WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF

Research 16.12.2024
Wind modifies snow crystals – and climate models
Wind modifies snow crystals – and climate models

Experiments conducted by the SLF show how wind transforms snow crystals. The findings are significant for climate research.

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In den Alpen bildet vom Wind verfrachteter Schnee häufig Schichten, die Schneebretteigenschaften haben. (Foto: Christian Rixen)
 
Research 11.12.2024
More precise snowmelt forecasts
More precise snowmelt forecasts

SLF researchers optimize snowmelt models with satellite data. These advances are important for more precise flood warnings.

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Research 10.12.2024
Mountain permafrost is warming across Europe
Mountain permafrost is warming across Europe

Permafrost temperatures in Europe's mountain regions are rising steadily, in some cases by more than 1 °C over the last decade.

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Research 06.11.2024
More wet, less dry: avalanches of the future
More wet, less dry: avalanches of the future

An SLF analysis shows how climate change will affect the avalanche situation in Switzerland this century.

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Research
18.12.2024

25 years after Lothar: Forest rebuilt by storm

WSL researchers answer the most frequently asked questions about the impact of the winter storm on Swiss forests.

Logbook
13.12.2024

We prepare the expedition to Antarctica

SLF scientist Sergi González-Herrero writes about his work in Antarctica to get young students involved in science. Part 1

Services and products
13.12.2024

Now also in French: Avalanches - the book

The practical guide: in-depth knowledge about avalanches for ski hikers, freeriders and snowshoe hikers - safely through the winter.

Research
11.11.2024

Of predators and insect cameras

In two videos, SLF researchers explain how they study insect diversity and the interactions between plants and living organisms.

Research
06.11.2024
Schnitt durch eine Wald-Föhrennadel. (Bild: Pierre Vollenweider, WSL).

Small, but wow!

The microworld in a leaf, tiny mushrooms with a huge impact and snow crystals: the new DIAGONAL explains why we take a very close look.

Services and products
18.09.2024

Il dschember - purtret d'ün bös-ch da god da muntogna

The WSL Fact sheet on the biology, ecology, genetics and future prospects of the Swiss stone pine is now also available in Romansh.

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AvaBlog

Our experts analyze the avalanche situation.
20 December 2024

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