Marius Floriancic
@mfhydro.bsky.social
Senior Research Assistant at ETH Zurich
Head of the "WaldLab Forest Experimental Site"
https://hyd.ifu.ethz.ch/ecohydlab/waldlab.html
Head of the "WaldLab Forest Experimental Site"
https://hyd.ifu.ethz.ch/ecohydlab/waldlab.html
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New in Science 🌳
Forests aren't just carbon sinks, they protect people from climate extremes. In the tropics, intact forests cool by 6°C.
But heat from deforestation could reduce safe work conditions for ~3M people & linked to ~28k deaths/yr.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Forests aren't just carbon sinks, they protect people from climate extremes. In the tropics, intact forests cool by 6°C.
But heat from deforestation could reduce safe work conditions for ~3M people & linked to ~28k deaths/yr.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.nature.org
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation
Forests regulate global and local climates in ways that impact human well-being. In this Review, we discuss the scale-dependent mechanisms through which forests regulate climate, highlighting their co...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
New in Science 🌳
Forests aren't just carbon sinks, they protect people from climate extremes. In the tropics, intact forests cool by 6°C.
But heat from deforestation could reduce safe work conditions for ~3M people & linked to ~28k deaths/yr.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.nature.org
Forests aren't just carbon sinks, they protect people from climate extremes. In the tropics, intact forests cool by 6°C.
But heat from deforestation could reduce safe work conditions for ~3M people & linked to ~28k deaths/yr.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.nature.org
Diving deep into Singapore's water cycle! 💦 From urbanized areas to tropical forests, we've set up experimental catchments across Singapore with friends @ NUS to unravel the hydrological response of these diverse landscapes (incl. water retention in tropical litter layers & isotope sampling)
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Diving deep into Singapore's water cycle! 💦 From urbanized areas to tropical forests, we've set up experimental catchments across Singapore with friends @ NUS to unravel the hydrological response of these diverse landscapes (incl. water retention in tropical litter layers & isotope sampling)
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Another great effort and teamwork from the past #WATSON #COST #Action www.watson-cost.eu to show a pan-European #database of #isotope #data in #soil #water and #xylem in #beech and #spruce #trees.
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
And thank you @lehmannmm.bsky.social for the efficient leadership!
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
And thank you @lehmannmm.bsky.social for the efficient leadership!
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Last month I got the chance to explain our exciting Waldlabor research in the @revolve.media "Everything is Changing" Podcast -> open.spotify.com/episode/5PtW... (Picture credit: Alessandro Della Bella)
September 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Last month I got the chance to explain our exciting Waldlabor research in the @revolve.media "Everything is Changing" Podcast -> open.spotify.com/episode/5PtW... (Picture credit: Alessandro Della Bella)
Reposted by Marius Floriancic
A new dataset on the water quality in Swiss river catchments is now available. CAMELS-CH-Chem incorporates up to 40 water quality parameters for 115 Swiss catchments between 1981 and 2020 💡
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August 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A new dataset on the water quality in Swiss river catchments is now available. CAMELS-CH-Chem incorporates up to 40 water quality parameters for 115 Swiss catchments between 1981 and 2020 💡
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social
The last weeks we spent preparing the AWS for our @cryoscope.bsky.social field campaigns in Ladakh - apologies to my office mates for the mess 🙃 Everything is working & the shipment arrived in India. We are excited to start our field campaign soon, stay tuned for updates! @harshberia.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The last weeks we spent preparing the AWS for our @cryoscope.bsky.social field campaigns in Ladakh - apologies to my office mates for the mess 🙃 Everything is working & the shipment arrived in India. We are excited to start our field campaign soon, stay tuned for updates! @harshberia.bsky.social
Great start of our @cryoscope.bsky.social & @hyclimm.bsky.social collaboration in the beautiful Dischma Valley in Davos. Looking forward to join forces to explore the runoff generation processes in high Alpine environments together!
Last week, James Kirchner, @harshberia.bsky.social and @mfhydro.bsky.social visited us in Davos to discuss the ongoing field study of river water temperature and their study on river isotopes! Thanks for the nice discussions!
#dischma
@manuelaibrunner.bsky.social @mariagrundmann.bsky.social
#dischma
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August 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Great start of our @cryoscope.bsky.social & @hyclimm.bsky.social collaboration in the beautiful Dischma Valley in Davos. Looking forward to join forces to explore the runoff generation processes in high Alpine environments together!
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❄️ Meet CryoSCOPE!
A 4-year EU-funded research project uniting 19 partners across 8 countries to better understand snow, glacier and permafrost processes - how they respond to climate change, and how these shifts affect downstream hydrological and biogeochemical cycles.
A 4-year EU-funded research project uniting 19 partners across 8 countries to better understand snow, glacier and permafrost processes - how they respond to climate change, and how these shifts affect downstream hydrological and biogeochemical cycles.
July 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
❄️ Meet CryoSCOPE!
A 4-year EU-funded research project uniting 19 partners across 8 countries to better understand snow, glacier and permafrost processes - how they respond to climate change, and how these shifts affect downstream hydrological and biogeochemical cycles.
A 4-year EU-funded research project uniting 19 partners across 8 countries to better understand snow, glacier and permafrost processes - how they respond to climate change, and how these shifts affect downstream hydrological and biogeochemical cycles.
Reposted by Marius Floriancic
Happy to share that if you are interested in large sample hydrology datasets and specifically water quality data you can now check our now officially published dataset:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Swiss data quality: augmenting CAMELS-CH with isotopes, water quality, agricultural and atmospheric data - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Swiss data quality: augmenting CAMELS-CH with isotopes, water quality, agricultural and atmospheric data
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July 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Happy to share that if you are interested in large sample hydrology datasets and specifically water quality data you can now check our now officially published dataset:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Why do trees preferably transpire winter precipitation? 🌳💦 In our latest commentary we argue that it's not a big surprise but the effect of seasonal differences in soil recharge. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @canopyinclouds.bsky.social @harshberia.bsky.social @scottallenunr.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Why do trees preferably transpire winter precipitation? 🌳💦 In our latest commentary we argue that it's not a big surprise but the effect of seasonal differences in soil recharge. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @canopyinclouds.bsky.social @harshberia.bsky.social @scottallenunr.bsky.social
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Successful 3-hr stream sampling during a major weekend storm, will be interesting to trace its signatures in streamflow isotopes. We installed a rain sampler and hosted Zuosinan Chen from @unioulu.bsky.social
You can also see @mfhydro.bsky.social hard at work fixing the pipes
@cryoscope.bsky.social
You can also see @mfhydro.bsky.social hard at work fixing the pipes
@cryoscope.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Successful 3-hr stream sampling during a major weekend storm, will be interesting to trace its signatures in streamflow isotopes. We installed a rain sampler and hosted Zuosinan Chen from @unioulu.bsky.social
You can also see @mfhydro.bsky.social hard at work fixing the pipes
@cryoscope.bsky.social
You can also see @mfhydro.bsky.social hard at work fixing the pipes
@cryoscope.bsky.social
Five years ago we started with first installations and sampling at our WaldLab Forest Experimental Site! 🌲 💧 Thanks to all the amazing people that supported me in the last years, enabled us to do exciting research and to @ethz.ch for celebrating the anniversary with this nice article! 🥳
Five years ago, an experiment began at ETH Hönggerberg: researchers set up an outdoor laboratory in the forest. They used sensors positioned in trees, the soil and in a stream to study water dynamics. ETH News accompanied the head of the experiment, Marius Floriancic. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Old water, new insights
Five years ago, an experiment began at ETH Hönggerberg: researchers set up an outdoor laboratory in the forest near the campus. They used sensors positioned in trees, the soil and in a stream to study...
ethz.ch
May 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Five years ago we started with first installations and sampling at our WaldLab Forest Experimental Site! 🌲 💧 Thanks to all the amazing people that supported me in the last years, enabled us to do exciting research and to @ethz.ch for celebrating the anniversary with this nice article! 🥳
Reposted by Marius Floriancic
Excited to start our new EU-Horizon project called "CryoSCOPE" to better understand hydrological partitioning in diverse landscapes with @mfhydro.bsky.social
baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
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Horizon Grant for two Environmental Engineers
The «WaldLab Forest Experimental Site» on Hönggerberg in Zurich is a key site in the international EU Horizon project CryoSCOPE, which started in February 2025. CryoSCOPE investigates the interplay be...
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April 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Excited to start our new EU-Horizon project called "CryoSCOPE" to better understand hydrological partitioning in diverse landscapes with @mfhydro.bsky.social
baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
To what extent do beech 🌳 and spruce 🌲 trees shift their water uptake to deeper layers in dry periods? Can deep roots alone sustain full tree transpiration? Find out out more in Stefanos excellent PhD paper in Tree Physiology, based on root measurements @waldlabor -> doi.org/10.1093/tree...
January 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
To what extent do beech 🌳 and spruce 🌲 trees shift their water uptake to deeper layers in dry periods? Can deep roots alone sustain full tree transpiration? Find out out more in Stefanos excellent PhD paper in Tree Physiology, based on root measurements @waldlabor -> doi.org/10.1093/tree...
Link to the session: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Session HS10.10
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November 30, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Link to the session: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
We invite contributions on experimental and modelling studies that present methodological developments and applications of isotope tracers to improve our process knowledge of water and nutrient fluxes between the subsurface, plants and the atmosphere, across different scales.
November 30, 2024 at 2:43 PM
We invite contributions on experimental and modelling studies that present methodological developments and applications of isotope tracers to improve our process knowledge of water and nutrient fluxes between the subsurface, plants and the atmosphere, across different scales.
I'm happy to announce that @eurogeosciences.bsky.social session "𝗛𝗦𝟭𝟬.𝟭𝟬 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘂𝗺" organized together with Ginevra Fabiani, Giulia Zuecco, Magali Nehemy & @nat-iso.bsky.social is open for your abstract submissions!
November 30, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I'm happy to announce that @eurogeosciences.bsky.social session "𝗛𝗦𝟭𝟬.𝟭𝟬 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘂𝗺" organized together with Ginevra Fabiani, Giulia Zuecco, Magali Nehemy & @nat-iso.bsky.social is open for your abstract submissions!
Using continuous 3-year soil water isotope sampling in different depths & hillslope locations at "WaldLab" we reveal the mysteries of streamflow generation. Check out our new HESS manuscript: hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/... @usyseth.bsky.social
Young and new water fractions in soil and hillslope waters
Abstract. The transport processes and corresponding timescales of water's infiltration into and percolation through the shallow subsurface are poorly understood. Here, we characterize the transport of...
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September 20, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Using continuous 3-year soil water isotope sampling in different depths & hillslope locations at "WaldLab" we reveal the mysteries of streamflow generation. Check out our new HESS manuscript: hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/... @usyseth.bsky.social
How much of groundwater seepage & mixing occur around main-river knickpoints? We conducted extensive synoptic sampling, mixing & groundwater modelling to learn more about this in our recent #AGU #GRL publication! So happy to see this paper out: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... 🥳
September 9, 2024 at 6:15 PM
How much of groundwater seepage & mixing occur around main-river knickpoints? We conducted extensive synoptic sampling, mixing & groundwater modelling to learn more about this in our recent #AGU #GRL publication! So happy to see this paper out: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... 🥳
How much of streamflow in Swiss & Austrian Alpine rivers is younger than 1 month? How is this related to catchment characteristics & hydro-climatical variables?
We answered these questions in our recent @eurogeosciences.bsky.social publication together with BOKU
hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/...
We answered these questions in our recent @eurogeosciences.bsky.social publication together with BOKU
hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/...
August 16, 2024 at 9:40 AM
How much of streamflow in Swiss & Austrian Alpine rivers is younger than 1 month? How is this related to catchment characteristics & hydro-climatical variables?
We answered these questions in our recent @eurogeosciences.bsky.social publication together with BOKU
hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/...
We answered these questions in our recent @eurogeosciences.bsky.social publication together with BOKU
hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/...
This is also a proud supervisor moment for myself, I had the honor to guide Maria from first results in her BSc thesis, through hours of fieldwork & data evaluation to the acceptance of an awesome paper! Very well done Maria, it was a pleasure working with you! 🌲🌳
July 10, 2024 at 10:32 AM
This is also a proud supervisor moment for myself, I had the honor to guide Maria from first results in her BSc thesis, through hours of fieldwork & data evaluation to the acceptance of an awesome paper! Very well done Maria, it was a pleasure working with you! 🌲🌳
To what extent do trees affect nutrient composition of precipitation reaching forest soils? Our recent
publication from WaldLab Zurich led by Maria Grundmann shows seasonal enrichment patterns & we assess potential drivers based on data from 222 rainfall events.
doi.org/10.1002/hyp....
publication from WaldLab Zurich led by Maria Grundmann shows seasonal enrichment patterns & we assess potential drivers based on data from 222 rainfall events.
doi.org/10.1002/hyp....
Quantification of enrichment processes in throughfall and stemflow in a mixed temperate forest
Hydrological Processes is an international hydrology journal publishing high-impact, process-oriented manuscripts in all the main areas of hydrology.
doi.org
July 10, 2024 at 10:32 AM
To what extent do trees affect nutrient composition of precipitation reaching forest soils? Our recent
publication from WaldLab Zurich led by Maria Grundmann shows seasonal enrichment patterns & we assess potential drivers based on data from 222 rainfall events.
doi.org/10.1002/hyp....
publication from WaldLab Zurich led by Maria Grundmann shows seasonal enrichment patterns & we assess potential drivers based on data from 222 rainfall events.
doi.org/10.1002/hyp....
Spent a hot & humid week for fieldwork, discussions and a seminar at NUS Singapore. Great start of our project on runoff generation processes & the role of different vegetation types in tropic urban & semi-urban environments (with Simone Fatichi & his awesome team! 😍)
July 7, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Spent a hot & humid week for fieldwork, discussions and a seminar at NUS Singapore. Great start of our project on runoff generation processes & the role of different vegetation types in tropic urban & semi-urban environments (with Simone Fatichi & his awesome team! 😍)
Last week we had the pleasure to host an international group of students Waldlabor Zürich for the 1st edition of the @ethzurich.bsky.social & EPFL Ecohydrology Summer School! Such an amazing group of people, I really enjoyed showing you around & introduce our latest results and sampling efforts!
June 26, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Last week we had the pleasure to host an international group of students Waldlabor Zürich for the 1st edition of the @ethzurich.bsky.social & EPFL Ecohydrology Summer School! Such an amazing group of people, I really enjoyed showing you around & introduce our latest results and sampling efforts!
Thanks to an @ethzurich.bsky.social Innovedum Fund we were able to update our hydraulic lab equipment -> hands-on weir experiments in mini-flumes, a pipe airflow kit & implement data evaluation in Jupyter Notebooks! A huge effort of all staff involved, but totally worth it! 🌊😍 #teaching
May 29, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Thanks to an @ethzurich.bsky.social Innovedum Fund we were able to update our hydraulic lab equipment -> hands-on weir experiments in mini-flumes, a pipe airflow kit & implement data evaluation in Jupyter Notebooks! A huge effort of all staff involved, but totally worth it! 🌊😍 #teaching