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Landscape 17.01.2022
When outdoor recreation causes conflict
When outdoor recreation causes conflict

Landscape's current and future recreational function was the focus of 'Recreational Landscape', WSL's 2021 Forum für Wissen.

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Forest 13.01.2022
Forest trees suffered from heatwave even after 2018
Forest trees suffered from heatwave even after 2018

How the dry summer of 2018 affected forest trees is revealed by Europe-wide measurements of the fluctuations of tree trunks.

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Biodiversity 17.12.2021
The drone that perches on a branch
The drone that perches on a branch

To study life in the canopy, WSL is developing drones that can do more than just fly.

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Forest 16.12.2021
Online tools for forests today and tomorrow
Online tools for forests today and tomorrow

Two new user-friendly online tools display comprehensive information about forests and the services they provide, now and in the future.

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19.01.2022

New WSL Fact Sheet: Needle and shoot diseases of Scots pines

The publication of Forest Protection Switzerland is available in German and French. More on waldwissen.net

Research
29.12.2021

Shrinking ice giants

Asia's enormous glaciers supply millions of people with water. What are the consequences of their melting? Answers in the new DIAGONAL.

Research
27.12.2021

Eye to eye with bison and elephants

What’s it like to share your research plots with wild animals? WSL researcher Anita Risch tells us in the current DIAGONAL.

Research
22.12.2021

The swaying Matterhorn

An international team of researchers has now been able to measure and simulate the resonant swaying of the Matterhorn.

Research
22.12.2021

Why expeditions are needed

Are expensive, climate-damaging polar expeditions justified? SLF's snow researcher Michael Lehning adresses this question in the new DIAGONAL.

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22.12.2021

New Konrad Steffen Grant strengthens research in Greenland

The new grant, in memory of the former director of WSL, should strengthen cooperative research on natural hazards between Switzerland and Greenland.

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8. February 2022 8 February 2022

Forum Suisse romande 2022: Événements extrêmes en forêt - à chacun d'agir

Arbres secs par manque d’eau, arbres cassés ou déracinés par les tempêtes, arbres attaqués en masse par les scolytes : nos paysages forestiers…

1. March 2022 1 March 2022

Reading between the lines – stories of climate change and related risks as written in tree rings

Tree rings are often used to reconstruct past climate and to put anthropogenic warming into perspective. In addition to the climatic information,…

5. April 2022 5 April 2022

Plant communities, biodiversity, and forest management

In natural forests different tree species coexist and contribute to ecosystem functioning. However, for almost 200 years we believed in advantages of…

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