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Landscape 01.07.2020

How Switzerland has responded to the coronavirus crisis

WSL analysis finds that while the Federal Council received emergency powers at the start of the pandemic, Swiss federal governance endured.

Biodiversity 29.06.2020

Climate change: spring starting too early for roe deer

Earlier vegetation growth is changing the food supply available to roe deer during the birthing season. This could see more moving to higher…

Natural hazards 18.06.2020

How are natural hazards changing in the mountains?

A WSL research programme is examining the impact of climate change on rock slope failures, avalanches and debris flows and developing responses.

Natural hazards 15.06.2020

Floods and landslides in 2019 – western Switzerland bears…

Floods, landslides and debris flows caused some CHF 85 million of damage and resulted in five fatalities in 2019.

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02.07.2020

Forest management and timber production are not profitable, yet forest services should be for free. The new DIAGONAL explains why this fails to work.

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01.07.2020

Great illustration by Yvonne Roggenmoser in the new DIAGONAL with the focus topic «wood».

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24.06.2020

Erratic boulders transported to the lowlands by the glaciers are home to rare mosses and ferns. What does this mean for climbers? Read it in DIAGONAL…

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24.06.2020

How should forests in Switzerland be tended and the wood be used to ensure the best climate protection? Read up on it in the new DIAGONAL.

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11.06.2020

Wood can be building material, CO2 storage and even a force of nature. The latest issue of Diagonal is dedicated to this renewable resource.

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08.06.2020

Leg 3 of MOSAiC takes 3 months longer than planned. The WSL remote sensing installation threatened by ice crack finally allows good data collection.

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Edition: Th. 11.06., 17:00

Danger of both dry-snow and wet-snow avalanches, especially in high alpine regions

Edition: Th. 11.06., 17:00

Danger of both dry-snow and wet-snow avalanches, especially in high alpine regions

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9. to 11. November 2020 9 to 11 November 2020

Conference will be postponed to November

26. November 2020 26 November 2020

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

20. to 22. April 2021 20 to 22 April 2021

This international conference aims to bring together the community of scholars working on planning evaluation and urban modelling.

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