📣We're thrilled to launch the WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center, a joint initiative to foster biodiversity research & outreach at @eawag.bsky.social & @wslresearch.bsky.social. The Center is all about connecting people, sharing ideas, & building collaborations. biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...

Does functional community structure mitigate the impacts of climatic anomalies on productivity in grasslands? In our next seminar, @danielahoss.bsky.social leverages 25 years of global grassland data from the sPlot database to examine this question. Join us! biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Looking for a motivated PhD student in Tree phenology and Ecophysiology at WSL. The project combines climate chamber experiments with modelling to understand how temperature, light and water availability affect leaf senescence timing. apply.refline.ch/273855/1788/... #TreePhenology #Ecophysiology

🌲🪳 Tree mortality caused by insects is on the rise in Europe. Warm, dry regions are the most severely affected. New study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social www.wsl.ch/en/news/tree... #Forests #ClimateChange #Treemortality #Barkbeetles

I spend my days studying nature — and still, moments like this take my breath away. Gold larches. Green Swiss stone pine. White snow. Grey rock. Perfect silence... #Morteratsch Glacier forefield #Switzerland

Arctic shrub expansion may reshape soil life more than thawing itself. Our 4-year Greenland experiment shows shrub litter boosts microbial growth and C–N cycling genes, enhancing organic matter breakdown and N incorporation into biomass — key for future greenhouse gas dynamics. surl.lt/kusoul

🌲 How can genomics help forests adapt to climate change? Join our next seminar, in person or online, with Pär K. Ingvarsson (SLU) on new genomic tools for Norway spruce & their use in breeding and climate adaptation studies of old-growth and planted stands. biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

🌲 How can genomics help forests adapt to climate change? Join our next seminar, in person or online, with Pär K. Ingvarsson (SLU) on new genomic tools for Norway spruce & their use in breeding and climate adaptation studies of old-growth and planted stands. biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

🌿 Join us at #EGU26 for session BG3.37 – Impacts of climatic extremes on plants & ecosystems! 🔥 We welcome studies on heat, drought & variability from leaf to landscape 🌍 Submit your abstract 👉 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio... @kateplantphys.bsky.social @alyssakullberg.bsky.social

🍃🌳🍂 #PhDAlert! MSc in #ForestEcology, #PlantPhysiology or #EnvironmentalSciences? Eager to apply a wide range of approaches, from #ecophysiology and experimental fieldwork to #RemoteSensing and modelling🛰️? We offer a #PhD position in Tree #Phenology: apply.refline.ch/273855/1788/... #ScienceJobs

After the fall break, we’re back with our seminar series! Today, Emily Baird will discuss the effects of rising temperatures on insect pollinator sensing, cognition and behavior. Everyone is welcome, in person or online.

🍂🌳 #PhDAlert! MSc in #EnvironmentalSciences or a related field and interested in plant #phenology and #ecophysiology? Good level of fitness to carry out field work in remote locations? Our #Ecosystem #Ecology group offers a #PhD position: apply.refline.ch/273855/1789/... #ScienceJobs

🐝🌡️ How do rising temperatures affect pollinators’ senses, behavior, and the ecosystem services they provide? Emily Baird (Stockholm University) will share her lab’s latest research in our next seminar tomorrow (Wed 22 Oct). Join us in person or online! biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

🌿 #PostDoc Alert! PhD in #EnvironmentalSciences? Proficient in #bioinformatic, #EcologicalModelling and good knowledge of trait-based #ecology🦋? Our #ConservationBiology group offers a PostDoc position in biotic and trophic interactions🐜: apply.refline.ch/273855/1769/... #UrbanEcology #ScienceJobs

So happy to see the first BugNet paper published 🥳! Thanks to all our collaborators, without you this would not have been possible! 👇

🌱 ♻️ #JobAlert! PhD in #EnvironmentalSciences and in-depth knowledge of #SoilScience and biogeochemical cycles? Strong skills in analysing large datasets? Our Research Unit Forest and #SoilEcology offers a #TenureTrack position in #NutrientCycling: apply.refline.ch/273855/1778/... #ScienceJobs

🌍 New publication alert! In our latest piece in Nature Cities, we highlight how biodiversity modeling can support urban planning by balancing human well-being with nature. This helps cities meet biodiversity targets while ensuring access to healthy ecosystems. Read the article: buff.ly/zeRBrYh

🌿🪲 #PostDoc Alert! PhD in #Biology or #EnvironmentalSciences? Strong background in plant-herbivore interactions and good knowledge in R programming? We offer a PostDoc position in the fields of #InvasionBiology, #Spectroscopy and #ChemicalEcology: apply.refline.ch/273855/1772/... #ScienceJobs

How do #alpine plants respond to #climatechange? Researchers from the #SLF are using warming chambers to investigate the long-term effects of rising temperatures. This is part of #ITEX, a global network for researching tundra and alpine vegetation. www.slf.ch/en/news/plan...

🌳🐦‍ Introduced #insects often spread first in cities – can birds help to stop them? A WSL study shows that with 30% tree cover and more native ##trees, birds help with natural pest control. www.wsl.ch/en/news/bird... #Biodiversity #UrbanNature #InvasiveSpecies

🗓️ Today @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social (University of Zurich) will present her work on drought sensitivity in European beech at our Seminar Series. Join us to hear more about intraspecific traits, VOCs, and imaging spectroscopy. Everyone is welcome, in-person or online.

How do physiological and biochemical traits underlie drought sensitivity in European beech? Can imaging spectroscopy detect this intraspecific trait variation remotely? Join our seminar tomorrow with @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social to discuss these questions. biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Looking forward to the opening of this exhibition "Breaking the Code" tomorrow! 🧬🌳🍄

Join us for our next Biodiversity Seminar (24 Sep) with @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social (University of Zurich): Drought Responses and Intraspecific Variation in European Beech Across Europe. All welcome, in-person or online! biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Join us for our next Biodiversity Seminar (24 Sep) with @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social (University of Zurich): Drought Responses and Intraspecific Variation in European Beech Across Europe. All welcome, in-person or online! biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Brand new! Analyzing tree rings in common garden experiments in oak and beech, we show that phenotypic plasticity drives trait variation in both species. However, oak shows, in contrast to beech, also signs of adaptation and genetically-based plasticity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Air pollutants, biodiversity loss, and climate stress - the pressures on forests have changed. Long-term measurements are crucial for identifying impacts at an early stage. They are a basis for forest management and environmental policy. @waldwissen.bsky.social: www.waldwissen.net/en/technique...

🌱🏙️ #PhDAlert! Interesse an transdisziplinärer Forschung? Erfahrung in empirischer #Sozialforschung und Kenntnisse zu #Raumentwicklung und #Partizipation? Unsere Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften bieten eine #PhD Stelle: apply.refline.ch/273855/1748/... #ScienceJobs #Umweltforschung

What are the interconnections between livelihoods, biodiversity, and the services that connect the two? Maria J. Santos (University of Zurich) will address this question at our Biodiversity Seminar today. Join us in-person or online! 10 Sep at 11 am CEST biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Sampling success at the @arnoldarboretum.bsky.social with @alyssakullberg.bsky.social and Thibaut. What an amazing place to work! If you have temperature thresholds data and want to join forces, let us know! You'll make us and @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social happy.

Proud to see our work showcased at the Swiss Pavilion of the Expo 2025 in Osaka! Over the years, we have co-designed robotic and eDNA technologies that can reveal the hidden presence of species and provide an early warning against invasive ones. Image credits: © FDFA, Presence Switzerland

Congratulations to Catherine Graham, Head of our Biodiversity Center, on being elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina! She and her group study the ecological and macro-evolutionary mechanisms, acting across different spatial scales, that influence biodiversity #WomenInSciences

Our biodiversity seminar series is back! This Wednesday (10 Sep), Maria J. Santos (UZH) will discuss how social-ecological processes shape biodiversity, and how biodiversity in turn regulates these processes. Join us in-person or online! Everyone is welcome biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Our biodiversity seminar series is back! This Wednesday (10 Sep), Maria J. Santos (UZH) will discuss how social-ecological processes shape biodiversity, and how biodiversity in turn regulates these processes. Join us in-person or online! Everyone is welcome biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

🍂 Fall is here, and so is the WSL Biodiversity Seminar Series! From genetics to social-ecological systems, this semester we’ll have 7 fascinating talks on biodiversity research. Everyone is welcome, in person or online! biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/ @wslresearch.bsky.social

🪵 #PhDAlert! MSc in #Environmental Sciences or a related field? Experience in #radiocarbon and #StableIsotope measurements? Our #Dendrosciences group is offering a 4-year #PhD position in #palaeoclimatology & #palaeoecology: apply.refline.ch/273855/1764/... #ScienceJobs #dendrochronology #dendrology

Data from 50 years of research at the #Stillberg afforestation site in #Davos shows that trees should be at least twice as high as the #snowpack to prevent avalanches. In addition, evergreen conifers hold back more #snow. All details: www.slf.ch/en/news/when... 📷️ W. Schönenberger / #SLF

New paper from the #Stillberg afforestation site (50 years of data!): Growing trees decrease the frequency of avalanche release in an alpine afforestation in the Swiss Alps Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

🔬 Ever wondered what #EXtremes researchers get up to? 🍃🐛 Here, the ALANex team are photographing beech leaves with a custom photo box to analyze herbivore activity under different light conditions—shedding light (literally!) on ecosystem responses. 📸 Credit: Julia Kappeler #ScienceInAction

Congratulations on your new role, @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social! We look forward to continuing and expanding our collaboration.

New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

🌎🌿About to miss the session proposal deadline? Good news🍀! We've extended it to 1 September 2025 (end of day, all time zones). No submissions after that, no further extensions, so submit now on shorturl.at/YeHuz! WBF2026 is next June in ☀️ Davos, Switzerland!🇨🇭 #BiodiversityForum #WBF2026

#jobalert Interesse an der Förderung der #Biodiversität? 🪲🐞🐌Erfahrung #Datenanalyse mit #GIS und räumlichen Analysen in R? Stelle frei als Wissenschaftliche/-r Assistent/-in im Bereich räumliche Datenerhebung: apply.refline.ch/273855/1755/...

🌱 30% of European moss species are threatened or potentially threatened! Researchers have now developed a simple method for setting conservation priorities. Switzerland is also responsible for the global conservation of mosses. WSL News: www.wsl.ch/en/news/the-... #mosses #biodiversity #conservation

Together with @wslresearch.bsky.social & @ethz.ch, we looked at the relation between resource pulses and woodpecker density. Our findings showed a strong increase of woodpecker density with the pulse of deadwood, rather than the pulse of bark beetles. Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Recent Advances in #Forest #Modelling: This FOREMA StatisticsLab #Colloquium will explore latest developments in simulating and modelling of forested ecosystems. Join us online or in person on August 20th from 2 pm until 4.30 pm! More information and registration: www.wsl.ch/de/veranstal...

@clechartre.bsky.social reimplemented #BIOME4 into a modular, high-performance #Julia version, enabling 1 km vegetation modeling 🌱 and integration of #CHELSA climate datasets. 🌦️ We can now simulate biome patterns across complex terrains ⛰️ and define biome boundaries with greater accuracy. 🎯

🌦️🌳🖥️ #PostDoc Alert! #PhD in #climatology or #EnvironmentalScience? Expertise in climate modeling and #Python? Our #Research Group Dynamic Macroecology is looking for a PostDoc in regional climate downscaling! apply.refline.ch/273855/1747/... #ClimateModels #ScienceJobs

If you're passionate about the flora in the southern side of the Alps, don’t miss the third edition of the Botanica Sudalpina conference, happening this November in Bellinzona. Registration is open now! www.botanicasudalpina.ch/en/

Big congrats to @merinrejichacko.bsky.social and colleagues on the release of this incredible dataset! Amazing to see such large-scale collaboration come to fruition. Very grateful for early access! It allowed us to demonstrate how #urbanization reshapes and homogenizes multitrophic food webs 🏙️