💻🌳#FreieStelle! Abgeschlossene #KV-Ausbildung? Gute #SAP-Kenntnisse? Die Facheinheit Betrieb und Versuchsgarten Birmensdorf sucht eine Kauffrau / Kaufmann EFZ im Bereich Administration: apply.refline.ch/273855/1902/... #ScienceJobs
🍁🌐This October, the WSL will be attending #COP-CBD 17 in #Yerevan for the first time. There, they will contribute scientific expertise to international decision-making processes and represent the SDC’s FORACCA project on reforestation and climate adaptation. Read more: www.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
🌲⛰️ Diesen Oktober ist die WSL erstmals an der #COP-CBD 17 in #Jerewan dabei. Dort bringen sie wissenschaftliche Expertise in internationale Entscheidungsprozesse ein und vertreten das DEZA-Projekt für Aufforstung und Klimaanpassung FORACCA. Mehr dazu in unserer neuen News: www.wsl.ch/de/news/wsl-...
Update some weeks later. We are now somehow away from the WSL Extremes scenario and closer to the 2003 case. The difference is that early October in 2003 was WET and allowed for recovery. No such rain event on the agenda for now ....
And some stripes for the Rhine's summer discharge in Basel. (last couple of years provisional values)
Our WSL Biodiversity Seminar Series continues with a talk by Isabella Sedivy (Plan Biodivers) on unsealing for greener, climate-resilient urban areas.
🏙️ Asphaltknackerinnen – Entsiegelung für lebenswerte und resiliente Siedlungsräume
🗓️Thu 22 Oct, 11:00–12:00
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💻🌳 #FreieStelle! Kaufmännische oder betriebswirtschaftliche Grundausbildung mit HR-Weiterbildung? Erfahrung als HR-Generalist/-in? Wir suchen eine/-n HR Business Partner/-in mit Schwerpunkt Rekrutierung: apply.refline.ch/273855/1900/... #ScienceJobs
In June, our WildInSync team was in Bhutan, advancing a country-wide eDNA biodiversity monitoring programme. Our PhD student Karma Sherub joined fieldwork and community activities in Jigme Dorji National Park, where local participants explored the species detected in samples they collected.
Did a tree die or suffer severe damage while your dendrometer was recording? 🌳
In our first member-led data call, @pascal-schneider.bsky.social from @wslresearch.bsky.social is pooling such records to study tree-mortality patterns. Learn more and fill in the survey here: forms.gle/azsjfGrzUL9o...
🏔️ Nearly 20% in five years. That's how much #glacier ice #Switzerland has lost since 2021 - with more than 5% disappearing in 2026 alone, according to @matthias-huss.bsky.social (GLAMOS & @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social) and @scnat.ch. Learn more here 👉 scnat.ch/en/id/Y6p3L
#ClimateChange
🏔️ Fast 20% in nur fünf Jahren: So viel Eisvolumen haben die #Gletscher der #Schweiz seit 2021 verloren - davon mehr als 5% allein im Jahr 2026, berichten @matthias-huss.bsky.social (GLAMOS & @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social) und @scnat.ch. Mehr dazu 👉 scnat.ch/de/id/Y6p3L
#Klimawandel
Last August, 21 participants joined us in Davos for our Summer School on Blue-Green Biodiversity.
In our new blog post, 4 participants reflect on what they learned and what they're taking home.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/summ...
@eawag.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
ELE researchers Jean Hofstadler (PhD student) and Roos van Wees (postdoc) joined a BURGEON field campaign in the UNESCO Global Geopark Caminhos dos Cânions do Sul, Brazil. Using eDNA, the team is mapping aquatic biodiversity across Atlantic Forest canyon systems in a non-invasive way.
The WSL Biodiversity Seminar Series is back!
Sergio Rasmann (Uni Neuchâtel) opens the fall semester with a joint seminar with @swissforestlab.bsky.social
📌 Phytochemical Diversity Across Space and Time
Thu 1 Oct, 11:00–12:00
WSL Birmensdorf & online
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Congratulations to Marijn van der Meer on defending her PhD on machine learning-based glacier mass balance models! 🎓 We wish you all the best at your next job at MeteoSwiss. And last but not least: former office dog Ollie also graduated yesterday as freshly baked Dr. Dog. 🐾
🌳We are hiring a PhD student in Forest Ecophysiology and Remote Sensing at EPFL and WSL in Lausanne!
@vallicrosah.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
Start: April-May 27
Applications: Open until filled
“These exceptional losses show that the climate is warming too rapidly for glaciers to adapt,” says Matthias Huss, director of the Glacier monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS). @scnat.ch @matthias-huss.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
🎬 L’été dernier, la RTS a tourné plusieurs scènes sur le véritable site de recherche du WSL au Bois de Finges, VS. La nouvelle série "Toxic" est maintenant disponible ici (épisode 5, 03:15) : www.rts.ch/play/tv/toxi...
Ein Talk zur Visualisierung von Forschungsergebnissen mit Lena Hochhuth und WSL-Forscher Kurt Bollmann; im Rahmen des 75-jährigen Jubiläums des ZHdK-Studiengangs #KnowledgeVisualization. 5.11.2026, 18:00: kvis.zhdk.ch/veranstaltun...
First glimpse into our BIOME project fieldwork in Brunei! 🌴🇧🇳
Exploring Earth’s oldest primary rainforests (130–140 mya) with 70m trees & incredible biodiversity. Huge thanks to our dedicated team on the ground.
Part 1 of our video series. Jumpa lagi! 🐿️🌿
#BIOMEproject #Macroecology #Brunei
