Research 03.09.2024
Blue-green biodiversity: recognise, conserve, promote
Blue-green biodiversity: recognise, conserve, promote

The results of the ‘Blue-Green Biodiversity’ (BGB) joint research initiative will be presented at the Special Info Day on 3 September.

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Research 30.07.2024
Lasers for more road safety
Lasers for more road safety

This winter, the SLF tested a new system to better assess the risk of avalanches on traffic routes.

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Institutional 01.07.2024
First spin-off at the SLF
First spin-off at the SLF

The RAMMS software for modeling avalanches, debris flows and rockfalls is being incorporated into a specially founded AG.

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Research 25.06.2024
Snow or plant
Snow or plant

Machine learning helps researchers to use weather stations to investigate the consequences of climate change for the growth of alpine vegetation.

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Research for people and the environment in a changing world

NEWS

In the media
04.09.2024

SLF researcher Julien Bota writes in the Bündner Woche about alpine plants and their inconspicuous herbivores.

Research
02.09.2024

Progress for avalanche forecasting: New experimental method shows how fractures spread in weak layers in the snow.

Logbook
29.08.2024

SLF doctoral student Patricia Asemann writes about her work on the Silvretta glacier, melting ice, falling winds and pasta with pesto.

Events
20.08.2024

From 17 to 21 February 2025, SLF will once more organise an advanced training course on snow and avalanches in English.

Research
06.06.2024

After two years of little snow and hot summers, the permafrost remained warm in 2023, according to the Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network.

Services and products
05.06.2024

Understanding and improving biodiversity in the city: Read in the new DIAGONAL magazine how WSL is contributing to this.

AvaBlog

Our experts analyze the avalanche situation.
4 June 2024

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