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Forest 25.04.2022
Forest trees also take up nanoplastics
Forest trees also take up nanoplastics

A WSL laboratory study has found that forest trees absorb tiny pieces of plastic. This could have implications for forest ecosystems.

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Forest 08.04.2022
Forest pests thrive because of global warming
Forest pests thrive because of global warming

A new study reveals that exposure to drought determines to what extent a tree will resist attack by pests.

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Biodiversity, Forest 04.04.2022
Spring budburst as an indicator for climate change
Spring budburst as an indicator for climate change

A research team led by WSL has compiled the world's most important findings on the leaf-out and blooming of trees.

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Biodiversity 23.03.2022
Species richness of aquatic insects remains stable
Species richness of aquatic insects remains stable

Warm-adapted and pesticide-tolerant species among aquatic insects have increased since 2010.

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18.05.2022

Bundesrat beschliesst Trockenheit-Frühwarnsystem

12 Jahre Forschung an der WSL und unsere Pilot-Plattform drought.ch werden zu einer zentrale Grundlage für diesen wegweisenden Beschluss.

Institutional
22.04.2022

What are the impacts of climate change in Switzerland?

In the NCCS-Impacts programme, the implications are being investigated across sectors. The public call for projects will follow in the summer of 2022.

Institutional
24.03.2022

Annual report 2021 of the WSL

The year was marked by the arrival of the new director and the launch of strategic programmes and a research centre in Davos.

Institutional
23.03.2022

Swiss glacier research in Peru

A Swiss research project explores glacier retreat in Peru and its consequences. It was launched in Bern on 21st March.

Services and products
18.03.2022

New app tells children about forests and climate change

The FORTE edu app of the WSL will be used in the school programme of the Swiss National Museum's "Forest" exhibition starting 18 March.

Research
15.03.2022
Der Buchdrucker (_Ips typographus_) ist der Borkenkäfer, der in der Schweiz am meisten Schäden anrichtet. (Foto: Beat Wermelinger)

The rainy summer 2021 eased the bark beetle situation in Switzerland

The bark beetle situation has improved somewhat in 2021. This is reported in the WSL's new Forest Protection News (German or French).

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14. June 2022 14 June 2022

The functional role of biodiversity in forest ecosystems

A number of global change drivers have large impacts on biodiversity of forest ecosystems. Understanding the consequences of these changes in…

23. to 24. June 2022 23 to 24 June 2022

The Cryosphere in a changing climate - A scientific symposium in memory of Koni Steffen

Konrad Steffen – or Koni, as everyone knew him – was a passionate researcher and teacher, who dedicated his live to science through the study of the…

26. June to 1. July 2022 26 June to 1 July 2022

Blue-Green Biodiversity at the World Biodiversity Forum

The World Biodiversity Forum brings together researchers across all disciplines of biodiversity science with practitioners and societal actors in a…

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