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Recent news stories from research, education, and the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich.
The amount of selenium in the environment also has an impact on health
Lenny Winkel researches the environmental behaviour of trace elements such as selenium. A native of the Netherlands, she adores the Swiss mountains.
ETH Zurich still the world’s best university in earth sciences and geophysics
In a total of 16 disciplines, the university ranks among the 10 best in the world. These are the latest results of the QS World University Rankings according to subject.
How stream networks pulse with rainfall
Stream networks are often mapped as fixed features, but they actually extend and retract as the landscape wets up and dries out. Researchers from University of California (UC) and ETH Zurich have been tracking how much stream networks stretch and shrink in response to rainfall and drought. Their study is the first attempt to estimate this dynamic behaviour at a large scale across the continental United States.