Platform Geosciences admin defriten defriten defriten Platform Geosciences The platform unifies societies and scientific bodies that are active in the field of geoscience. It acts as an interface between the various academic disciplines of geosciences as well as between research, practice, administration, politics and the public.more Image: NASAmore Publications Events EventsConferences Géo-Archéo-Logique ! SGMs SGMsSGM2026 Fribourg SGM2025 Bern SGM2024 Basel SGM2023 Mendrisio SGM2022 Lausanne SGM2021 Geneva SGM2020 Zurich SGM2019 Fribourg SGM2018 Bern SGM2017 Davos SGM2016 Geneva SGM2015 Basel SGM2014 Fribourg SGM2013 Lausanne SGM2012 Bern SGM2011 Zurich SGM2010 Fribourg SGM2009 Neuchâtel SGM2008 Lugano SGM2007 Geneva Projects ProjectsPG Stratigraphy Geology Live Prix Schläfli Diversity Portrait PortraitBoard Office Geosciences? 21.10.2026 Symposium Event Wabern bei Bern Save the Date: Gurten Symposium 2026 Das Gurtensymposium 2026 widmet sich den Naturgefahren und greift damit ein aktuelles Thema auf, das in der Schweiz in den letzten Jahren durch mehrere grosse Ereignisse geprägt wurde: Image: © Foto/photo: Thomas Biasotto 20.-21.11.2026 Conference Fribourg 24th Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2026, Fribourg The Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg and the Platform Geosciences of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) cordially invite you to participate in the 24th Swiss Geoscience… Meeting to be held on Friday, 20 November and Saturday, 21 November, 2026 in Fribourg. 7.7.2026 News Call for Participants – How Free Is Research? A Study on Academic Freedom in STEM Do evaluation metrics and funding structures influence what scientists dare to research? A study led by an Academic Freedom Fellow at NORRAG (Geneva Graduate Institute) and approved by the ETH… Zurich Ethics Commission is examining how STEM researchers in Switzerland, Italy, and the UK experience academic freedom in everyday research practice. Image: NORRAG (Geneva Graduate Institute) 13.11.2026 Conference Symposium Wabern bei Bern Honor the Past and Embrace the Future: 160 years of Prix Schläfli The SCNAT organises a mini-symposium aimed at promoting natural sciences and fostering young people’s interest in science. 1.9.2026 Conference Event Bern SwissCollNet Conference 2026 The SwissCollNet annual conference will take place on Tuesday, 1 September 2026, at UniS, Bern. As the SwissCollNet initiative draws to a close, this final conference offers a moment to… reflect on its achievements, celebrate its successes, and look ahead to the future of the network. Image: Philippe Wagneur / Muséum Genève Platform GeosciencesImage: Caroline Reymond Platform GeosciencesImage: Caroline Reymond The Platform Geosciences encompasses the following scientific societies, commissions and swiss national committees of international organisations: . News in Geosciences 10.8.2026 News Klimawandel und Waldbrände: Wird Feuerwetter auch in der Schweiz häufiger? Angesichts der Brände in Süd- und Südwesteuropa stellt sich diese Frage auch in der Schweiz. Hitze, Trockenheit, tiefe Luftfeuchtigkeit und Wind begünstigen Waldbrände. Auswertungen der Klimaszenarien CH2025 zeigen, dass mit… der Klimaerwärmung die wetterbedingte Waldbrandgefahr stetig zunimmt. Image: Ylvers / pixabay 3.7.2026 News Fachtagung Wildbäche Der Sommer 2024 hat es eindrücklich gezeigt: Heftige Unwetter lösten in mehreren Regionen der Schweiz verheerende Murgänge und Wildbachereignisse aus, die Siedlungen, Strassen und Infrastrukturen massiv beschädigten. Wie gross müssen… Schutzbauten dimensioniert werden? Mit welcher Häufigkeit ist mit welchen Ereignisgrössen zu rechnen? Genau diesen Fragen widmet sich die zweite Fachtagung Wildbäche. Image: Alexandre Badoux, 2008 10.6.2026 News Mountain Commons at SGM 2026 – Call for Abstracts Mountain regions are facing many challenges related to their environmental and sociopolitical contexts – from reduced agricultural production to natural hazards or difficulty of access. Collective action and commons are… ways to cope with these challenges. The Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research (CIRM), the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and the Forum Landscape, Alps, Parks (FoLAP) are organising a session on this topic at the 24th Swiss Geoscience Meeting (SGM) on 20 and 21 November 2026 in Fribourg. They invite scientists from geosciences and other disciplines to an interdisciplinary exchange around the mountain commons and their multiple characteristics and management challenges in the 21st century. Image: Loïc Giaccone 5.6.2026 News WMO: Prepare for El Niño Fueled by unusually warm ocean waters in the tropical Pacific, El Niño conditions are developing and are set to influence global temperature and rainfall patterns, increasing the risk of extreme… weather over the coming months, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Image: WMO 3.6.2026 News StuMeTa 2026 StuMeTa (Studentische Meteorologie-Tagung) is an annual meeting of meteorology students from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, dedicated to knowledge exchange and networking. Contact SCNAT Platform Geosciences House of Academies PO Box 3001 Bern Switzerland Telephone E-mail SCNAT Platform Geosciences House of Academies PO Box 3001 Bern Switzerland Telephone E-mail Imprint Terms of use and data protection Would you like to access this additional external content? Click on "Display" to show the content of once. Cookies may thereby be set and data may be transmitted to the external provider. I would like to always display the content of . CancelDisplay