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Greenhouse gases are the cause of climate change. The European infrastructure network ICOS RI (Integrated Carbon Observation System Research Infrastructure) is committed to standardised measurements so that emissions can be compared across Europe. After a lengthy transition process, the measuring station in Davos now meets the high quality requirements and is an officially labelled site in the network.

By citation analysis, the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Group identifies researchers who have been recognized by the research community around the world for over a decade in the form of exceptionally high citation rates. A total of 18 ETH professors made it onto the "Highly Cited Researchers" list this year. A third of them - 6 in all - belong to the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS).

Lenny Winkel has been awarded the teaching award "Golden Owl" by the Association of Students at ETH Zurich (VSETH). 

A total of 79 graduate students of all specialisations celebrated their successful graduation at the Master's degree graduation ceremony of the Environmental Sciences study programme on 8 November 2019.

The two popular initiatives on drinking water and a ban on pesticides are justified, but inflexible. Bernhard Wehrli calls for a counterproposal to tackle the issue.