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Nathalie Dubois retrieves sediment cores from the cold storage for further analysis (photo: Alessandro della Bella).
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Nathalie Dubois awarded ERC Synergy Grant
November 5, 2024

The European Research Council is supporting the MEMELAND research project of a European research team with over 13.5 million euros. Nathalie Dubois from Eawag is a member of the group. The aim is to provide a new narrative for European environmental history, offering decisive insights for sustainable agriculture and climate protection in Europe.
Microalgae cultivation facility in the Kona region of Hawaii (Photo: Cyanotech Corporation / Charles H. Greene, Celina M. Scott-Buechler, Arjun L.P. Hausner, Zackary I. Johnson, Xin Gen Lei, Mark E. Huntley / Wikimedia).
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Natural pesticide for the production of protein-rich ...
October 31, 2024

A new publication by Eawag shows that co-cultures of different microalgae are more resistant to pests than monocultures.
The use of treated municipal wastewater to irrigate agricultural land has been permitted in some of Switzerland’s neighbouring countries since 2023 (Photo: Adobe Stock).
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Dry summers: reusing treated wastewater could help
October 17, 2024

With climate change, hot and dry summers are becoming more frequent, causing water shortages in some regions of Switzerland. Reusing treated wastewater could help to solve this problem. This has been demonstrated by an Eawag team on behalf of the FOEN and some cantons. The researchers also explain what still needs to be done to put the option into practice.
The fisheries advisory service (FIBER) puts research findings relevant to fisheries into practice (Photo: Adobe Stock).
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Fisheries advisory service: new location in ...
October 11, 2024

The Swiss fisheries advisory office (FIBER) promotes sustainable fisheries through advice and training. It now has a location in French-speaking Switzerland.
Art work, Jael Klaus
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Blue-green biodiversity: recognise, conserve, promote
September 3, 2024

Biodiversity is not a political programme: Only just 1.6 % of all documents searched at federal level make reference to the term. This is one of the many results that the WSL and Eawag institutes have compiled in the joint research initiative ‘Blue-Green Biodiversity’ and which are being presented today at the Special Info Day to an expert audience from administration, politics, research and practice.
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