Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
January, 5th 2023
Trees absorb tiny metal particles from the air and soil and deposit them in their tissues. This has been shown by an experiment conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL. These findings open up possibilities for detecting environmental pollution or even remedying it in the future.
August, 25th 2022
In the past 7500 years, it has never been as warm in the Arctic as it is now. A unique collection of tree ring samples that were gathered in more than 20 expeditions shows that. The new study has been published in “Nature Communications”.
September, 24th 2021
Is it an authentic Stradivarius or not? The answer to this question can dramatically affect an instrument's value. Dendrochronologists such as Paolo Cherubini help to uncover the truth.
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June, 30th 2021
Predating the eruption by 126 years provides crucial insights into the climate variationas at the end of the last ice age
March, 15th 2021
An international team studied the chemical fingerprints in European oak trees to reconstruct summer climate over 2110 years. They found that after a long-term drying trend, drought conditions since 2015 suddenly intensified, beyond anything in the past two thousand years.
March, 11th 2021
The health of Swiss forests has been monitored closely since the 'forest dieback' in the 1980s. However, the characteristics used as an indicator for tree health have some drawbacks. It is time for biochemical analyses of tree rings to be incorporated into the relevant monitoring programmes, says a research team headed by WSL.
October, 22nd 2020
Lötschental study: When water is scarce, coniferous trees stop their wood growth despite the fact that they produce a lot of carbon.
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October, 10th 2020
Volcanoes have played a larger role in natural temperature variability than previously thought, indicates a new study with participation of the WSL.
May, 13th 2020
A real visual treat: Info Flora’s species portraits now include over 1,000 stem cross-sections and descriptions prepared by WSL collaborators.
April, 30th 2020
Patrick Fonti reports about the expedition to the Yamal peninsula
May, 15th 2019
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April, 30th 2019
Paolo Cherubini has been appointed Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada
January, 17th 2019
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October, 25th 2018
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