2022

SNSF project: ROOTS - Reconstructing soil fertility across time and space

Congratulations to our successful graduates!

Nearly two years ago, the Hayabusa2 space probe returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu to Earth. Since then, international research teams - including members of ETH Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS - have worked on analysing the valuable cargo. The results allow the scientists not only to reconstruct the history of Ryugu but also to shed light on the early development of the solar system.

The Department of Earth Sciences has successfully nominated NASA'S Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, for an honorary doctorate. He received the award on the occasion of this year's ETH Day on 19 November 2022.

A recent study published in Science brings new constraints on planet formation. It highlights the role of collisions in shaping planets and affecting their composition.

The award recognises professors for their outstanding efforts to promote entrepreneurship at ETH Zurich and all ETH students, doctoral students, and Postdocs could cast their vote for the winners.

The Exploration and Environmental Geophysics group participated in a "Wave Day", organised by Startbahn 29, a science and ideas lab for children and adolescents.

The Department of Earth Sciences congratulates Valentin Bickel.

Large earthquakes are once-in-a-century events with devastating consequences. Luca Dal Zilio has developed a model that describes the development of such events both temporally and geographically, and which could therefore become important for risk prevention.