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WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
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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
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#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
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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
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bokuvienna.bsky.social
❄️ ERC Synergy Grant für „SnowShifts“!
Ein europäisches Team mit BOKU-Beteiligung erforscht, wie sich Schnee in Polar- und Hochgebirgsregionen verändert und welche Folgen das für unser Klima hat. 🌍
Gefördert vom European Research Council (ERC) mit 10 Mio. €.
ℹ️ short.boku.ac.at/p94g8p000000...
📷 © Franziska Koch
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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The #SLF is investigating a wide range of #climatechange impacts in the #Alps so that people there can prepare for them. Those living and working in this region face considerable challenges as their environment is changing fast.
Overview of our current research: www.slf.ch/en/news/clim...
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🌍 When nature shows its force

Rockfalls, glacier collapses & debris flows are becoming more intense in a warming world. Join our VAW-glaciology group member Mylène Jacquemart at Treffpunkt Science City for her talk “Es rumort am Berg, Klimawandel und alpine Naturgefahren”

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November 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Forests, rockfalls and insects: researchers at WSL and SLF are modelling nature. How, why and for whom explains the new WSL Magazine DIAGONAL: www.wsl.ch/en/publicati...
November 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Ob Wald, Felssturz oder Insekten: Forschende von WSL und SLF modellieren die Natur. Wie, warum und wem das nutzt, steht im neuen WSL-Magazin DIAGONAL: www.wsl.ch/de/publikati...
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Früher Winterstart in den Bergen - im aktuellen AvaBlog schaut das SLF Davos @slfdavos.bsky.social auf die ergiebigen Schneefälle zurück > www.slf.ch/de/lawinenbu...
October 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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#JobAlert in #Davos: For the #SLF Alpine Remote Sensing research group we are looking for a scientific assistant. If you are interested in working with #satellite data, check the following link for more information: apply.refline.ch/273855/1787/...
#CERC
October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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In the red zone: New #SLF model reveals altitude-dependent #snow trends across the whole of Switzerland for the first time: average snow depths have been decreasing for decades.

More details: www.slf.ch/en/news/in-t...

📷 C. Marty, J. Götte / SLF

#climatechange
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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#JobAlert in #Davos: We are looking for a #PhD student who will investigate #snow and #seaice in #Antarctica - including field work ❄️
More information: apply.refline.ch/273855/1783/...
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The application for the @egu.eu Snow Science Winter School is open until 15th of October 2025: www.slf.ch/en/about-the...
slfdavos.bsky.social WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF @slfdavos.bsky.social · Sep 18
One-week training course on #snow measurement techniques in Davos – the 10th #EGU Snow Science Winter School makes it possible! Apply now for the event which will take place 22-28 February 2026 in Davos, Switzerland.
More information: www.slf.ch/en/about-the...

📷️ P. Jacquet / OSUG
October 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Tour de CCAMM: noch bis 10. Oktober ist die Anmeldung möglich!
Infos und Anmeldung: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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How do #alpine plants respond to #climatechange? Researchers from the #SLF are using warming chambers to investigate the long-term effects of rising temperatures. This is part of #ITEX, a global network for researching tundra and alpine vegetation.
www.slf.ch/en/news/plan...
Plant laboratory 2,480 metres above sea level
How the SLF is investigating the long-term effects of global warming on Alpine flora.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Failures of #snow – and of #avalanche #research: A talk by #SLF head Jürg Schweizer looks back on over 30 years of avalanche research. Video recording (approximately 40 minutes): www.slf.ch/en/news/fail...

📷️ Luzia Schär
September 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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In the last blog post from the #CONTRASTS expedition, #SLF employee Matthias Jaggi writes about the last few weeks on the #research vessel #Polarstern: www.slf.ch/en/news/the-...

📷️ R. Dadic⁠ / M. Jaggi
September 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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One-week training course on #snow measurement techniques in Davos – the 10th #EGU Snow Science Winter School makes it possible! Apply now for the event which will take place 22-28 February 2026 in Davos, Switzerland.
More information: www.slf.ch/en/about-the...

📷️ P. Jacquet / OSUG
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Wie beeinflusst der #Klimawandel #Naturgefahren in den #Alpen?
Zum Abschluss des Forschungsprogramms Climate Change Impacts on Alpine Mass Movements #CCAMM laden wir zur Tour de CCAMM mit Stationen in Chur, Visp und Luzern.
Daten, mehr Infos und Anmeldung:
www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...

📷️ A. Bast
Blick auf einen Blockgletscher (felsige Landschaft mit Schotter und Geröll), im Hintergrund eine kleine Stadt und bewaldete Hügel.
September 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Last Saturday, around 250 people gained an in-depth insight into afforestation and other #research work at #Stillberg in #Davos, where the #SLF and @wslresearch.bsky.social planted 92'000 trees 50 years ago.
More impressions can be found in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/ruec...

📷️ Haoyun Liu
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Jahrelange Vorbereitungen zur Pflanzung von 92'000 Bäumen: Warum dies gemacht wurde kannst du morgen Samstag, 13.9.2025 am Tag der offenen Forschungsfläche Stillberg in Davos erleben. Im Video: Aufnahmen von #SLF und #WSL aus den Jahren zwischen 1968 bis 1987.

Infos: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...
September 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Insight into #rockfall #research: At the end of August, #SLF researchers conducted further rockfall experiments at #Weissfluhjoch with significant support from the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, using artificial blocks weighing 800 kg.

📹️ Joël Borner
September 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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pxh.bsky.social
Our new Elementa paper on Status of ocean observations in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean is out:

doi.org/10.1525/elem...

Congratulations @svenjahalfter.bsky.social and team!

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Observation density of plankton data in the Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder database, as number of silk segments per location (1991–2023). Grey lines show Southern Ocean fronts.
September 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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ecologybasel.bsky.social
New paper!

Want to measure #mountain #microclimate during wintertime but loggers keep breaking? Here's an easy, cost-effective method to help loggers survive snow & visits by curious animals🏔️❄️🦌🌡️💧
Nicely led by Raphael von Büren & @mizeh.bsky.social.

📄 doi.org/10.1111/jvs....

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A Novel Method for Monitoring Above‐ and Belowground Microclimates in Mountain Ecosystems Year‐Round
Aim The role of microclimate in influencing range limits and vegetation shifts, especially in topographically heterogeneous mountain ecosystems, has gained attention in recent years. However, distur...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM