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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.

Grace Crain-Wright, a plant ecologist and STEM educator, takes us on an extraordinary journey from her academic roots in the US to her cutting-edge research at ETH Zurich.

Up to that 9.4% of Earth's terrestrial ecosystems face potential transformation by 2050 due to changes in tropical cyclone activity. In their study, Chahan M. Kropf and colleagues from ETH Zurich show the significant impact of changing tropical cyclone patterns on global ecosystems.

A new study shows that Solar Radiation Modification via Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) of solid particles could reduce some of the critical adverse effects resulting from the conventionally researched injection of gaseous SO₂. For example, solid particles could reduce the impact on the North Atlantic Oscillation via reduced stratospheric heating. 

Daria Odermatt and Helena Ström are the winners of this year's Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research (SFIAR) award. Both Odermatt's and Ström's research offers promising pathways to healthier plants and increased yields for smallholder farmers in Africa.