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HYDROL at Engadin Skimarathon
Congratulations to HYDROL athletes on participating at the 2024 Engadin Skimarathon
Congratulations Mosisa Wakjira!
Mosisa defended his Doctoral Thesis Understanding the impacts of climate change on rainfed crop production in Ethiopia in the HYDROL group on 29.02.2024. Congratulations!
Are megafloods in Europe so unexpected?
A data-driven study by Bertola et al. shows that local extreme floods may not be so unexpected when they are viewed in a larger regional context.
A new perspective on soil heterotrophic respiration
A new modelling perspective on soil heterotrophic respiration from our group by Dr Alon Nissan quantifies the changes in global respiration that may expected under a future climate, with dramatic consequences in the Arctic.
UrbanRain23 will be held on 29.11-2.12.2023
After the Covid disruption to conferences, we are finally continuing with the regular international workshops on rainfall in urban areas. Please come and join us at UrbanRain in Pontresina.
Can we recognise sediment limitations in geomorphic models?
The next in a series of publications on the Illgraben by Dr Jacob Hirschberg of HYDROL and WSL explains how sediment limitations may exhibit themselves in modelled sediment yields.
Darcy Molnar representing the Swiss Water Partnership at the WWF 2022
The 9th World Water Forum took place in Dakar Senegal from 22-27 March 2022 with the Swiss Pavilion staffed by the Chair of the Swiss Water Partnership and HYDROL member Darcy Molnar.
TiRiLab Student Projects on Tessin Rivers
The Ticino Rivers Lab (TiRiLab) by IfU and VAW received attention in TICINO SCIENZA as an example of successful collaboration between Cantons and ETH.
Limmat Bioblitz this Sunday 26 September 5-7 pm
Learn about species in and around the Limmat River in the urban environment. This event is part of the Home River Bioblitz.
New study shows that late rainfall affects cereal yields in Ethiopia
Mosisa Wakjira, a Doctoral Student funded by the E4D Programme in the HYDROL group, is showing in a new paper that changes in the arrival of the rainy season in Ethiopia are significantly impacting cereal yields under rainfed agriculture.