#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

In the last blog post from the #CONTRASTS expedition, #SLF employee Matthias Jaggi writes about the last few weeks on the #research vessel #Polarstern: www.slf.ch/en/news/the-... 📷️ R. Dadic⁠ / M. Jaggi

One-week training course on #snow measurement techniques in Davos – the 10th #EGU Snow Science Winter School makes it possible! Apply now for the event which will take place 22-28 February 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. More information: www.slf.ch/en/about-the... 📷️ P. Jacquet / OSUG

Wie beeinflusst der #Klimawandel #Naturgefahren in den #Alpen? Zum Abschluss des Forschungsprogramms Climate Change Impacts on Alpine Mass Movements #CCAMM laden wir zur Tour de CCAMM mit Stationen in Chur, Visp und Luzern. Daten, mehr Infos und Anmeldung: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal... 📷️ A. Bast

Last Saturday, around 250 people gained an in-depth insight into afforestation and other #research work at #Stillberg in #Davos, where the #SLF and @wslresearch.bsky.social planted 92'000 trees 50 years ago. More impressions can be found in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/ruec... 📷️ Haoyun Liu

Jahrelange Vorbereitungen zur Pflanzung von 92'000 Bäumen: Warum dies gemacht wurde kannst du morgen Samstag, 13.9.2025 am Tag der offenen Forschungsfläche Stillberg in Davos erleben. Im Video: Aufnahmen von #SLF und #WSL aus den Jahren zwischen 1968 bis 1987. Infos: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...

Insight into #rockfall #research: At the end of August, #SLF researchers conducted further rockfall experiments at #Weissfluhjoch with significant support from the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, using artificial blocks weighing 800 kg. 📹️ Joël Borner

Our new Elementa paper on Status of ocean observations in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean is out: doi.org/10.1525/elem... Congratulations @svenjahalfter.bsky.social and team! @antarctic.bsky.social @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @slfdavos.bsky.social #AustralianAntarcticDivision

New paper! Want to measure #mountain #microclimate during wintertime but loggers keep breaking? Here's an easy, cost-effective method to help loggers survive snow & visits by curious animals🏔️❄️🦌🌡️💧 Nicely led by Raphael von Büren & @mizeh.bsky.social. 📄 doi.org/10.1111/jvs.... @slfdavos.bsky.social

Zeitreise durch die Versuchsaufforstung #Stillberg zwischen 1966 und 2023. Am Samstag, 13. September 2025 zeigen dort Forschende von #SLF und @wslresearch.bsky.social Erkenntnisse aus 50 Jahren Gebirgswaldforschung. Wir freuen uns auf euch! Mehr Infos: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal... #CERC

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

🧊 Deglaciation – surveying the ice New #exhibition @ethz.ch showcases 150 years of #glacier research: from ancient myths and early measurements to today’s #ClimateScience. 📅 29.08.2025 – 12.07.2026 👉 library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-... #glaciology #glaciers #zurich @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social

Over 700 internal SLF reports are now available digitally 📖➡️💻️⁠ The detailed and accurate drawings are also impressive, such as the one showing a snow and ram profile and another showing the paths of various avalanche runs. www.slf.ch/en/news/repo...