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26.08.2026 Soil ecology

Buried Underwear Shows Land Use Is Key to Soil Health

A citizen science project involving 1,000 volunteers and more than 2,000 pairs of buried cotton underwear shows that land use is the most important factor in determining decomposition rates and soil life.

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18.08.2026 Mobility and Transport

“The obvious first response would be to expand public transport”

Thousands of students and staff travel to UZH and between its campuses every day. A new strategy aims to shape this mobility across all UZH campuses.

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05.08.2026 Nature Conservation

Human Activity More than Doubles Fire Occurrence in the Arctic

Effective fire prevention and response can help reduce risks whose impacts extend far beyond the Arctic.

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08.07.2026 Biocultural Heritage

Amazon’s Biocultural Heritage Under Greater Threat Than Expected

Indigenous cultures in the Amazon region will lose up to one-third of the native plant species due to climate change while biocultural knowledge is set to decline sharply by 2080.

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24.06.2026 Biodiversity

Environmental DNA Reveals Impact of Climate and Humans on Global River Fish Biodiversity

Human activity and climate influence biodiversity patterns in river ecosystems, as a global analysis of fish biodiversity using environmental DNA (eDNA) reveals.

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27.05.2026 Remote Sensing

ESA Mission to Explore Understory Biodiversity

The HiBiDiS mission aims to provide new insights into forest biodiversity, answering key questions about climate change. UZH is participating as a scientific partner.

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16.04.2026 UZH Staff

Between Campus and Society

Exhibitions that inspire and experiments that lead to new solutions: two UZH employees share how they bring knowledge to life.

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14.04.2026 Evolutionary Biology

How Soil Microbes Adapt to Life in Lakes

An analysis of bacteria in Lake Zurich reveals that some soil microbes acquire new traits in order to colonize new aquatic habitats, while others reduce their genome size.

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03.03.2026 UZH Sustainable

Imagine Lake Zurich Filled With Diamonds

Sustainability is no longer just nice-to-have, it’s a concrete call to action. The UZH Sustainable event showcased how the University of Zurich is answering this call.

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26.02.2026 Climate change

Global Warming Causes Cropland Areas to Shrink

The subtropics are particularly affected. Explore animated diagrams and interactive maps that show the extent of the decline in various climate scenarios.

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28.01.2026 Soil Ecology

Pesticides Significantly Affect Soil Life and Biodiversity

Seventy percent of soils in Europe are contaminated with pesticides. A Europe-wide study now shows that their effects on soil life are substantial, as pesticides suppress various beneficial soil organisms.

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