News in Geosciences
Symposium & General Assembly SGM 2025
Last Friday, on 21 November 2025, the annual General Assembly (GA) and the traditional symposium of the Swiss Society for Meteorology (SSM) took place at ETH Zurich. Numerous members as well as weather and climate enthusiasts attended and contributed to a lively and engaging exchange.
Image: Leandro Gimmi (SGM)
Zum Gedenken an Hans Rieber (1934-2025)
Hans P. Rieber, Professor für Paläozoologie an der Universität Zürich (1976 – 2001) und ETH Zürich (1976 – 1999), geboren am 2. April 1934, ist am 4. November 2025 in Esslingen verstorben.
Image: Heinz Furrer
Erfahrungsbericht: Erstellung und Revision von kantonalen Geotopinventaren
Die angewandten Methoden als auch die Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze der einzelnen Kantone werden in diesem Bericht beleuchtet und es werden Empfehlungen für zukünftige Geotopinventare abgeleitet.
Image: Simon Martin, SGEK
SGM Weather Hike to Sämtisersee in Appenzell Innerrhoden
The SGM board invited members to the annual weather hike on Friday, October 3, 2025 — this time to Eastern Switzerland.
Image: Joachim Schug
And Swiss glaciers continue to melt
Glacial melting in Switzerland was once again enormous in 2025. A winter with low snow depth combined with heat waves in June and August led to a loss of three per cent of the glacier volume. This is the fourth largest level of shrinkage since measurements began. Consequently, the ice mass reduced by one quarter in the last ten years. This was reported by GLAMOS, the glacier monitoring network in Switzerland, and the Swiss Commission for Cryosphere observation (SCC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
Image: Matthias Huss