Last week we completed field season 2026 sampling 🦗🐜🦋 along a wonderful elevation gradient ⛰️
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@msteinwandter.eurosky.socialReposted by @euracalpenv.bsky.socialHappy to see this being published: lead by Veronika Fontana, we examined changes of traits of butterflies, ants, beetles, and grasshoppers along elevation in our outdoor lab #LTSERMatsch (at @euracalpenv.bsky.social ). 🦋🐜🦗🪲🏔️
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@euracalpenv.bsky.socialGlacier retreat is strongest at lower elevations, with substantial tongue recession & evident ice thinning higher up.
Meltwater is a key resource for Alpine ecosystems. These links between water and ecosystems are part of socio-ecological research at our LTSER site since 2009
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@euracalpenv.bsky.socialSame glacier, 15 years apart. 📸 At our LTSER site Matschertal / Val di Mazia, images from 2011 and September 2026 reveal striking glacier retreat near Weißkugel/Palla Bianca. A visible sign of a changing Alpine climate, with consequences for water and ecosystems. 🏔️💧
