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Logbuch 14.09.2023
Packing for Christmas
Packing for Christmas

SLF technician Matthias Jaggi will spend the festive season in Antarctica. The luggage for his long expedition is travelling ahead of him.

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Research 23.08.2023
The probably highest insect trap in Switzerland
The probably highest insect trap in Switzerland

SLF and WSL researchers are investigating the effects of climate change on insect biodiversity – including on the Weissfluhjoch in Davos.

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Die vermutlich höchstgelegene Insektenfalle der Schweiz (Foto: Jochen Bettzieche / SLF)
 
Research 21.08.2023
"I once came across a pack of ice cream"
"I once came across a pack of ice cream"

In this interview, avalanche researcher Jakob Schöttner explains why working in the cold lab during a heatwave is particularly gruelling.

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Research 17.08.2023
From aerial photograph to precise snow depth
From aerial photograph to precise snow depth

SLF researchers have been mapping snow depths in detail over a large area. The new technique yields important basic data.

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Blog
03.10.2023
Unser hervorragend ausgestattetes Forschungsschiff, der Nansen Explorer, vor der Küste Ostgrönlands (Foto: xx)

Collecting Plastic Waste in Pristine Bays

WSL microbiologist Beat Frey travelled to East Greenland to collect plastic waste. You can read about why in the new WSL logbook.

Research
28.09.2023

Two catastrophic years obliterate 10% of glaciers

The glacier monitoring network GLAMOS reports that a total of 10% of the ice volume disappeared in only two years.

Institutional
21.09.2023
Anita Risch (Foto: Gottardo Pestalozzi, WSL)

Ecologist Anita Risch elected to the WSL directorate

Anita Risch, who studies relationships and functions of organisms in ecosystems, is a new member of the WSL directorate.

Institutional
04.09.2023

Partnership for research and innovation

Research institutes of the ETH Domain strengthen cooperation in strategic areas.

Research
16.08.2023

Glacier retreat could create novel ecosystems

A study published in Nature with WSL participation has investigated which ecosystems the glacier melt will leave behind.

Events
07.08.2023

Snowball fight in high summer

Eight young snow researchers from the Davos, Flims and Trin region experimented at the SLF as part of the holiday pass.

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