And fun fact: the maps with Swiss ice age geography come from a paper by Bini et al. Who wouldâve thought Bini did a side job in glaciology âïžđ§đ»đ” www.geo-sports.org/2024/zurich-...
The weather at the Zurich 2024 road races won't be arctic but ice ages were pivotal in creating the landscape we race through.
Stefan Heuberger at ETH ZĂŒich explored the route for you and took pictures. In his blog on our website, he explains where the riders climb the remains of the majestic glaciers of the last ice age!
Last day of the #Zurich2024 world championships, the men will have to show what theyâre worth! And theyâre lucky the race wasnât 24000 years ago, because theyâd had have to ski the entire thing back then đ„¶
Why is that hill there? Why is it so steep? How was this valley created? Or why is there a lake here? We list the best features for you to recognize and enjoy during the race because as you know by now: there is just no cycling without geology. www.geo-sports.org/2024/zurich-...
The weather at the Zurich 2024 road races won't be arctic but ice ages were pivotal in creating the landscape we race through.
Ice ages and warmer periods shaped the landscape on our course. Most of it we canât see anymore because time and erosion made them disappear under layers of sedimentation. Valleys that were once hundreds of meters deep are now filled in to form relatively flat roads for our riders. #zurich2024
The road race takes us to beautiful geological sites along the route like drumlins, valleys, a tafelberg and gorgeous lakes. Stefan Heuberger of @eth-eaps.bsky.social@ethzurich.bsky.social takes you on a tour to see but also shows you what you canât see anymore.
Curious about the backgrounds of the @geotdf.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Every year, tens of millions of cycling enthusiasts watch and read about the Tour de France, one of the largest sports events of the year. For hours on end, they wait in anticipation of the climax of....
The future of cycling is in the hands of the juniors and U23 riders racing against the clock today and tomorrow. But how can geology help with future-proof storing nuclear waste from Zurich's three nuclear power plants? Thomas Schouten of @ethzurich.bsky.social explains!
The Zurich 2024 time trials are rather flat. Of course we have geology to blame for that. This is a tale of missing mountains.
We also learn how the creation of the Alps tens of millions of years ago now comes in very handy when dealing with a nuclear problem. And how a boring tectonic situation makes that all possible. Enjoy the blog and the race!
