ambizione grant in the last two years
📢 First call is now open!
➡️ sohub.io/i8hx
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize is introducing a new selection process:
🔓 Open call for nominations (self-nomination or by third parties)
🎯 Eligibility: women researchers who completed a Postdoc.Mobility fellowship or Ambizione grant in the last two years
📢 First call is now open!
➡️ sohub.io/i8hx
🔓 Open call for nominations (self-nomination or by third parties)
🎯 Eligibility: women researchers who completed a Postdoc.Mobility fellowship or Ambizione grant in the last two years
📢 First call is now open!
➡️ sohub.io/i8hx
How do trees withstand drought?🌲🧪Research by Valentina Vitali and colleagues uses lasers to read tree rings like a "black box." 👉https://usys.ethz.ch/en/news-events/news/archive/2026/01/conifers.html @wslresearch.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
How do trees withstand drought?🌲🧪Research by Valentina Vitali and colleagues uses lasers to read tree rings like a "black box." 👉https://usys.ethz.ch/en/news-events/news/archive/2026/01/conifers.html @wslresearch.bsky.social
🌍 Join AVETH for a Climate Fresk workshop at @ethz.ch! Learn climate science through a collaborative game and meet fellow researchers.
📅 Jan 21, 18:00 📍 LFV E41 🧑💻 Open to all scientific staff
Sign up: www.aveth.ethz.ch/climate-fres...
#ClimateFresk #ETHZurich #Sustainability #PhDLife
📅 Jan 21, 18:00 📍 LFV E41 🧑💻 Open to all scientific staff
Sign up: www.aveth.ethz.ch/climate-fres...
#ClimateFresk #ETHZurich #Sustainability #PhDLife
Climate Fresk Workshop – AVETH
www.aveth.ethz.ch
January 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
🌍 Join AVETH for a Climate Fresk workshop at @ethz.ch! Learn climate science through a collaborative game and meet fellow researchers.
📅 Jan 21, 18:00 📍 LFV E41 🧑💻 Open to all scientific staff
Sign up: www.aveth.ethz.ch/climate-fres...
#ClimateFresk #ETHZurich #Sustainability #PhDLife
📅 Jan 21, 18:00 📍 LFV E41 🧑💻 Open to all scientific staff
Sign up: www.aveth.ethz.ch/climate-fres...
#ClimateFresk #ETHZurich #Sustainability #PhDLife
How can mountain forests survive #ClimateChange? 🏔️🌲 @ETH_en & CERC @slfdavos.bsky.social expand their partnership in Surselva 🇨🇭! With the Canton of Grisons, we’re researching forest adaptation to drought, natural hazards and reforestation.
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
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ETH and SLF/CERC join forces in Surselva
For over 50 years, ETH Zurich and the local forestry service have been using the forest in the municipality of Tujetsch in Surselva for research and teaching purposes. This partnership is now being st...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
How can mountain forests survive #ClimateChange? 🏔️🌲 @ETH_en & CERC @slfdavos.bsky.social expand their partnership in Surselva 🇨🇭! With the Canton of Grisons, we’re researching forest adaptation to drought, natural hazards and reforestation.
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
🙌 Congrats, also on behalf of our department @usyseth.bsky.social!
The Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich was established in January 2016, and celebrates its tenth anniversary. Over the coming weeks, we will be reflecting on the past (and the future) in a series of blog posts
Here is the first (in German):
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/05/1...
Here is the first (in German):
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/05/1...
January 7, 2026 at 8:31 AM
🙌 Congrats, also on behalf of our department @usyseth.bsky.social!
To our global community of thinkers and explorers: Thank you for a year of incredible breakthroughs and curiosity. May your holidays be filled with joy and your batteries be fully recharged for a bright 2026! 🚀✨
Stay curious! ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Stay curious! ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Looking back at ETH Zurich’s 2025
Engineers, biomedical researchers, computer scientists, and many other members of the ETH Zurich community have made great strides in research and teaching. Here is a brief review of an eventful year.
ethz.ch
December 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
To our global community of thinkers and explorers: Thank you for a year of incredible breakthroughs and curiosity. May your holidays be filled with joy and your batteries be fully recharged for a bright 2026! 🚀✨
Stay curious! ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Stay curious! ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
🙌🌎Inga Mareike Nienkerken and her team have won one of the #EnergyNow! Challenges at @ethz.ch. Their idea? Using retired EV batteries as energy storage for solar off-grid systems. A collab between @empa-materials.bsky.social, alstom.bsky.social and partners in Ghana. www.linkedin.com/posts/usys-e...
#climatepolicy #climatepolicy #energytransition #circulareconomy #ethzurich #sustainability #renewableenergy #innovation #evbatteries #africaenergy | Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USY...
🙌 Congrats to Inga Mareike Nienkerke, Senior Scientist in our #ClimatePolicy group led by Anthony Patt, who has won one of this year's Energy Now! awards with her team at ETH Zürich.
The project addr...
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December 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🙌🌎Inga Mareike Nienkerken and her team have won one of the #EnergyNow! Challenges at @ethz.ch. Their idea? Using retired EV batteries as energy storage for solar off-grid systems. A collab between @empa-materials.bsky.social, alstom.bsky.social and partners in Ghana. www.linkedin.com/posts/usys-e...
Congrats to our 2025 #SFIAR Award winners! 🏆👏
While Claude Müller's doctoral theses provides new insights into #soil management practices, the Master's thesis of Lea Fabritius focuses on social impacts in #coffee value chains in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Well done!
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While Claude Müller's doctoral theses provides new insights into #soil management practices, the Master's thesis of Lea Fabritius focuses on social impacts in #coffee value chains in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Well done!
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Congrats to our 2025 #SFIAR Award winners! 🏆👏
While Claude Müller's doctoral theses provides new insights into #soil management practices, the Master's thesis of Lea Fabritius focuses on social impacts in #coffee value chains in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Well done!
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
While Claude Müller's doctoral theses provides new insights into #soil management practices, the Master's thesis of Lea Fabritius focuses on social impacts in #coffee value chains in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Well done!
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
Die Stärke von #Extremstürmen nimmt zu. 🌪️ Welchen Einfluss hat die #Erderwärmung darauf und was erwartet uns in der Zukunft? @ethz.ch Klimaforscherin Ulrike Lohmann nimmt im @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social dazu Stellung.
👉 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimawandel-...
👉 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimawandel-...
Hurrikane auf dem Atlantik: Weniger, dafür viel heftiger: Eine Hurrikansaison als Blaupause für die Zukunft?
Die Zeit der Tropenstürme auf dem Atlantik geht in diesen Tagen zu Ende. Die Saison war geprägt von Extremen – und könnte wegweisend sein für die Zukunft.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Die Stärke von #Extremstürmen nimmt zu. 🌪️ Welchen Einfluss hat die #Erderwärmung darauf und was erwartet uns in der Zukunft? @ethz.ch Klimaforscherin Ulrike Lohmann nimmt im @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social dazu Stellung.
👉 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimawandel-...
👉 www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimawandel-...
400 Abonnent:innen & über 5'700 Besucher:innen: Agrarpolitik bewegt! Herzlichen Dank an @robertfinger.bsky.social und das ganze Team vom Agrarpolitik-Blog für eure Beiträge das ganze Jahr über. 🙏🌾🌱 Auf ein weiteres spannendes Blog-Jahr 2026!
#Agrarpolitik #ScienceComm #Landwirtschaft #Rückblick2025
#Agrarpolitik #ScienceComm #Landwirtschaft #Rückblick2025
'Rückblick 2025: Ein vielfältiges Jahr im Agrarpolitik-Blog'
Neuer Beitrag mit @robehube.bsky.social. Vielen Dank an alle Beitragenden und Leserinnen und Leser!
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/12/17/r...
Neuer Beitrag mit @robehube.bsky.social. Vielen Dank an alle Beitragenden und Leserinnen und Leser!
agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/12/17/r...
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
400 Abonnent:innen & über 5'700 Besucher:innen: Agrarpolitik bewegt! Herzlichen Dank an @robertfinger.bsky.social und das ganze Team vom Agrarpolitik-Blog für eure Beiträge das ganze Jahr über. 🙏🌾🌱 Auf ein weiteres spannendes Blog-Jahr 2026!
#Agrarpolitik #ScienceComm #Landwirtschaft #Rückblick2025
#Agrarpolitik #ScienceComm #Landwirtschaft #Rückblick2025
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📢 Design the future of food! Apply for the World Food System Summer School at @ethz.ch (June 29 – July 10, 2026). 🌍 Dive into systems thinking, co-create solutions, and collaborate with experts.
Application deadline: Jan 25, 2026
🔗 bit.ly/4j0A1FO
@usyseth.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social
Application deadline: Jan 25, 2026
🔗 bit.ly/4j0A1FO
@usyseth.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
📢 Design the future of food! Apply for the World Food System Summer School at @ethz.ch (June 29 – July 10, 2026). 🌍 Dive into systems thinking, co-create solutions, and collaborate with experts.
Application deadline: Jan 25, 2026
🔗 bit.ly/4j0A1FO
@usyseth.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social
Application deadline: Jan 25, 2026
🔗 bit.ly/4j0A1FO
@usyseth.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social
Benedikt Oeschger studies Agricultural Sciences, works at a cattle farm, has a seat in Winterthur’s city parliament, and is newly elected to the Board of the Swiss Study Foundation.
A Werner Siemens Foundation Excellence Scholarship is helping him stay on top of his game.
Read more: go.ethz.ch/3e
A Werner Siemens Foundation Excellence Scholarship is helping him stay on top of his game.
Read more: go.ethz.ch/3e
December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Benedikt Oeschger studies Agricultural Sciences, works at a cattle farm, has a seat in Winterthur’s city parliament, and is newly elected to the Board of the Swiss Study Foundation.
A Werner Siemens Foundation Excellence Scholarship is helping him stay on top of his game.
Read more: go.ethz.ch/3e
A Werner Siemens Foundation Excellence Scholarship is helping him stay on top of his game.
Read more: go.ethz.ch/3e
🌱A global shift to fewer pesticides would yield long-term positive ecological & economic benefits, finds a study by Niklas Möhring from Uni Bonn, @eawag.bsky.social and @ethz.ch. However, the prevailing effects would vary depending on the region of the world.
www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...
www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...
Plant protection with fewer chemicals would have positive global effects
A global shift to agriculture with no or fewer pesticides would have long-term ecological and economic benefits, according to a new study.
www.eawag.ch
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌱A global shift to fewer pesticides would yield long-term positive ecological & economic benefits, finds a study by Niklas Möhring from Uni Bonn, @eawag.bsky.social and @ethz.ch. However, the prevailing effects would vary depending on the region of the world.
www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...
www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...
Welcome, Katrin Di Bella Meusburger and @martinhartmann.bsky.social as newly appointed Adjunct Professors at our department! 🙋♀️
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Eleven professors appointed
At its meeting of 3 and 4 December 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eleven professors. In addition, seven adjunct professorships were awarded.
ethz.ch
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Welcome, Katrin Di Bella Meusburger and @martinhartmann.bsky.social as newly appointed Adjunct Professors at our department! 🙋♀️
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Congrats to Sandro Vattioni for winning China’s Pineapple Science Award for his article on geoengineering🍍🌟. The award ceremony was broadcast live on CCTV, China's largest state-owned television media platform.
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#PineappleAward #Geoengineering #ClimateScience
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#PineappleAward #Geoengineering #ClimateScience
Diamonds, dust and television: Sandro Vattioni wins China's "IgNobel Prize"
Could diamond dust in the atmosphere be used to cool the climate? This question was addressed by Sandro Vattioni, a researcher in experimental atmospheric physics at the Institute of Atmospheric and C...
usys.ethz.ch
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Congrats to Sandro Vattioni for winning China’s Pineapple Science Award for his article on geoengineering🍍🌟. The award ceremony was broadcast live on CCTV, China's largest state-owned television media platform.
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
#PineappleAward #Geoengineering #ClimateScience
usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...
#PineappleAward #Geoengineering #ClimateScience