🏗️ ETH Zurich researchers have developed a moisture-based model showing that reinforcing steel can corrode up to 100 times faster in wet concrete than dry, revealing that identical low-CO₂ concrete mixes can last 50 years in one climate but deteriorate much sooner in another with similar annual rainfall.
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50-year durability: Study links low-CO₂ concrete survival to weather
ETH Zurich researchers developed a weather-based model to predict reinforced concrete lifespan and support the wider use of low-CO₂ mixes.
September 8, 2026 993 3
