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Swiss Phenology Day 2022 in Zürich
Swiss Phenology Day 2022 in Zürich
Image: MeteoSchweiz; Barbara Pietragalla
Trees’ bloom and budbreak earlier and earlier as climate change accelerates
Trees’ bloom and budbreak earlier and earlier as climate change accelerates
Image: WSL, Yann Vitasse
Tundra plants reacting strongly to climate change
Tundra plants reacting strongly to climate change
Image: slf; Esther Frei
Swiss Phenology Day 2019 in Cadenazzo
Swiss Phenology Day 2019 in Cadenazzo
Image: MeteoSchweiz; Barbara Pietragalla
Swiss Phenology Day 2017 in Sempach
Schweizer Phänologie-Tag 2017 in Sempach
Image: Schweizer Vogelwarte, Sempach
Schweizer Phänologie-Tag 2016 in Frick
Schweizer Phänologie-Tag 2016 in Frick
Image: FiBL, Frick
Trees’ bloom and budbreak earlier and earlier as climate change accelerates
With global warming, flowering and leafing of trees is occurring earlier and earlier in all temperate regions of the world. Humans have been observing these natural events for centuries, heralding the arrival of warm weather after sometimes harsh winters.
Image: M. Bolliger
Alps in climate change: Many species adapt too slowly
Lay summary of the following paper: Yann Vitasse, Sylvain Ursenbacher, Geoffrey Klein, Thierry Bohnenstengel, Yannick Chittaro, Anne Delestrade, Christian Monnerat, Martine Rebetez, Christian Rixen, Nicolas Strebel, Benedikt R Schmidt, Sonja Wipf, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Nigel Gilles Yoccoz, Jonathan Lenoir (2021) Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps. Biological Reviews
Image: Anne Delestrade
Climate change: Better think ahead than lag behind
Climate change is here. In order to appraise and prepare for its impacts, Switzerland has brought together experts from a wide range of disciplines in the NCCS network. One of these experts is FiBL’s Sibylle Stöckli, who is working on predicting the spread of harmful organisms.
Image: Agroscope (Arnaud Conne)