After the #avalanche #winter of 1951, #SLF researchers developed a system for mapping areas at #risk from avalanches. The resulting colour scale for danger zones still forms the basis of the hazard maps produced today. Part 3 of the series on the avalanche winter of 1951: www.slf.ch/en/news/aval...

Ottimo recupero della neve ❄️❄️ a sud delle Alpi, oggi 14cm a Bosco Gurin (tot 56cm) e Campo Blenio (tot 25cm), 10cm a S. Bernadino (tot 54cm). Siamo fra il 60 e 90% dalla norma. Con le precipitazioni di settimana prossima pareggieremo i conti. 🤩 Mappa neve relativa @slfdavos.bsky.social

From careful planning to wild experimentation – the SAMD students visited the SLF for a morning focused on avalanche prevention. #SLF #avanachesafety #WhiteRisk

#Job am #SLF in #Davos: Für die Forschungsgruppe #Schutzmassnahmen suchen wir eine/n neue/n Mitarbeiter/in. Zu den Aufgaben gehören u.a. Gutachter- und Beratertätigkeit und die Planung von Schutzmassnahmen. Alle Infos und Bewerbung: apply.refline.ch/273855/1836/...

After the avalanche winter 1951, the #SLF stepped up its research into #avalanche protection. The findings led to a move away from walls, the usual defence mechanism until then, towards the #snow bridges and snow nets that remain common today. Part 2 of the #SLF series: www.slf.ch/en/news/aval...

At today's WEF event organised by the #ETHDomain, the six research institutions @ethz.ch, #EPFL, Paul Scherrer Institut #PSI, @wslresearch.bsky.social, #Empa and #Eawag presented at the #SLF how #artificialintelligence is paving the way for greater #sustainability. More: www.slf.ch/en/news/rese...

Yesterday, Ruzica Dadic, head of the #Snow and #Atmosphere research unit at #SLF, spoke at a panel discussion at the #WEF Open Forum about, among other things, the impact of #climatechange on the #cryosphere. Watch the presentation now: www.weforum.org/open-forum/s...

#Job in #Davos: The #SLF is looking for a PhD student who helps improving regional #avalanche forecasting by developing and validating data-driven machine-learning methods for spatio-temporal forecasting. More info and application: apply.refline.ch/273855/1829/...

#Avalanche #winter 1950/51: Far above-average #precipitation led to the disaster. In mid-January alone, it snowed for 88 hours without interruption. This amount of fresh #snow of up to 250 cm only occurs every 50 to 100 years. Part 1 of the #SLF series: www.slf.ch/en/metanavig... 📷 SLF archive

Feiertage in der Antarktis: Doktorandin Anja Mödl bloggt, wie sie sich bei der Feldarbeit nasse Füsse geholt hat und was das mit dem Klimawandel auf dem Nansen-Einsschelf zu tun hat. Zum Blog: www.slf.ch/de/news/weih... #SLF #SLFDavos⁠ #Eis #Antarktis⁠ #Klimawandel

How can mountain forests survive #ClimateChange? 🏔️🌲 @ETH_en & CERC @slfdavos.bsky.social expand their partnership in Surselva 🇨🇭! With the Canton of Grisons, we’re researching forest adaptation to drought, natural hazards and reforestation. usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

How do avalanches affect pylons and other sensitive #infrastructure? Using detailed #simulations, #SLF researcher @mjkohler.bsky.social shows that the compressibility of #snow initially reduces #avalanche pressure, but that at high speeds this buffer suddenly fails. More: www.slf.ch/en/news/aval...

#SLF Einblicke: Mit einer Vortragsreihe im Februar 2026 geben Forschende spannende Einblicke in unsere vielfältigen Themen: 🧊 Im arktischen Eis unterwegs / 12.2. 🏔️ Wenn Berge aktiv werden / 19.2. ❄️ Operationelle Schneemodelle / 26.2. Infos: www.slf.ch/einblicke 📷️ M. Jaggi / S. Weber / White Risk

New method for determining how quickly #heat penetrates deep into #permafrost by #SLF researcher @s-weber.bsky.social: This helps detecting changes in #mountain regions at an early stage + makes it easier to assess instabilities and rockslides. More: www.slf.ch/en/news/like... 📷️ J. Nötzli / S. Weber

Der #Winter 2024/25 war der drittwärmste seit 1864. Wärme und geringe Niederschläge führten zu Schneearmut und es gab überdurchschnittlich viele Lawinenunfälle – ausführliche Informationen dazu im #Winterbericht 2024/25: www.slf.ch/de/lawinenbu... 📷️ A. Godly #SLF #SLFDavos #Schnee #Lawinen

Switch flipped for conditions conducive to #fire: Dry #weather + low #humidity are the main driving forces behind #forestfires, with #temperature playing less of a role. #Wind + a lack of #snow encourage forest fires in #winter. More: www.slf.ch/en/news/swit... 📷 LFV Südtirol @hyclimm.bsky.social

Weihnachtsgeschenk gesucht? Wie wäre es mit dem Buch «Wandern, wo andere forschen. Davos und Umgebung»? Der Wanderführer begleitet euch auf acht teils hochalpinen Wanderungen in die Bergwelt rund um #Davos und zu Orten, wo das #SLF forscht. Mehr Infos: www.slf.ch/de/publikati... 📷️ R. Oester

Individual offices at the #SLF were transformed into an open-plan space by Bureau Hindermann. With orange floor lamps as a reference to snow poles, mountain panoramas on the curtains and cloud-shaped acoustic elements on the ceiling. More info + photos: www.hindermann.ch/en/project/w... 📷️ Tom Bisig

The #WSL #CCAMM research programme ends after eight years: researchers reveal how #climatechange is altering #naturalhazards in the Alps – and where action is now required. More details in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/ccam...

#Job at #SLF in #Davos: We are looking for a Scientist in Integrated Modelling of #Risk Development in Global Change. More information and application: apply.refline.ch/273855/1812/...

Zur Veranstaltung "Lawinen und Recht" vom Juni 2025 ist jetzt der Tagungsband erschienen. Er bündelt alle Inhalte auf 150 Seiten und informiert umfassend über den Event. Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: www.slf.ch/de/publikati... #SLF #SLFDavos #Lawine#Recht #Sicherheit

The #WhiteRisk app now makes it even simpler and more intuitive to report avalanches. This helps the #avalanche warning service to verify its forecasts and provides an even better picture of the current situation in #Switzerland. More information: www.slf.ch/en/news/new-... 📷 C. Lüönd / AI-assisted

What happens when cutting-edge #machinelearning meets one of the world’s most unique natural laboratories? @ethz.ch computer science student Felix Breuer spent last fall at @slfdavos.bsky.social, applying computer vision techniques to detect avalanches automatically in hourly webcam images.

#Job at #SLF in #Davos: We are looking for a #Postdoc in #climate impacts on hydrological extreme events. More information and application: apply.refline.ch/273855/1810/... @hyclimm.bsky.social @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social

Schneekarten wie ich sie besonders mag. In den Alpen hat‘s kräftig geschneit und es liegt für Ende November überdurchschnittlich viel Schnee (2. Karte: relative Schneehöhe). Karten: @slfdavos.bsky.social

If you're around #Davos, and curious about #droughts and why studying them in the #mountains, join me at the next Researchers Beer organized by Academia Raetica at the Kulturplatz (Davos Platz) tomorrow 02.12 at 6.30pm. academiaraetica.ch/en/courses-a... @slfdavos.bsky.social @hyclimm.bsky.social

Das #Naturgefahrenportal des Bundes informiert über aktuelle #Naturgefahren in der Schweiz. Es wurde nun überarbeitet, um es noch besser an die Bedürfnisse der Nutzerinnen und Nutzer anzupassen. 👉 www.naturgefahren.ch @bafu.admin.ch @meteoschweiz.ch

⛰️PhD @mariagrundmann.bsky.social explains the goals and challenges of her field research project in this new video by @slfdavos.bsky.social !

Today we definitely ended the field season of our @bugnet.bsky.social experimental sites in @slfdavos.bsky.social. What a year - with such a great team of students this was one of my best field seasons ever! Thanks @bota-jb.bsky.social, Carole, Ida, Carla, Sevi, Flo and Irene for the great summer!

Ab Montag geht‘s abwärts- zumindest mit der Schneefallgrenze. Deshalb gibt es ab heute Abend auch wieder ein tägliches Lawinenbulletin des @slfdavos.bsky.social > whiterisk.ch/de/conditions

Extreme #temperatures in #mountain streams and rivers harm people, #nature and the economy. #SLF scientist Maria Grundmann is researching how they occur. Her findings should help to develop countermeasures. More in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/by-a... 📹 R. Oester #CERC #climatechange

The morning jitters have long since disappeared: the seven participants in #FutureDay already feel like real #snow researchers in their down suits. At the same time, they tried their hand at programming and soldering, made seed bombs and helped with housekeeping.⁠ 📷 C. Güdel

Water causes #rock to shift on the #Matterhorn: #SLF research on the Matterhorn shows how meltwater in #permafrost can lead to rock slope instability – a consequence of #climatechange. More: www.slf.ch/en/news/wate... 📷️ Samuel Weber / SLF

Depiction of reality: Just under 3.5 % of Switzerland’s land area is permafrost. #SLF ’s interactive permafrost map (photo), based on modelling, shows where permafrost is located and how cold it is. More in the #WSL #magazine #DIAGONAL 2/25: www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandor... 📷️ SLF

#Job alert at the #SLF in #Davos: We are looking for a #scientist in #Rockfall Engineering. Apply now if you want to develop innovative research projects to find out more about rockfall processes: apply.refline.ch/273855/1800/...

#BergAb: die neue Info-App Wie verändert der #Klimawandel die Bergwelt? Welche Gefahren existieren, welche zunehmen, welche weniger werden und vieles mehr anschaulich erklärt in der neuen Info-Webapp von #SLF und #WSL. Mehr Infos dazu: www.slf.ch/de/news/berg... #CCAMM #CERC 📹️ R. Oester

White Risk ist beste App der Schweiz! Die Jury von Best of Swiss Apps kürte #WhiteRisk, die #SLF App für #Lawinenprävention, gestern Abend zum Master of Swiss Apps – wir gratulieren dem White-Risk-Team herzlich zu dieser tollen Auszeichnung 🎉 Weitere Infos dazu: www.netzwoche.ch/news/2025-11...

❄️ ERC Synergy Grant für „SnowShifts“! Ein europäisches Team mit BOKU-Beteiligung erforscht, wie sich Schnee in Polar- und Hochgebirgsregionen verändert und welche Folgen das für unser Klima hat. 🌍 Gefördert vom European Research Council (ERC) mit 10 Mio. €. ℹ️ short.boku.ac.at/p94g8p000000...

The #SLF is investigating a wide range of #climatechange impacts in the #Alps so that people there can prepare for them. Those living and working in this region face considerable challenges as their environment is changing fast. Overview of our current research: www.slf.ch/en/news/clim...

🌍 When nature shows its force Rockfalls, glacier collapses & debris flows are becoming more intense in a warming world. Join our VAW-glaciology group member Mylène Jacquemart at Treffpunkt Science City for her talk “Es rumort am Berg, Klimawandel und alpine Naturgefahren” ethz.ch/de/news-und-...

Forests, rockfalls and insects: researchers at WSL and SLF are modelling nature. How, why and for whom explains the new WSL Magazine DIAGONAL: www.wsl.ch/en/publicati...

Ob Wald, Felssturz oder Insekten: Forschende von WSL und SLF modellieren die Natur. Wie, warum und wem das nutzt, steht im neuen WSL-Magazin DIAGONAL: www.wsl.ch/de/publikati...

Früher Winterstart in den Bergen - im aktuellen AvaBlog schaut das SLF Davos @slfdavos.bsky.social auf die ergiebigen Schneefälle zurück > www.slf.ch/de/lawinenbu...

#JobAlert in #Davos: For the #SLF Alpine Remote Sensing research group we are looking for a scientific assistant. If you are interested in working with #satellite data, check the following link for more information: apply.refline.ch/273855/1787/... #CERC

In the red zone: New #SLF model reveals altitude-dependent #snow trends across the whole of Switzerland for the first time: average snow depths have been decreasing for decades. More details: www.slf.ch/en/news/in-t... 📷 C. Marty, J. Götte / SLF #climatechange

#JobAlert in #Davos: We are looking for a #PhD student who will investigate #snow and #seaice in #Antarctica - including field work ❄️ More information: apply.refline.ch/273855/1783/...

The application for the @egu.eu Snow Science Winter School is open until 15th of October 2025: www.slf.ch/en/about-the...

Tour de CCAMM: noch bis 10. Oktober ist die Anmeldung möglich! Infos und Anmeldung: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...

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...

Failures of #snow – and of #avalanche #research: A talk by #SLF head Jürg Schweizer looks back on over 30 years of avalanche research. Video recording (approximately 40 minutes): www.slf.ch/en/news/fail... 📷️ Luzia Schär