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Forest 15.09.2020

Climate change: how much drought can beech trees endure?

Beech trees become stressed in dry summers – but not everywhere. If they find water reserves deep in the soil, their crown remains green.

Biodiversity 10.09.2020

How wolf-killed carrion alters life in the soil

A diverse world of microbes thrives beneath ungulate carcasses. These carcasses enrich biodiversity, according to a WSL-led study.

Natural hazards 10.09.2020

High-tech rocks in the forest

Like trees, dead wood helps to prevent rockfall, initial SLF research results suggest.

Natural hazards 27.08.2020

Hiking: What dangers are posed by climate change?

SLF researchers have assessed how natural hazards in the Alps are likely to change in the future and what this will mean for hikers and hiking trails.

Research for people and environment

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Logbuch

02.09.2020

Amy Macfarlane, post-graduate student at SLF, postponed her scheduled return and experienced by the skin of her teeth how “her” ice floe transformed…

Services and products

20.08.2020

The current situation of all natural hazards in Switzerland is shown on the newly revised federal portal www.natural-hazards.ch.

Institutional

18.08.2020

The sympathy for the tragic death of our director is overwhelming. Here you can find an obituary and an online condolence book.

Research

17.08.2020

A new study, in which the late WSL Director also participated, estimates the sea-level rise caused by the melting of the Greenland ice.

Institutional

10.08.2020

Konrad Steffen has died during field work in Greenland. WSL directorate and staff are shocked and stunned.

Blog

04.08.2020

Even during lockdown, WSL glaciologist Matthias Huss had to measure glaciers – without using cable cars. Read about this experience in the blog.

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Edition: Su. 30.08., 17:00

Wintery conditions in high alpine regions

Edition: Su. 30.08., 17:00

Wintery conditions in high alpine regions

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Events

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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