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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
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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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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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#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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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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Zeitreise durch die Versuchsaufforstung #Stillberg zwischen 1966 und 2023. Am Samstag, 13. September 2025 zeigen dort Forschende von #SLF und @wslresearch.bsky.social Erkenntnisse aus 50 Jahren Gebirgswaldforschung.
Wir freuen uns auf euch!
Mehr Infos: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...

#CERC
September 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Over 700 internal SLF reports are now available digitally 📖➡️💻️⁠
The detailed and accurate drawings are also impressive, such as the one showing a snow and ram profile and another showing the paths of various avalanche runs.

www.slf.ch/en/news/repo...
Diagram of a typical snow profile from 20 January 1938 with layers such as fresh snow, wet snow, hard intermediate layer and floating snow, including ram portrait and avalanche break photos. Topographical map showing avalanche paths on a mountainside. Contour lines indicate elevation, while thick arrows show the direction of the avalanches.
August 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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In der #HR Abteilung am #SLF in #Davos ist eine Stelle frei. Alle Details in der Stellenausschreibung: apply.refline.ch/273855/1762/...
August 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Things are getting serious on the #Arctic expedition #CONTRASTS: The #SLF researchers experience their first bear alert and start taking measurements.
Read all the details in part 2 of the logbook blog: www.slf.ch/en/news/bear...

📷️ M. Haugeneder / C. Elmaleh / R. Dadic
August 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Start of the #Arctic expedition #CONTRASTS: Three #SLF employees spend two months on the research vessel #Polarstern to collect various #snow data in the Arctic ice. They report on their journey in the logbook blog.
Click here for the first part: www.slf.ch/de/news/star...
📷️ Melinda Webster / SLF
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Around 230 experts spent the last three days at an international seminar on avalanches and law in Davos organised by the SLF to deepen their knowledge and promote mutual understanding. Thank you for participating!

📷️ J. Trachsel

#SLF #SLFDavos #Avalanche #Law #Safety #FEB #SBV #SAC #AlpineRettung
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Auf #Skitour – nicht ohne meinen Anwalt? Im Interview mit dem Magazin DIAGONAL spricht #SLF -Leiter Jürg Schweizer über juristische Aspekte von Lawinenunglücken. Darum geht es auch im Seminar #Lawinen und #Recht vom 11.-13.6.2025 in Davos.
Zum Interview: www.slf.ch/de/news/auf-...

📷️ J. Schweizer
Lawinenabgang in verschneitem Gebirge mit Rettungskräften und Fahrzeugen bei Bergungseinsatz
June 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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#Job at the #SLF: The research unit "Snow and Atmosphere" is looking for a leader for the "Snow Physics" group. Your role will be high-level research and scientific leadership, funding acquisition, and coordination of the group's projects and activities.
All details: apply.refline.ch/273855/1744/...
June 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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FAQ "Influence of #permafrost on #rockslopefailure": The permafrost in the Alps is warming rapidly and affecting major rock slope instabilities. Experts from the #SLF provide answers to the most important questions: www.slf.ch/en/permafros...

📷️ D. Hunziker

#CERC #naturalhazards
Failure zone of the Piz Scerscen rock slope failure with water flowing out of the permafrost (Photo: D. Hunziker 14.4.2024)
June 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM