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Tire Emissions Research Conference 2024

Published:12.12.24 — Tire Emissions Research 2024: Global Efforts Highlighted in Munich, Boston to Host 2025 Edition

The CEL took part in the 2024 edition of the Night of Science

Published:10.07.24 — Organised by the City of Geneva's Museum of the History of Science, the Night of Science attracts more than 30,000 curious onlookers and science enthusiasts every year, with around fifty stands, workshops and other events where scientists can meet the general public. The 2024 event took place on 6 and 7 July in Geneva at the Parc de la Perle du Lac.

On the trail of pollution in Lausanne

Published:24.04.24 — A team of researchers from EPFL, UNIL, and Unisanté have published a report about the legacy of pollution from a trash incinerator that burned in the Lausanne Vallon neighborhood from 1958 to 2005.

Plastic in Lake Geneva

Published:09.08.23 — Lake Geneva is heavily contaminated by macro- and microplastics. Some solutions exist, but it will be very complicated to get rid of it. 

Franco-Swiss discussions on the problem of plastic pollution

Published:20.06.23 — Microplastic pollution in the Alpine arc: a cross-border challenge