Building resilience for a future in which climate change-related extreme events are set to become more frequent and severe. https://extremesapp.wsl.ch/de
WSL Extremes Research Program
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Tree mortality is increasing due to prolonged drought and heat.
Main tree species such as beech and shallow-rooted spruce are particularly affected. Our web app #EXtremes shows how climate scenarios could change Switzerland's forests .
➡https://extremesapp.wsl.ch/en/extrem/schutzwaldverlust
Did you know that Artificial light at night, short #ALAN, has been identified as a primary driver of environmental change in the 21st century? And as one of the main causes of the decline of many insects? There are measures to reduce the negative impacts. See extremes.wsl.ch/de/alanex/
#WorldEnvironmentDay is around the corner!
See how countries, communities and changemakers are stepping up #NowForClimate and find out how you can get involved:
https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/2026/latest/live-updates
Quel sera le climat de la Suisse à l'avenir ? Extrême, encore plus extrême, voire véritablement extrême ? extremesapp.wsl.ch/en/ (Nouveau en français!) offre un aperçu des conséquences de différents scénarios climatiques pour les 20 prochaines années et des solutions envisageables.
Changement climatique: mieux prévoir lʹétat futur des rivières suisses. Un interview d'Anthony Lehmann sur les conséquences du changement climatique. www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
@wslresearch.bsky.social @meteosuisse.ch
#ClimateChange #Switzerland #Impacts #AquaticSystems #CH2018
In our next WSL Biodiversity Seminar (Wed 27 May, 11:00 CEST), Andrew Brown @unibe.ch will discuss how a Common Herbicide Impairs Fertility but Not Survival in Bumblebees, Bombus impatiens.
Join us in-person or online.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
🌊🪨Thunderstorms triggered the first major debris flow of the season in the Illgraben (VS). For the first time, WSL researchers have documented such mud waves and boulders weighing several tons over a two-kilometer stretch. www.wsl.ch/en/news/meas... #DebrisFlow #NaturalHazards
The forests we establish today will experience the climate of the second half of the century. This should be guided by physiological understanding within an ecological context. @waldwissen.bsky.social (English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano): www.waldwissen.net/en/forestry/...
Looking for a thesis in glaciology?
VAW Glaciology at ETH Zurich has 4 Master's theses open, covering topics from ice temperatures and mountain hazards to gravimetry and ice avalanche dynamics.
Full descriptions: vaw.ethz.ch/en/education...
🪨🌊 Die WSL-Forschung zu Murgängen im Illgraben gestern bei SRF #10vor10 - toller Beitrag mit beeindruckenden Bildern ab Minute 20.30: www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-v...
WSL Extremes Research Program
WSL Extremes Research Program
WSL Extremes Research Program
WSL Extremes Research Program
UN Environment Programme
Andrew Brown (University of Bern) will discuss how chronic exposure of male bumblebees to a field-realistic glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH) enhanced their survival yet reduced living spermatozoa (~ ...
Mitte-Partei hält an Initiative zur Heiratsstrafe fest, Kosovo verschleppt die Energiewende, Murgang-Studie: So will die Schweiz Katastrophen verhindern
For the first time, WSL researchers tracked debris flows over two kilometres, revealing how these dangerous mudflows unfold.
www.wsl.ch
Seit dem späten 19. Jahrhundert hat die Waldfläche der Schweiz stark zugenommen. Vielerorts wurde mit der schnellwachsenden Fichte aufgeforstet, um die Forstwirtschaftserträge zu maximieren. Solche…
Le changement climatique modifie déjà les forêts, l’agriculture et les ressources en eau. Pour aider les scientifiques et les autorités à mieux anticiper ces transformations, le Centre national pour l...
www.rts.ch
Climate scenarios show how the climate might develop on average. But reality rarely sticks to the average. It’s the extreme events – significantly above or below that average – that bring…
Forest management based on ecophysiology is not a prescribed formula, but a way of thinking: if we understand why trees are dying from heat and drought, we can tailor management measures specifically ...
