
Where do you think nature is ‹intact›?
What kind of everyday relationships with nature do people living in Swiss regional nature parks have? What values do they associate with ‘nature’? Participatory mapping allows to assess the diverse social values of nature(s) and landscapes.

Wo ist für dich die Natur ‘intakt’?
Welche Art von alltäglichen Beziehungen zur Natur haben lokale Akteur*innen in regionalen Schweizer Naturpärken? Welche Werte verbinden sie damit? Durch partizipatives Kartieren lassen sich die vielfältigen gesellschaftlichen Werte von Natur und Landschaft erfassen.
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Open Access Publishing: All you need to know about it
You want to publish a paper and you know that you should do this in Open Access. But what does Open Access mean? And how can you do it? Your librarian provides you the answer!

Gemeinschaft geht vor
Können wir von Pflanzen lernen? Diese Frage stellte das UZH Magazin drei Forscher:innen aus verschiedenen Fachgebieten. Eine der Antworten kommt von Bernhard Schmid, emeritierter Professor für Umweltwissenschaften am GIUZ.

From background maps and time series to toilet tiles in the national map look
The GeoVITe platform provides topographic raster and vector maps, digital elevation models and orthophotos for research. Roman Walt explains how GeoVITe data can be used, what the added value is compared to the Swisstopo data – and he reveals the funniest request. Deutsch 🇩🇪

The First Law of Geography – and why it is a nuisance
«Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.» The first law of geography applies to countless spatial phenomena. But did you know that it can make a geographer’s life very difficult?

From thrilling outdoor life to boring winter quarters
Hi everyone, my name is Tube Bernoulli, a new member at the GIUZ. Well, not exactly a member like all the others who write blogs here. I am an instrument for measuring surface runoff rates.

How much is climate change responsible for the release of bodies and wreckage in Alpine glaciers?
This summer has again broken temperature and glacier melt records. And it has led to the release of the remains of unfortunate mountaineers, wreckage of airplanes, and other objects trapped in the ice for several decades. But what are the underlying glacial drivers besides climate change?

’Tis the season …
In line with the Digital Society Initiative, which involves several GIUZ researchers, I asked artificial intelligence (AI) to help me develop a timely GIUZ Christmas Carol. I wish you happy holidays, non-digital recreation at the end of the year and…

Chemical geographies: Analyzing global pesticide supply chains
A new research project analyzes selected global herbicide supply chains linking sites of agricultural use in Latin America with places of production in Asian countries.
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