Avalanche risk calculated by ratio of avalanche accidents to accident-free ski tours.

Asia's enormous glaciers supply millions of people with water. What are the consequences of their melting? Answers in the new DIAGONAL.

The canton of Valais is launching a campaign to prevent avalanche accidents with the support of the SLF and other organisations. Take the test!

Are expensive, climate-damaging polar expeditions justified? SLF's snow researcher Michael Lehning adresses this question in the new DIAGONAL.

The new grant, in memory of the former director of WSL, should strengthen cooperative research on natural hazards between Switzerland and Greenland.

Peter Bebi is the head of the CERC, the new SLF research centre combining expertise on climate change, extreme events and natural hazards.