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WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center
@wslbiodiversity.bsky.social
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A strategic interdisciplinary inititiative to advanc research and outreach in biodiversity science at WSL and Eawag.
Birmensdorf, Dübendorf and Kastanienbaum - Switzerland
https://biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en
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Does functional community structure mitigate the impacts of climatic anomalies on productivity in grasslands? In our next seminar, @danielahoss.bsky.social leverages 25 years of global grassland data from the sPlot database to examine this question.
Join us!
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November 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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🌲 How can genomics help forests adapt to climate change?
Join our next seminar, in person or online, with Pär K. Ingvarsson (SLU) on new genomic tools for Norway spruce & their use in breeding and climate adaptation studies of old-growth and planted stands.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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🐝🌡️ How do rising temperatures affect pollinators’ senses, behavior, and the ecosystem services they provide? Emily Baird (Stockholm University) will share her lab’s latest research in our next seminar tomorrow (Wed 22 Oct).
Join us in person or online!
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October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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How do physiological and biochemical traits underlie drought sensitivity in European beech?
Can imaging spectroscopy detect this intraspecific trait variation remotely?
Join our seminar tomorrow with @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social to discuss these questions.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Join us for our next Biodiversity Seminar (24 Sep) with @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social (University of Zurich):

Drought Responses and Intraspecific Variation in European Beech Across Europe.

All welcome, in-person or online!
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Announcement poster for a WSL Biodiversity Seminar titled "Drought Responses and Intraspecific Variation in European Beech Across Europe." The event features Sofia van Moorsel from the University of Zurich and takes place on September 24, 2025, from 11:00 to 12:00 CEST. It will be held in the Englersaal and online. The poster includes a photo of the speaker and the website biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch for more information.
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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What are the interconnections between livelihoods, biodiversity, and the services that connect the two?
Maria J. Santos (University of Zurich) will address this question at our Biodiversity Seminar today.
Join us in-person or online!
10 Sep at 11 am CEST
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September 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Our biodiversity seminar series is back!
This Wednesday (10 Sep), Maria J. Santos (UZH) will discuss how social-ecological processes shape biodiversity, and how biodiversity in turn regulates these processes.
Join us in-person or online! Everyone is welcome
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September 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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🍂 Fall is here, and so is the WSL Biodiversity Seminar Series! From genetics to social-ecological systems, this semester we’ll have 7 fascinating talks on biodiversity research.
Everyone is welcome, in person or online!
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September 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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How does understory removal affect soil properties, soil fauna, & vegetation?

Join our hybrid seminar today, where Pierre Vollenweider will present findings from the Salgesch long-term experiment.

This is a joint seminar with @swissforestlab.bsky.social.

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June 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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⏰ Only 3 days left to apply to our summer school on Blue-Green Biodiversity!

Are you a MSc or PhD student interested in the ecological, evolutionary & social dimensions of freshwater AND terrestrial ecosystems? Check out our summer school in Davos.

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May 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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⏰Just one week left to apply to our summer school on Blue-Green Biodiversity!
If you're a MSc or PhD student interested in aquatic AND terrestrial ecosystems, this is your chance to engage in an interdisciplinary program & meet outstanding speakers & peers.
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May 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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What's on the Menu?
Join us for our next seminar w/ Lily Twining @eawag.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social
She'll discuss how aquatic-to-terrestrial subsidies can be critical to terrestrial consumers & how global change is affecting their quality & quantity.
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May 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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⌛ Deadline extended

If you’re a PhD or MSc student interested in terrestrial AND aquatic ecosystems, last chance to apply to our 3rd summer school on blue-green biodiversity in Davos!

✅ Interdisciplinary program
✅ Outstanding speakers
✅ Beautiful location

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May 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Are you a MSc/PhD student working on the linkages between aquatic & terrestrial ecosystems? Curious about the ecological AND social dimensions?
Apply to the 3rd edition of our #SummerSchool on Blue-Green Biodiversity! Deadline: 1 May
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April 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Are you a MSc or PhD student working on the linkages between aquatic & terrestrial ecosystems? Curious about the ecological AND social dimensions? Apply to the 3rd edition of our #SummerSchool on Blue-Green Biodiversity in Davos 🇨🇭.
Deadline: 1 May 2025.
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April 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Don’t miss today’s seminar: How we tell stories about biodiversity matters.
@clia.bsky.social will explore biodiversity narratives from a cultural perspective, examining their role in shaping values and driving societal change.
Join us in person or online!
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April 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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How is biodiversity narrated, and why does it matter?

In our next seminar, @clia.bsky.social will explore biodiversity narratives from a cultural perspective, examining their role in shaping values and driving societal change.
Join us in person or online!
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A WSL seminar poster with a light green background. It features a photo of Claudia Keller (University of Zurich) with arms crossed. The title reads, "Tales of Transformation? Critique and Meaning of Biodiversity Narratives." Event details: 8 April 2025, 11:00-12:00 CEST, LG E5 & online. Website: biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch.
April 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This Wednesday (at 3 pm) we'll have a special #WSLBiodiversitySeminar w/ Atlan Bieri, a science communicator with 15+ years experience. He'll explain how he transforms biodiversity, an abstract concept, into a full body experience, to reach broad audiences.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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🌳 Smell, Taste and Touch It: Biodiversity for All the Senses
How can we transform biodiversity, an abstract concept, into a full body experience? Join our next seminar w/ Atlant Bieri, a science communicator, to learn how he conveys biodiversity to broad audiences.
❗Time: 15:00
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March 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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🗓️Seminar on 12 March. Seed masts create resource pulses that ripple through the ecosystem, affecting rodents, predators & birds. Gilberto Pasinelli @vogelwarte.bsky.social will discuss how fluctuations across trophic levels affect wood warblers & the impact of climate change.
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March 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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How do seed masts affect the population dynamics of wood warblers, an insectivorous ground-nesting bird, in central European forests? What effect might climate change have? Join our next Biodiversity Seminar with Gilberto Pasinelli @vogelwarte.bsky.social to learn more about it.
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March 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Biodiversity is an abstract (and complex) concept but it can be experienced! In his science shows, journalist Atlant Bieri makes biodiversity tangible through sight, smell, and touch. In this seminar, he'll share his methods to communicate biodiversity to a broad audience.
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March 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Seed masts create resource pulses that ripple through the ecosystem, affecting rodents, predators & birds. Gilberto Pasinelli @vogelwarte.bsky.social will discuss how these fluctuations across trophic levels affect wood warblers & what climate change means for them.
tinyurl.com/mr2n76ap
March 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Our March program is here! We're excited to host Gilberto Pasinelli @vogelwarte.bsky.social & Atlant Bieri, science journalist, this month.
Check out the details below.
All welcome, in person or online!
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March 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Friendly reminder: Our Summer School on Blue-Green Biodiversity has an early application track this year!
If you need a visa to Switzerland, apply by March 15. You'll be notified by early April, giving you more time for the visa application process.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM