News
A selection of news articles from ETH Zurich and the Department of Earth Sciences.
LunarLeaper - a big leap for human mankind
Anna Mittelholz and Simon Stähler from the Department of Earth Sciences, together with Hendrik Kolvenbach from D-MAVT, are leading an international team that is proposing a cost-effective method for exploring lava tubes on the Moon.
Unveiling the origin of Earth's richest cobalt resource: insights from the unique Bou Azzer orebody
ETH earth scientists have developed a new method for determining the age of cobalt mineralisation.
Master's degree graduation ceremony 2023
The Master's Graduation Ceremony of the Department of Earth Sciences took place on Friday, 1 December 2023. Congratulations to our successful graduates!
Geology of the Tour de France: Earth science meets cycling
The Grand Départ is scheduled for 1 July, but the preparations for this year's Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes started more than 400 million years ago, when the rocks of the Central Massif and the Vosges Mountains were formed.
Prof. Derek Vance elected Fellow and Prof. Gerald Haug as Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Eighty outstanding researchers and innovators from around the world have been elected as the newest Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science and one of the oldest science academies worldwide.
Searching for meteorites in Antarctica
Finding meteorites is no easy task. Despite this, a team of scientists including Prof. Maria Schönbächler from ETH Zurich, were successful. Their secret? Going to Antarctica where they found several new meteorites, including a unique piece weighing 7.6 kilograms.