Tom Crowther’s inaugural speech at ETH Zurich as he takes up his tenure track professorship. Tom presents the Crowther Lab’s approach to global-scale#ecology, our work to understand and address #climatechangeand our future research as part of ETH Zurich’s Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS). Timestamps: 00:01Introduction by Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann, Head of D-USYS 06:30Inaugural Speech by Prof. Dr. Tom Crowther ABOUT THE CROWTHER LAB We are an interdisciplinary research group, harnessing big data, machine learning and satellite imagery to build global ecosystem models. Our research aims to generate a fundamental and holistic understanding of global ecology in order to understand and address the global threats of biodiversity loss and climate change. Our lab is part of ETH Zürich, one of the world’s leading universities in Earth and Environmental Sciences.