Research 27.03.2024
Carbon sequestration in forest soils
Carbon sequestration in forest soils

A WSL study shows the connection between forest disturbances and the carbon sequestration capacity of forest soils.

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Research 07.03.2024
Storms 2023: major local damage, no fatalities
Storms 2023: major local damage, no fatalities

Floods, debris flows, landslides, and rockfall events caused damage of around 75 million Swiss francs in 2023. This was the result of the annual evaluation of the storm damage database by the WSL.

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Snow and avalanches 15.02.2024
25 years since the avalanche winter of 1999
25 years since the avalanche winter of 1999

SLF employees reflect on their experiences in the exceptionally snowy winter of 1998/99 and the insights they gained from it.

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Research 07.02.2024
Climate research on Greenland
Climate research on Greenland

The longest measurement series of meteorological data from the Greenland Ice Sheet is now available to everyone.

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Research for people and the environment in a changing world

News

Institutional
26.03.2024

The new WSL Strategy 2035 builds on the institute's many years of experience to address the challenges of global change.

Institutional
25.03.2024

Open doors at the SLF in Davos, SNSF funding for two major projects, and a new member joining the directorate: WSL's highlights of 2023.

Research
22.03.2024

In every third case, a prolonged drought leads to dried-up rivers. More rarely, drought has a negative impact on groundwater.

Research
18.03.2024

An international study in collaboration with the WSL shows that biodiversity and ecosystem services vary greatly within a forest.

Research
14.03.2024

Communities in water and on land are responding similarly to climate change. One surprising exception may be the plankton.

Research
13.03.2024

A new study shows the link between large forest fires and landscaping.

Events

18 to 25 August 2024

Is early browning in European forests a harbinger of tree death or simply a sign of temporary stress? In 2018, science could not answer this…

23 August 2024

Die ibW Maienfeld und die WSL bieten zwei Weiterbildungen zum Thema Seilkranprojektierung an. Im Einführungskurs Seilaplan und QGIS…

26 to 31 August 2024

The WSL Biodiversity Center is pleased to announce their second summer school on blue-green biodiversity.