‪🌲One framework, many forests: ETH Zürich researchers propose Integrative Forest Management to translate biodiversity & climate-resilience goals into practical, trackable actions across Europe’s forests. #IFM #Forestry
@wslresearch.bsky.social

👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123698

Promo poster for the WSL Biodiversity Seminar Series Spring 2026 on a light teal background. The poster features a photo of speaker Jacqueline Hoppenreijs from Ruhr University Bochum. The seminar, titled 'Understanding and Restoring Rivers and (Thus?) Their Vegetation,' takes place on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 11:00 CEST both in-person and online. For more information, visit biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch

How do hydrology, geomorphology, dispersal and environmental filtering shape riparian and aquatic plant communities? And how are these communities affected by restoration?

Join our seminar with @jhthoppenreijs.bsky.social this Wedneday. In-person or online.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

⏰ Just a few days left to apply to our summer school on blue-green biodiversity!

If you’re interested in aquatic AND terrestrial ecosystems, join the 4th edition of our interdisciplinary program.

Check out the experience from past participants 👇🏾

⏰ Just a few days left to apply to our summer school on blue-green biodiversity!

If you’re interested in aquatic AND terrestrial ecosystems, join the 4th edition of our interdisciplinary program.

Check out the experience from past participants 👇🏾

🌳💧There's still one week left to apply for the WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center‬'s @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social‬ Summer School on Blue-Green Biodiversity! 💧🌳 biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de... #biodiversity #SummerSchool

When trees get ‘sunburn’ Young trees are able to withstand high temperatures, but only if there is enough water available in the ground.

Even trees can get serious sunburn. A new study by a WSL-EPFL team shows how #heat and #drought affect #trees and how they sustain damage when the two are combined. This helps us understand how they will react to a changing climate: www.wsl.ch/en/news/when...

⌛🌳 In today's seminar (11 CEST), Lalasia Bialic-Murphy
will present findings from an international collaboration investigating the demographic functional diversity of forests across biogeographic gradients.
The seminar is hybrid, and everyone is welcome!
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

💧🌳 Two weeks left to apply to our Summer School on Blue-Green Biodiversity.
Join us in Davos to learn more about aquatic & ecosystems from an interdisciplinary lens.
Wondering what it’s like? Check out what past participants have to say.
More information: biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

In our next WSL Biodiversity Seminar (8 April), Lalasia Bialic-Murphy @wslresearch.bsky.social will discuss the demographic functional diversity of forests across biogeographic gradients.

The seminar is hybrid, and everyone is welcome!
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

#StelleFrei! MSc in #Biologie oder #Umweltwissenschaften? Ausgezeichnete Kenntnisse einheimischer Gefässpflanzen, Moose und deren Ökologie? Unsere Gruppe Lebensraumdynamik sucht eine/ -n wissenschaftliche/ -n Mitarbeiter/ -in in Vegetationsökologie: apply.refline.ch/273855/1855/... #ScienceJobs

In our next WSL Biodiversity Seminar (8 April), Lalasia Bialic-Murphy @wslresearch.bsky.social will discuss the demographic functional diversity of forests across biogeographic gradients.

The seminar is hybrid, and everyone is welcome!
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Biodiversity Bioinformatics Summer School This School is co-organized by SIB/ELIXIR Switzerland and de.NBI/ELIXIR Germany Overview Biodiversity is fundamental to ecosystem functioning, yet it

DEADLINE TODAY! Few places left!
#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School .. 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social
🟢 eDNA & ecosystems
🟣 pangenome diversity
🔵 population genetics
🟡 comparative genomics
⏩ www.sib.swiss/training/cou...

🌎 Still time to register for this talk (starting today at 14:00 CET) with Catherine Graham, Co-Head of our Center and Group Leader of the Evolutionary Ecology Group at @wslresearch.bsky.social.

Summer School 2026: Blue-green biodiversity. Research and practice at the interface of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems The WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center is pleased to announce the fourth summer school on blue-green biodiversity.

⏰ Three weeks left to apply to our Summer School on Blue-Green Biodiversity, a joint effort by @eawag.bsky.social and @wslresearch.bsky.social.
💧🌳 Join us in Davos to learn more about aquatic & ecosystems from an interdisciplinary lens.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Seminar: Pesticides, Soil Biodiversity & Soil Functioning Marcel van der Heijden (Agroscope) will discuss how pesticides can impact soil biological communities, alter phosphorus and nitrogen cycling, and suppress beneficial soil taxa.

Pesticides affect bees and birds, but what about soil life?
In our next seminar, @mvanderheijden.bsky.social will show results from Swiss & European networks on how pesticides shape soil biodiversity and functioning.
Join us in-person or online.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

One week left to apply! ⏰

Human pressure and biodiversity modify forest resilience after extreme multi-year droughts - Nature Ecology & Evolution This study reported widespread declines in resilience after multi-year droughts and showed that biodiversity and climate strongly shape forest resilience after multi-year droughts, but human footprint...

Our new research shows that megadroughts negatively impact #forest #resilience. Managed forests had lower resilience than undisturbed forests, especially in boreal regions. This underscores the importance of mitigating human pressure for maintaining forest resilience. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

When silence isn’t an option: Designing green spaces that still relax How can a noisy local recreation area be improved when the noise is unavoidable? A new WSL fact sheet shows what can make a difference.

#Local recreation areas help combat #stress. Two new WSL publications show how the eye and ear interact in this process and how this can be exploited to increase the attractiveness of such #green spaces: www.wsl.ch/en/news/when... #localrecreation #landscapequality #tranquility

‪
🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲

👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest

This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity!

Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚

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Öffentlicher Abendvortrag 💡💧
Die Quaggamuschel - ein ungebetener Gast in unseren Seen

📅 29. April 2026, 19:00 Uhr - 20:00 Uhr
📍 Eawag Kastanienbaum

👉 Anmeldung: https://www.eawag.ch/de/info/agenda/

The Forest Tomology group @wslresearch.bsky.social is looking for a Technical employee in insect taxonomy and biodiversity research. 🌳🔬🐞🐜

Seminar: Should They Stay or Should They Go? The Responses of Tropical Trees and Tropical Forests to Global Warming Kenneth J. Feeley, Universtiy of Miami

🌎To explore forest responses to warming beyond our usual regions, our next seminar (11 March) with @swissforestlab.bsky.social heads to the tropics.
@kjfeeley.bsky.social will discuss “The Responses of Tropical Trees and Tropical Forests to Global Warming”.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

🌱💧Are you a PhD student or postdoc interested in terrestrial AND aquatic ecosystems?
Join us at the 4th edition of our summer school on blue-green biodiversity in Davos.
Applications are now open.
@wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Floodplains under pressure: today’s protected areas are not enough WSL researchers have investigated where floodplain species will survive in the future. The conclusion: planning needs to be adapted.

#Floodplains are species-rich and endangered. With changing climate conditions, today's protected areas are not enough. A WSL study shows what rare species such as the Little ringed plover and the German tamarisk need to find a home. www.wsl.ch/en/news/floo...
#Conservation #River #Riverlandscape

Forum für Wissen 2025: Extremes Das WSL-Forschungsprogramm Extremes organisiert ein eintägiges Forum für Wissen am WSL-Standort Birmensdorf. Die Veranstaltung vermittelt den Stand der Forschung zu zukünftigen Extremereignissen,…

Alle Projekte des WSL_Forschungsprogramms «Extremes» haben Grundlagen, Vorhersagen und Lösungsansätze erarbeitet und Menschen zusammengebracht.
📖 Der gesamte Bericht «Extremes» steht ab sofort zum Download bereit.
www.wsl.ch/de/veranstal...

Exciting news! Thanks to ETH4D, we’re offering two travel grants (up to 2,000 CHF each) for our Blue-Green Biodiversity Summer School in Davos.
Open to students based in least-developed, low- or lower-middle-income countries.
Application deadline: 15 March
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Exciting news! Thanks to ETH4D, we’re offering two travel grants (up to 2,000 CHF each) for our Blue-Green Biodiversity Summer School in Davos.
Open to students based in least-developed, low- or lower-middle-income countries.
Application deadline: 15 March
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

Rare earths pollute Zurich's waters An investigation in the canton of Zurich has shown that certain rare earth elements can enter bodies of water via wastewater treatment plants in concentrations that pose a risk to aquatic organisms. These elements are gadolinium, which comes from contrast agents used in healthcare facilities, as well as lanthanum and cerium, which are used in a number of wastewater treatment plants to remove phosphorus.

Rare earths are indispensable for many technical applications, but they also find their way into bodies of water and can have a negative impact on the organisms living there. 💧

👉 Read the full story:

The Ecological Genetics group at @wslresearch.bsky.social is looking for a 2-month intern to support an upcoming field survey. A great opportunity for hands-on research experience. More info:
apply.refline.ch/273855/1846/...
@christian-rellstab.bsky.social

28 000 historical photographs of forest and avalanche research published WSL and SLF have digitised their oldest photography collections. The pictures depict research and everyday life from over 120 years.

Now online: 28,000 historical #photos from WSL & SLF's archives. Various collections show #research, #technology, and everyday life since 1902. The digitalised glass plates, slides and film negatives are available on ETH Zurich's E-Pics image platform. More: www.wsl.ch/en/news/hist... @ethz.ch