WSL Extremes Research Program

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Building resilience for a future in which climate change-related extreme events are set to become more frequent and severe. https://extremesapp.wsl.ch/de

Gleiches Klima, andere Arten – dieselben Merkmale? 🌿 Wir nehmen euch mit in Chinas Lorbeerwälder. Obwohl die Arten völlig andere sind als in Ecuador, erwarten wir wegen des Klimas fast identische Strukturen und Pflanzenmerkmale (sog. traits). Schaut rein für Einblicke in unsere Feldarbeit! 👇

🍁 Tree canopies are turning brown more often in the middle of summer. Is this a controlled process as in fall senescence, or have they been damaged by drought and heat? It is important to distinguish them to predict what happens to our forests. www.wsl.ch/en/news/when... #ClimateChange #forestecol

When brown leaves don't mean Autumn

Increasingly, forest trees are changing colour prematurely due to heat waves and extreme droughts. Why this is a problem.

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Tree mortality is increasing due to prolonged drought and heat. Main tree species such as beech and shallow-rooted spruce are particularly affected. Our web app #EXtremes shows how climate scenarios could change Switzerland's forests . ➡https://extremesapp.wsl.ch/en/extrem/schutzwaldverlust

Schutzwaldverlust | WSL Extremes

Seit dem späten 19. Jahrhundert hat die Waldfläche der Schweiz stark zugenommen. Vielerorts wurde mit der schnellwachsenden Fichte aufgeforstet, um die Forstwirtschaftserträge zu maximieren. Solche…

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🌊🪨Thunderstorms triggered the first major debris flow of the season in the Illgraben (VS). For the first time, WSL researchers have documented such mud waves and boulders weighing several tons over a two-kilometer stretch. www.wsl.ch/en/news/meas... #DebrisFlow #NaturalHazards

Measuring massive surge waves along the Illgraben

For the first time, WSL researchers tracked debris flows over two kilometres, revealing how these dangerous mudflows unfold.

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Quel sera le climat de la Suisse à l'avenir ? Extrême, encore plus extrême, voire véritablement extrême ? extremesapp.wsl.ch/en/ (Nouveau en français!) offre un aperçu des conséquences de différents scénarios climatiques pour les 20 prochaines années et des solutions envisageables.

Extremes WebApp WSL | WSL Extremes

Climate scenarios show how the climate might develop on average. But reality rarely sticks to the average. It’s the extreme events – significantly above or below that average – that bring…

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