2021
In Memoriam: Peter Signer
Peter Signer, Professor of Geo- and Cosmochronology at ETH Zurich from 1965 to 1994 passed away on 10 December 2021.
Master's Graduation Ceremony 2021
Congratulations to our successful graduates!
Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP)
Madeleine Santos - Master student from the Department of Earth Sciences - received an ESOP scholarship.
Waves - Dive in!
Special exhibition by focusTerra: Waves in nature, everyday life, art, and science
MOSAIC - Modern Ocean Sediment Archive and Inventory of Carbon
Our global oceans play a crucial role in the long-term carbon sequestration and stabilisation of the climate. The D-ERDW Biogeoscience group has recently released a landmark publication of the MOSAIC (Modern Ocean Sediment Archive and Inventory of Carbon) database, which holds a unique data collection of surficial ocean sediments.
ETH Medals - Distinction of doctoral theses
The Department of Earth Sciences congratulates Kristýna Kantnerová, Richard Ott, Edoardo Rossi, and Olivia Steinemann.
InSight detects large marsquakes
NASA'S InSight mission detected two large marsquakes as summer emerges, the winds calm, and the dust settles.
In Memoriam: Philip Allen
Philip Allen, Professor of Physical Sedimentary Systems at ETH Zurich from 2001 to 2005 passed away on 9 March 2021.
In Memoriam: John Ramsay
Professor John Ramsay, who contributed so much to field-based structural geology research and teaching over his varied and intense career, died on 12 January 2021, only a few months short of his 90th birthday.