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"Die Vorstellung eines Klebers, der den Berg zusammenhält, ist für grosse Hanginstabilitäten [...] unpassend", sagt #SLF Forscher Robert Kenner über die gängige Meinung, #Permafrost sei wie ein Kleber. Details: www.slf.ch/de/news/perm... 📷️ 1: Marcello Negrini / 2: Stefan Suhner #CERC

💧Too little rain and snow, too little water in the rivers: An interview with SLF hydrologist Manuela Brunner on the causes of the ongoing drought in Switzerland. More: www.slf.ch/en/news/the-... 📸Manuela Brunner / SLF #SLF #Snow #Rain #drought #snowmelt #water #river #lake #watershortages

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This week we welcomed Samuel Weber from SLF Davos to our glaciological seminar! He presented a physically based framework for understanding permafrost rock slope destabilization, combining lab experiments, field data, and mechanical modelling, with the Matterhorn as study site. @slfdavos.bsky.social

To be prepared for the future, we need to understand the past and the present. That is why our researchers at WSL and @slfdavos.bsky.social collect data, build models and carry out observations. Read about how they do this and what they discover in the DIAGONAL magazine www.wsl.ch/en/publicati...

Time to set up our @bugnet.bsky.social field sites for the season in @slfdavos.bsky.social after the snow has melted: Carole Schöpfer doing a great job in assembing all #opentopchambers and in creating this nice video 🥰

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Plenty of water, fine-rich sediments and a steep slope – that's all it takes to create a hazardous #debrisflow. #SLF researchers studied ten different debris-flow channels in #Switzerland to gain a fuller understanding of flows. More: www.slf.ch/en/news/reci...

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#Job at #SLF in #Davos: For our Snow Physics research group we are looking for a PostDoc in Snow Isotope Modelling ❄️ More information and application: apply.refline.ch/273855/1873/...

New #SLF management team: the renowned Davos-based institute is now being co-led by the four on-site heads of unit, with effect from 1 June 2026. Ruzica Dadic is the first woman in the SLF's top role and has taken over as head of the board. More: www.slf.ch/en/news/new-... @wslresearch.bsky.social

Even Antarctica is seeing stronger heatwaves due to climate change. Using #CSCS’s #Alps supercomputer, SLF researchers studied one of the continent’s most severe recent heatwaves and its impact on the Antarctic ice sheet. Discover more: www.cscs.ch/science/eart... @slfdavos.bsky.social

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