Snow, glaciers and permafrost are of great importance for Switzerland. Their changes are documented by detailed measurements. This web portal shows and explains selected long-term measurement series of the cryosphere.more

Image: NASA Earth Observatory, Jesse Allen and Robert Simmonmore

Better cities

Horizons No. 132

Stroll through the magazine and discover how researchers imagine the cities of the past and the future and whether the urban-rural divide is really as big as it seems!

Horizons No. 132 (in German)
  • Editorial: The cradle of research
  • Away with the cars, bring us green spaces!
  • Sibylle Wälty: “We need more ‘city’ in the city”
  • City life sets you free
  • Is there really a chasm between town and country?
  • Preventing the next Atlantis
  • Photo series: An urban aesthetic in the agglomeration

Categories

  • Settlement area
  • Urbanisation