Articles for the general public

Follow-up of recent climate extremes

  • Description of specific climate extreme events in terms of physical characteristics and of their impacts
  • Explanations of the main mechanisms having lead to some recent extremes 
  • Analysis of possible causes of inaccurate forecasts in some cases
  • Survey about climate extremes in terms of physical features and impacts for Switzerland (about twice a year)

News about upcoming climate extremes and associated warnings

Summary of research papers in a way which is understandable by a large audience