Switzerland's heatwave season is getting longer. The exceptional heatwave that hit the country in June exposed how difficult it is to cope with these new climate extremes, writes Sonia Seneviratne, a climate scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich.
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July 14, 2026 - 09:00
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Prof. Sonia I. Seneviratne's research focuses on climate extremes and land-climate interactions. She investigates processes leading to droughts and heatwaves, the impact of land processes and land cover changes on regional climate, and their changes with global warming. She combines climate model experiments and statistical data analysis in her research, based on model data, ground observations and satellite measurements.
