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 31.10.2024
Climate change leads to more alpine hazards
Climate change leads to more alpine hazards

From rockfall to ice avalanches: how climate change has altered natural hazards in the Alps.

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Research 28.10.2024
Hot rivers: Climate change warms mountain streams
Hot rivers: Climate change warms mountain streams

The temperatures of mountain rivers rise. Climate change is endangering industrial and electricity production and threatening fish stocks.

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Research 22.10.2024
Internet glass fibers measure rockfall in Brienz
Internet glass fibers measure rockfall in Brienz

A new monitoring method uses existing fiber optic cables to measure earth movements, report WSL and ETH Zurich.

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Research
11.11.2024

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

Research
06.11.2024

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

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

In the media
04.09.2024

SLF researcher Julien Bota writes in the Bündner Woche about alpine plants and their inconspicuous herbivores.

Research
02.09.2024

Progress for avalanche forecasting: New experimental method shows how fractures spread in weak layers in the snow.

Logbook
29.08.2024

SLF doctoral student Patricia Asemann writes about her work on the Silvretta glacier, melting ice, falling winds and pasta with pesto.

AvaBlog

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12 November 2024

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