Ever wonder how rainforest leaves handle excess water 🌧️🍃? In the #BIOMEproject, we measure leaf traits to see how plants adapt to their biome's climate. Watch @haozhima.bsky.social explain the function of drip tips with a demo from the subtropical rainforests near Guangzhou! 👇 #Macroecology

From the forest floor to the canopy 🍃 Here’s how the #BIOMEproject captures leaf traits! 👇 Watch @nezimmermann.bsky.social explain our digital data collection across all forest layers. Lab processing unlocks key traits to characterize these biomes. #Macroecology #Forests #China #PlantTraits #WSL

To define biomes globally, we measure diverse parameters. Over the next days, we show you what we capture in the field! First up: PhD student @yang-gengchen.bsky.social shows how we measure light in forests using hemispherical photos in China. 👇 #BIOMEproject #GlobalChange #PlantTraits #Fieldwork

Same climate, different species – identical traits? 🌿 Join us in China's laurel forests. Although the species differ completely from Ecuador, the similar climate shapes nearly identical plant structures and traits. Watch the video for a direct look at our fieldwork! 👇

From Shanghai straight into the deep green: We arrived in China! Global BIOME-project: We collect functional plant traits & 3D structural data to infer a standardized, data-driven definition of global biomes & to test a new biome biogeography theory. Follow us for updates from the laurel forest!

A few days ago, we completed the first 2026 camera survey, building on our 2021 baseline, to track distribution dynamics of native and non-native plant species along Swiss national roads using AI. Stay tuned! #Biodiversity #Monitoring #InvasiveSpecies #AI GPS tracks from first 2026 camera survey👇

The BIOME team is on its way to Sardinia! 🚢🌳 Following campaigns in Switzerland & Ecuador, our PhD students are kicking off a new field season studying Mediterranean holm oak forests together with Alberto Tarroni. Proud to partner with FoReSTAS & colleagues from the University of Padua. 👇

🐦🌬️𖣘 I dati dei radar meteorologici potrebbero salvare molti uccelli dalle collisioni con le turbine eoliche con un impatto ridotto sulla produzione elettrica. www.wsl.ch/it/news/i-da... #Uccelli #Eolico #Rinnovabili #Biodiversità

I dati radar possono proteggere gli uccelli dalle turbine eoliche

I dati radar potrebbero ridurre il rischio di collisione tra uccelli e pale eoliche senza incidere molto sulla produzione elettrica.

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Exkursion: Arnika oder Gamswurz? Die WSL-Bestimmungsapp Species-ID kann hier helfen. Auf Wanderung mit App-Entwicklern Manuel Popp und Niklaus Zimmermann können Sie den unveröffentlichten Prototypen ausprobieren: festivaldernatur.ch/event?nid=90... @nezimmermann.bsky.social l @manupopp.bsky.social

@michaelnobis.bsky.social from the DME group has contributed to this important documentation on the state of Biodiversity in Switzerland! Find ore info here: biodiversitaet2026.scnat.ch

Forum Biodiversität Schweiz@biodiversity.scnat.ch · 7mo ago

🌱 #Biodiversität in der #Schweiz: Der Zustand bleibt ungenügend. Trotz verlangsamtem Rückgang besteht grosser Handlungsbedarf. Unser neuer datenbasierter #Report zeigt #Fakten, Entwicklungen und Lösungsansätze 👉 biodiversitaet2026.ch #Wissenschaft #Forschung

@wennading.bsky.social from the DME lab presented her great work at #TIBS2026 on the origin of mountain floras in response to biotic assembly, orogeny and climate change. If you are interested, her is the latest paper on the topic: www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Damiano Righetti from our DME lab just presented his cool research at #TIBS2026 on trophic species distribution modelling of tuna and its pray.

Damiano Righetti from our DME lab just presented his cool research at #TIBS2026 on trophic species distribution modelling of tuna and its pray.

@wennading.bsky.social from the DME lab presented her great work at #TIBS2026 on the origin of mountain floras in response to biotic assembly, orogeny and climate change. If you are interested, her is the latest paper on the topic: www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Our DME member @dirknkarger.bsky.social gave a great talk on adapting land use to climate change and how this can mitigate global biodiversity decline.

Interesting talk by @nezimmermann.bsky.social from our DME lab today at #TIBS2026 on a new conceptual framework on #BiomeBiogeography. This concept is at the core of our #biome project, in which several lab members are involved.

🗾The poster sessions at #TIBS2026 are a great opportunity to exchange results and ideas, and to meet new people. We enjoy the interaction and atmosphere. And we will leave with a rich set of new ideas and connections.🚀 #Biogeography #Macroecology #Biodiversity #CHELSA @wslresearch.bsky.social

🗾The poster sessions at #TIBS2026 are a great opportunity to exchange results and ideas, and to meet new people. We enjoy the interaction and atmosphere. And we will leave with a rich set of new ideas and connections.🚀 #Biogeography #Macroecology #Biodiversity #CHELSA @wslresearch.bsky.social

Elena Plekhanova from @wsl-dme.bsky.social just gave a very interesting talk on how to use #AI in combination with #RemoteSensing to map global #biomes. #Macroecology #Biodiversity #Mapping @wslresearch.bsky.social

Great talk by @vboussange.bsky.social from @wsl-dme.bsky.social on "Multiscale species richness modelling". Victor developed a cool method to map species richness in a way that allows spatial scaling and to retrieve scale-relevant information.

The @wsl-dme.bsky.social lab members arrived at #TIBS2026 in Aarhus. We are excited to enjoy great talks, posters, workshops, discussions with colleagues and friends, and we look forward to contribute as well, with 7 oral and 5 poster contributions. #Biogeography #Macroecology #Biodiversity

Great talk by @vboussange.bsky.social from @wsl-dme.bsky.social on "Multiscale species richness modelling". Victor developed a cool method to map species richness in a way that allows spatial scaling and to retrieve scale-relevant information.

The @wsl-dme.bsky.social lab members arrived at #TIBS2026 in Aarhus. We are excited to enjoy great talks, posters, workshops, discussions with colleagues and friends, and we look forward to contribute as well, with 7 oral and 5 poster contributions. #Biogeography #Macroecology #Biodiversity

How have mountain building and climate change shaped alpine biodiversity over millions of years? Check out our new study in Science Advances! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The asynchronous rise of Northern Hemisphere alpine floras reveals general responses of biotic assembly to orogeny and climate change

The asynchronous rise of Northern Hemisphere alpine floras was shaped by general responses to orogeny and climate change.

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Weather radars reveal large scale insect movement: around 100 trillion insects fly over the US every day. Overall, a new study shows, their numbers have remained stable over the last ten years, but vary greatly from region to region. (www.wsl.ch/en/news/how-...) #Insects #Biodiversity #Research

How many insects fly in the sky above the USA?

Using radar data, researchers estimate that around 100 trillion insects fly in the air above the USA every day.

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🌴Since my undergraduate time, I wanted to see the tropical alpine biome with its "giant rosette" species. On our #biome project fieldtrip in #Ecuador, I finally met #Espeletia picnophylla spp. angelensis, in El Angel. So happy! Magic!

🌿 While conducting #biome research in the #Maquipucuna Reserve in #Ecuador, our lodge unexpectedly became a perfect vantage point for observing mesmerizing #hummingbirds. ✨🐦

🌧️ If your team members are patiently waiting for 1h in the rain in a tropical #cloudforest, chatting, playing, laughing and happily continue fieldwork with rain-sensitive instruments as soon as the rain stops & finish the day with a “high five”: Now you know, you have a fantastic team! 🫶

Exploring the tropical cloud forests of #Guacamayos. 🔎 Foggy, rain-soaked and mild temperatures: #cloudforests are some of the most species- and endemism-rich biomes on Earth. Despite covering only 0.4% of global land, they host 3,700 #species of birds, mammals, amphibians and tree ferns. 🌧️🌳🌿

🚁🌳 We are collecting #biome data in #Ecuador using three types of #drones: 1️⃣ #LiDAR – to analyze vertical biomass distribution 2️⃣ Multispectral – to assess canopy leaf area 3️⃣ Photo – to capture leaf imagery