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New paper in Water Research
Loosli et al. (2015) Towards a better understanding on agglomeration mechanisms and thermodynamic properties of TiO2 nanoparticles interacting with natural organic matter. The present work is dealing with a novel and original approach (Isothermal Titration Calorimetry) that has a high potential to …
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Quantifying the impact of volcanic eruptions on climate
Large volcanic eruptions inject considerable amounts of sulphur in the stratosphere which, once converted into aerosols, block sun rays and tend to cool the surface of the Earth down for several years. An international team of researchers has just developed a method, published in Nature Geoscience, …
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New Paper in Geology
Ventra et al. (2015) Supercritical-flow structures on a Late Carboniferous delta front: Sedimentologic and paleoclimatic significance. Anomalously large sedimentary structures in Late Carboniferous deltaic deposits of the Pennine Basin (UK) represent the first outcrop example of fully preserved c…
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9th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences
From 5 to 10 July, the University of Geneva is hosting the 9th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences. Freshwater availability is in doubt. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of the 2030 Water Resources Group and Nestlé gives a public lecture in this context. There will be an opportunity for d…
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New paper in Environmental Science & Technology
Devarajan et al. (2015) Accumulation of Clinically Relevant Antibiotic-Resistance Genes, Bacterial Load, and Metals in Freshwater Lake Sediments in Central Europe In this study we elaborate the periodic accumulation of toxic metals, bacteria and clinically relevant antbiotic resistance genes in the…
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Swiss research in the Mediterranean
Despite the landlocked character of Switzerland, Swiss scientists are quite active in ocean studies. The country is a full member of the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM), with headquarters in Monaco and presided by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. CIESM is supporting a network of several thou…
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Congratulations to Markus Stoffel
Markus Stoffel was awarded with the Denali Recent Accomplishment Award at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers in Chicago. He received the award for his outstanding work on climate change impacts on mass movements in the Swiss Alps. Markus is the first researcher outside Nor…
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New COST action started
Last week the COST action Network on technology-critical elements - from environmental processes to human health threats (TD1407) was launched in Brussels, with Montserrat Filella (Institut F.-A. Forel) as a Vice-chair. TD1407 aims at fostering the study of TCEs (Nb, Ta, Ga, In, Ge, Tl, Te, Pt gr…
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Department of Earth Sciences selected for the AAPG's Imperial Barrel Award
For the fist time, a Swiss team consisting of 5 Earth Science MSc students and a Faculty advisor from the Department of Earth Sciences of UNIGE participated to the 2015 European semi-finals of the Imperial Barrel Award, an international renown annual competition organized by the AAPG in Prague (CZ).…
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Lake Ladoga: Life Under Ice
An exciting new project has started in lakes Onega and Ladoga, Russia, to investigate under-ice processes in the largest European lakes during the ice-covered period. This collaborative research effort includes different institutions from Switzerland (EPFL, Eawag, UniGE), Russia (NWPI, IL, AARI, NIE…
