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Forest 11.11.2020
Tests to determine tree species' climate tolerance
Tests to determine tree species' climate tolerance

With the FOEN, 20 cantons and forestry enterprises, WSL is creating 57 experimental plantations to study the climate tolerance of 18 tree species.

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Aerial photo of an existing experimental plantation in Mutrux, VD. Photo: SRF/3sat/Nano
 
Biodiversity 05.11.2020
Reduce post-disturbance Logging in Forests
Reduce post-disturbance Logging in Forests

A study claims that forests should not be thoroughly cleared after storms or forest fires.

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Auf dem Totholz, das 2003 nach dem Waldbrand in Leuk liegengelassen wurde, leben heute viele spezialisierten Pflanzen und Insekten.
 
Forest 02.11.2020
Foliage in many forests in Europe fell prematurely in 2018
Foliage in many forests in Europe fell prematurely in 2018

Trees throughout central Europe lost their foliage prematurely in the dry summer of 2018. WSL calculations show where and how intensely.

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Forest 22.10.2020
Too little water pressure slows down radial growth of a tree
Too little water pressure slows down radial growth of a tree

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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Overlooking the coniferous forests near Ferden in the Lötschental (canton of Valais)
 
 

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24.11.2020
Elbara-III radiometer of the WSL in the Tibetan plateau. Photo: Xing Wang

A Swiss funnel in Tibet: WSL device verifies satellite measurements

How it came about that a WSL device is measuring the earth’s surface microwave radiation in Tibet; Mike Schwank reports in the WSL blog.

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23.11.2020

Beyond our realm of experience: extreme events

Why do we investigate extreme events? In order to find ways of dealing with what in future may be normal. Find out more in a DIAGONAL interview.

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23.11.2020

Too much manmade nitrogen and phosphorus in nature

Swiss ecosystems are heavily polluted and reduction targets have not been met. This is revealed in a SCNAT factsheet with WSL co-authors.

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17.11.2020

Forum für Wissen 2020: Biodiversity in the Swiss Forest

How can biodiversity in forests be preserved? Join the Forum für Wissen on November 26 (in German). Online participation, free of charge.

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16.11.2020

«When the mountainside comes thundering down»

Thanks to research, monitoring and warning systems, people are better protected from rock falls today. Read more about it in a new DIAGONAL article.

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09.11.2020

Read now: "Why we research extremes"

The new DIAGONAL is anything but normal! Read about our research on huge landslides, bone-dry summers and plants as survival artists.

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26. November 2020 26 November 2020

Forum für Wissen 2020: Biodiversität im Schweizer Wald

Schutz und Förderung der Biodiversität sind heute Bestandteile einer nachhaltig ausgerichteten, multifunktionalen Waldwirtschaft, die mit öffentlichen…

19. January 2021 19 January 2021

Radiocarbon and the changing carbon cycle in Anthropocene landscapes

Myriad fates await carbon fixed by the biosphere into organic matter. Elucidating these fates, and their sensitivity to anthropogenic change, is…

16. February 2021 16 February 2021

Enabling and Connecting Global Change Research on Mountains: a Mountain Research Initiative perspective

The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) envisions a world in which research to understand global change challenges and opportunities in mountains is…

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