Climate
Melting of Greenland’s ice sheet: how ice slabs regulate meltwater runoff into the sea
27.05.2025
Scientists working at the universities of Fribourg and Lausanne have developed a model for the way Greenland’s meltwater drains into the sea. Their study, published in the journal Nature Communications,…
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Natural hydrogen
Natural hydrogen: a sustainable energy source in mountain ranges
18.03.2025
Researchers from GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany, and from University of Fribourg, Switzerland, identify where to expect natural and exploitable hydrogen resources using state-of-the-art…
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Améliorations structurelles
17.03.2025
Motivations et réticences à adhérer à des projets collectifs d'irrigation. Un travail de master récemment déposé à l'Université de Fribourg s'est penché sur les raisons qui incitent ou freinent les agriculteurs…
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Climate
A significant increase in ice melt
19.02.2025
A new study in which a researcher from the University of Fribourg took part has just made a startling announcement. Between 2000 and 2023, Earth’s glaciers (excepting the polar ice caps) have lost around…
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19.12.2024
The Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute is pleased to announce two new Master's programmes. In the future, the Institute will also offer the programmes "M.Sc. Major Environmental Humanities…
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Evolution
Shell limits evolution of turtles
20.11.2024
A study by the University of Fribourg suggests that the shell of turtles significantly restricts their evolutionary development, explaining their low species diversity compared to other animal groups.
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2 open PhD positions in Mineralogy-Petrology on “Fluid circulation in mantle rocks”
01.10.2024
The Mineralogy-Petrology group at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg invites applications for two 4-year Ph.D. positions funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
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Afar Dallol Drilling (ADD-ON)
05.09.2024
The Afar rift is a world-class natural field lab where continental breakup can be directly observed. The northern part of Afar, the Danakil Depression, especially represents a unique snapshot in space…
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No, there will be no sixth ocean!
29.08.2024
An earthquake low on the Richter scale has shaken geologists. Contrary to what that scientific community widely thought, the Central Afar region in Ethiopia will probably never become a deep ocean. This…
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