Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL

Research 14.04.2025
Historical Habitats of Switzerland - mapped
Historical Habitats of Switzerland - mapped

WSL researchers have developed a model that can identify different habitat types on aerial photographs from the post-war period.

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Events 03.04.2025
Investigating the unthinkable
Investigating the unthinkable

How can we prepare for something unprecedented? WSL has investigated the effects of extreme events and how to deal with them.

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Der Lac Brenet (VD) im Trockensommer 2018. (Foto: Neez, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
 
Research 21.03.2025
Swiss glaciers could vanish completely by 2100
Swiss glaciers could vanish completely by 2100

Swiss glaciers are in increasingly poor shape. Interview with the glacier researcher Daniel Farinotti on the first World Glacier Day.

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Research 04.03.2025
Gone-wild grapevines act as reservoirs for disease
Gone-wild grapevines act as reservoirs for disease

Flavescence dorée, a grapevine disease, is spreading across Switzerland. Gone-wild grapevines contribute to its spread.

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Research for people and the environment in a changing world

News

Research
12.05.2025

How flooding under the ice contributes to ice melt

By drilling 500 meter deep, researchers from ETH and WSL have for the first time measured the water flows under the antarctic ice.

Logbook
30.04.2025

Searching the Past in Tree Rings

In this WSL logbook, Lisa Jourdain, PhD student in tree ring science, takes us on a journey in Tasmania and New Zealand for sampling trees.

Research
28.04.2025

Urban green spaces are islands of relaxation

Green spaces relieve stress in loud cities – how much is now shown in a new study by WSL and Empa.

Logbook
23.04.2025

When a River Melts Faster Than Expected

In the WSL Logbook, doctoral student Jiahui Kang reports on her research in Sweden – and how things sometimes happen faster than expected.

Research
15.04.2025

Nature in the city needs interconnected habitats

To enhance biodiversity in water and on land, we need high-quality, interconnected natural areas and cooperation of different stakeholders.

Institutional
20.03.2025

WSL Annual Report 2024

A new WSL strategy, SNSF funding for two major projects, and a new director: WSL's highlights of 2024.

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Events

19 to 23 May 2025

Tree health - from Cities to Forests, a IUFRO Div. 7 Working Parties Conference

IUFRO Div. 7 Working Parties Conference

2 to 4 June 2025

Increasing biodiversity to promote adaptation and resilience of European forests by using close to nature forestry

Workshop Integrate Network in Zürich

5 June 2025

Applied conservation genetics for practitioners

With this course, participants will be able to expand or update their knowledge of the basics of applied conservation genetics. The aim is…

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