Zinc from industry and fossil fuel combustion reaches even the most remote oceans, as researchers at ETH Zurich have shown. There, it now exceeds natural inputs, potentially disturbing the balance of marine ecosystems.
In the “Embedded Systems” course at ETH Zurich, students develop their own prototypes. A new hardware platform, a small, graded project and an AI assistant facilitate this form of project-based learning for the first time in a major course with 400 participants.
A new study shows that, across Europe, wind farm planning can avoid especially scenic areas without increasing generation costs. However, at the regional level, conflicts remain between landscape conservation and energy objectives, as exemplified in the Alpine region.