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WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
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#SLF #Snow #Avalanches #AlpineNaturalHazards #Permafrost #MountainEcosystems #AvalancheBulletin #CERC #WSL @wslresearch.bsky.social
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#SLF Einblicke: Mit einer Vortragsreihe im Februar 2026 geben Forschende spannende Einblicke in unsere vielfältigen Themen:
🧊 Im arktischen Eis unterwegs / 12.2.
🏔️ Wenn Berge aktiv werden / 19.2.
❄️ Operationelle Schneemodelle / 26.2.
Infos: www.slf.ch/einblicke

📷️ M. Jaggi / S. Weber / White Risk
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
slfdavos.bsky.social
New method for determining how quickly #heat penetrates deep into #permafrost by #SLF researcher @s-weber.bsky.social: This helps detecting changes in #mountain regions at an early stage + makes it easier to assess instabilities and rockslides.
More: www.slf.ch/en/news/like...
📷️ J. Nötzli / S. Weber
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
Der #Winter 2024/25 war der drittwärmste seit 1864. Wärme und geringe Niederschläge führten zu Schneearmut und es gab überdurchschnittlich viele Lawinenunfälle – ausführliche Informationen dazu im #Winterbericht 2024/25: www.slf.ch/de/lawinenbu...

📷️ A. Godly

#SLF #SLFDavos #Schnee #Lawinen
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
Switch flipped for conditions conducive to #fire: Dry #weather + low #humidity are the main driving forces behind #forestfires, with #temperature playing less of a role. #Wind + a lack of #snow encourage forest fires in #winter.
More: www.slf.ch/en/news/swit...

📷 LFV Südtirol

@hyclimm.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
Weihnachtsgeschenk gesucht? Wie wäre es mit dem Buch «Wandern, wo andere forschen. Davos und Umgebung»? Der Wanderführer begleitet euch auf acht teils hochalpinen Wanderungen in die Bergwelt rund um #Davos und zu Orten, wo das #SLF forscht.
Mehr Infos: www.slf.ch/de/publikati...

📷️ R. Oester
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
Individual offices at the #SLF were transformed into an open-plan space by Bureau Hindermann. With orange floor lamps as a reference to snow poles, mountain panoramas on the curtains and cloud-shaped acoustic elements on the ceiling.
More info + photos: www.hindermann.ch/en/project/w...
📷️ Tom Bisig
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
slfdavos.bsky.social
The #WSL #CCAMM research programme ends after eight years: researchers reveal how #climatechange is altering #naturalhazards in the Alps – and where action is now required.
More details in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/ccam...
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
#Job at #SLF in #Davos: We are looking for a Scientist in Integrated Modelling of #Risk Development in Global Change.
More information and application: apply.refline.ch/273855/1812/...
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
slfdavos.bsky.social
Zur Veranstaltung "Lawinen und Recht" vom Juni 2025 ist jetzt der Tagungsband erschienen. Er bündelt alle Inhalte auf 150 Seiten und informiert umfassend über den Event. Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: www.slf.ch/de/publikati...

#SLF #SLFDavos #Lawine#Recht #Sicherheit
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
The #WhiteRisk app now makes it even simpler and more intuitive to report avalanches. This helps the #avalanche warning service to verify its forecasts and provides an even better picture of the current situation in #Switzerland.
More information: www.slf.ch/en/news/new-...

📷 C. Lüönd / AI-assisted
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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meeteth.bsky.social
What happens when cutting-edge #machinelearning meets one of the world’s most unique natural laboratories? @ethz.ch computer science student Felix Breuer spent last fall at @slfdavos.bsky.social, applying computer vision techniques to detect avalanches automatically in hourly webcam images.
Bringing Computer Vision to Avalanche Detection - ETH Ambassadors
At SLF Davos, in a uniquely applied research environment distinct from ETH Zurich, Felix Breuer applied computer vision and machine learning to detect avalanches in webcam images.
ethambassadors.ethz.ch
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
#Job at #SLF in #Davos: We are looking for a #Postdoc in #climate impacts on hydrological extreme events. More information and application: apply.refline.ch/273855/1810/...

@hyclimm.bsky.social @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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freshies.ch
Schneekarten wie ich sie besonders mag. In den Alpen hat‘s kräftig geschneit und es liegt für Ende November überdurchschnittlich viel Schnee (2. Karte: relative Schneehöhe).

Karten: @slfdavos.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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gbrunohydro.bsky.social
If you're around #Davos, and curious about #droughts and why studying them in the #mountains, join me at the next Researchers Beer organized by Academia Raetica at the Kulturplatz (Davos Platz) tomorrow 02.12 at 6.30pm.

academiaraetica.ch/en/courses-a...

@slfdavos.bsky.social @hyclimm.bsky.social
Researchers Beer - Casual conversations about research for all | Academia Raetica
academiaraetica.ch
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
Das #Naturgefahrenportal des Bundes informiert über aktuelle #Naturgefahren in der Schweiz. Es wurde nun überarbeitet, um es noch besser an die Bedürfnisse der Nutzerinnen und Nutzer anzupassen.
👉 www.naturgefahren.ch

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November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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hyclimm.bsky.social
⛰️PhD @mariagrundmann.bsky.social explains the goals and challenges of her field research project in this new video by @slfdavos.bsky.social !
slfdavos.bsky.social WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF @slfdavos.bsky.social · Nov 18
Extreme #temperatures in #mountain streams and rivers harm people, #nature and the economy. #SLF scientist Maria Grundmann is researching how they occur. Her findings should help to develop countermeasures.
More in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/by-a...

📹 R. Oester

#CERC #climatechange
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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annekempel.bsky.social
Today we definitely ended the field season of our @bugnet.bsky.social experimental sites in @slfdavos.bsky.social. What a year - with such a great team of students this was one of my best field seasons ever! Thanks @bota-jb.bsky.social, Carole, Ida, Carla, Sevi, Flo and Irene for the great summer!
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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freshies.ch
Ab Montag geht‘s abwärts- zumindest mit der Schneefallgrenze.

Deshalb gibt es ab heute Abend auch wieder ein tägliches Lawinenbulletin des @slfdavos.bsky.social > whiterisk.ch/de/conditions
Lawinenbulletin und Schneesituation | White Risk
Das offizielle Schweizer Lawinenbulletin und weitere Informationen zur aktuellen Schnee- und Lawinensituation.
whiterisk.ch
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
Extreme #temperatures in #mountain streams and rivers harm people, #nature and the economy. #SLF scientist Maria Grundmann is researching how they occur. Her findings should help to develop countermeasures.
More in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/by-a...

📹 R. Oester

#CERC #climatechange
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
The morning jitters have long since disappeared: the seven participants in #FutureDay already feel like real #snow researchers in their down suits. At the same time, they tried their hand at programming and soldering, made seed bombs and helped with housekeeping.⁠

📷 C. Güdel
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
slfdavos.bsky.social
Water causes #rock to shift on the #Matterhorn: #SLF research on the Matterhorn shows how meltwater in #permafrost can lead to rock slope instability – a consequence of #climatechange.

More: www.slf.ch/en/news/wate...

📷️ Samuel Weber / SLF
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Depiction of reality: Just under 3.5 % of Switzerland’s land area is permafrost. #SLF ’s interactive permafrost map (photo), based on modelling, shows where permafrost is located and how cold it is.
More in the #WSL #magazine #DIAGONAL 2/25: www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandor...

📷️ SLF
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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#Job alert at the #SLF in #Davos: We are looking for a #scientist in #Rockfall Engineering. Apply now if you want to develop innovative research projects to find out more about rockfall processes: apply.refline.ch/273855/1800/...
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
#BergAb: die neue Info-App
Wie verändert der #Klimawandel die Bergwelt? Welche Gefahren existieren, welche zunehmen, welche weniger werden und vieles mehr anschaulich erklärt in der neuen Info-Webapp von #SLF und #WSL.
Mehr Infos dazu: www.slf.ch/de/news/berg...
#CCAMM #CERC

📹️ R. Oester
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
slfdavos.bsky.social
White Risk ist beste App der Schweiz!
Die Jury von Best of Swiss Apps kürte #WhiteRisk, die #SLF App für #Lawinenprävention, gestern Abend zum Master of Swiss Apps – wir gratulieren dem White-Risk-Team herzlich zu dieser tollen Auszeichnung 🎉
Weitere Infos dazu: www.netzwoche.ch/news/2025-11...
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM