Statt eines Jahresberichts versendet die WSL ihr neues Magazin DIAGONAL. Zweimal jährlich durchleuchtet das DIAGONAL nebst den WSL-Forschungsthemen eine Frage besonders genau.

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Scientists at WSL discovered a subfossil forest which has remained intact for over 13,000 years in the Zurich clay, opening new doors for Central European dendrochronology.

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Is the plant cover of the earth determined by environmental factors, by evolutionary processes or by human influence? Using various real-life examples this book explains how data analysis and subsequent interpretation can help to find answers. Second amplified edition.

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Auf www.lfi.ch bietet das Schweizerische Landesforstinventar LFI die umfassendste Informationssammlung über den Schweizer Wald. Neu gibt es diese Daten zur besseren Übersicht auch in Form von interaktiven Karten.

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A further strengthening of energy research is on the 2013 agenda of the ETH Domain, to which WSL belongs. WSL Director Konrad Steffen’s research reveals that the retreat of Swiss glaciers need not have a negative impact on either availability of water or hydroelectric power generation.

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Das Lehrbuch Forstökonomie vermittelt Grundlagen zur ökonomischen Bewertung von öffentlichen Gütern der Wald- und Forstwirtschaft. WSL-Forscher Roland Olschewski und seine Mitautoren haben das Standardwerk aktualisiert und erweitert.

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The Northern and Southern Hemispheres have experienced significantly different climate changes over the past one to two millennia. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted as part of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) 2k project. WSL researchers made important contributions to the temperature reconstructions for Europe, South America and Australia.

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In the Swiss Plateau in particular, the winter of 2012/13 was long, cold and accompanied by large quantities of snow. It has been 26 years since it snowed on so many days at low altitudes. A lot of snow was lying in the mountains, especially in the west and north.

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Thin, low-lying clouds over the central Greenland Ice Sheet last July allowed the sun’s energy to warm the surface of the ice, while at the same time trapping infrared radiation near the surface which led to additional warming. This combination played a significant role in last summer's record-breaking melt.

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