Urban Ökologie studies how human settlements interact with their surrounding ecosystems. It encompasses a wide range of topics, from the effects of urbanization on biodiversity to the role of cities in climate change. Researchers in urban ecology use various methods, including field studies, laboratory experiments, and computer modeling, to understand the complex interactions between people and nature in urban environments.
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- The Infinite Christmas Tree: How to Cut Your Tree So it Will Grow Again After the whole realization about Santa, one of the hardest truths to swallow about Christmas is the personal responsibility for the large-scale tree murder. It dawned on me, as an eight-year-old watching our dead Christmas tree, stripped of its ornaments and kicked to the curb for trash pick-up, that there...
- 5 Master's theses awarded on adaptation to climate change 14.12.22 - The 2022 Durabilis prize list brings together individual works on different ways of dealing with global warming, from a technological point of view on the EPFL side and a cultural point of view on the UNIL side. Summary of their work and comments from the jury. The Jury...
- Elena Cogato Lanza erhält den Titel eines außerordentlichen Professors 14.07.22 - Elena Cogato Lanza is a leading researcher in the history and theory of urban planning. The ETH-Council has awarded her the title of Adjunct Professor. Dr Elena Cogato Lanza, currently Senior Scientist in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) at EPFL, was awarded the title...
- 20 beste neue Websites, April 2022 This month’s collection of the best new sites released in the previous four weeks might seem like a mixed bag, but if you look carefully you’ll see distinct themes emerging. Full-page images and videos are back with a vengeance, and designers are embracing large-scale 20th century-inspired typography from Art Nouveau...
- Sechs Nominierungen und eine Beförderung an der ENAC-Schule 11.03.22 - The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of six news professors at ENAC School and promoted Associate Professor Rizlan Bernier-Latmani as Full Professor. © 2022 EPFL New appointments at ENAC Dr Ianina Altshuler, currently Postdoctoral Fellow at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences,...
- Aasfressende Hyänen fördern die öffentliche Gesundheit in afrikanischen Städten Aasfressende Hyänen sind'nicht nur schlecht. Sie bieten afrikanischen Städten Vorteile, einschließlich der Beseitigung von Tierkadaverabfällen....
- Riesenpandas sind weiterhin stark vom Aussterben bedroht Der Klimawandel, der Verlust von Lebensraum und die eingeschränkte Fortpflanzungsfähigkeit könnten laut Forschern eine dreifache Bedrohung für Große Pandas darstellen....