26.03.2024
We're proud to announce that Nicole Clerx, a doctoral student in the Department of Geosciences, will be one of the candidates in the "Ma thèse en 180 sec." event to be held on March 28 at Le Nouveau Monde.
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Global warming: glacial records lost forever
20.02.2024
It took no more than two years for the Corbassière Glacier in Valais to become practically useless for studying climate change. This has been made clear by core sampling done as part of the Ice Memory…
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Carbon emissions: do the ends justify the means?
20.02.2024
They are both the problem and the solution. While emitting vast quantities of carbon, oil companies also happen to be technically in the best position to artificially extract CO2 from the atmosphere and…
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explora 2023: le goût des sciences et de la culture
25.08.2023
Le samedi 23 septembre 2023, l'Université de Fribourg propose la 4e édition de sa journée portes ouvertes, explora. En partenariat avec «Fribourg - Ville du goût 2023» et la Journée du bilinguisme, c'est…
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Graduation ceremonies of Master of Science, PhDs and habilitations 2022
27.02.2023
The 2022 graduates received their diplomas during the ceremonies of the February 17th at the Aula Magna of the University of Fribourg.
The Department of Geosciences would like to warmly congratulate…
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Géotopes d'importance cantonale
21.11.2022
Les 92 géotopes d'importance cantonale, définis par le groupe de Géomorphologie de l'Université de Fribourg, ont été publiés.
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DANGERS NATURELS, même pas peur !
16.11.2022
Une expo interactive pour tous dès 12 ans.
La section Jura | Jura bernois de la Société suisse des ingénieurs et des architectes (SIA) a conçu une exposition itinérante et interactive présentant les…
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Postdoc position for a research project in Tectonics
04.10.2022
The section of Earth Sciences at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland invites applications for one post-doctoral position in Tectonics.
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Worse than 2003: Swiss glaciers are melting more than ever
before
29.09.2022
2022 was a disastrous year for Swiss glaciers: all ice melt records were smashed by the great
dearth of snow in winter and continuous heatwaves in summer. More than 6 percent of the ice
volume was lost,…
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