2025

The 2025 D-EAPS Doctoral Retreat was held in Fiesch, Valais, from 22–25 May. The academic and leisure programme provided a unique opportunity for doctoral students to expand their horizons, connect with their peers as well as other researchers across disciplines in the department.

There have been repeated small earthquakes under and around the Mont Blanc massif for around ten years now. A new study demonstrates for the first time a link between climate-driven changes in glaciated high mountain regions and increased local earthquake hazard. These findings are of importance for the prevention of natural hazards in high alpine and arctic regions around the world.

We are pleased to welcome three outstanding early-career researchers, recipients of the 2025 Judith McKenzie Visiting Early Career Researcher Fellowship. Their diverse projects in geoscience bring valuable perspectives to our academic community.

Three doctoral students from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences have been awarded the ETH Zurich Silver Medal for their outstanding doctoral theses. Our congratulations go to Nikolaj Dahmen, Julian Rogger, and Stefan Strub!

New research has revealed that water played a far greater role than previously thought in shaping the Earth's first continents, transforming the planet's early crust and helping to build the landmasses we see today.