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🔥Wildfires are not stand-alone events: they are risk multipliers ⚠️ In 2025, wildfires caused the highest insured losses. Yet the largest impacts extended well beyond burned homes and insurance claims. Expose wildfires' invisible costs ➡️ow.ly/Ee1a50XXQ5m

Uncut grass keeps the ground at around 19.5°C Grass cut to 10 cm raises the ground temperature to about 24.5°C Bare ground in the middle of summer rises to over 40°C It's important to raise awareness #NoMowMay

Good research on disaster risk reduction and resilience depends on verified, trusted sources. ℹ️ Make #PreventionWeb your go-to resource for research in disaster risk reduction and related fields. 💻 💡 Find out more ➡️ ow.ly/yiTg50Z05lU

“Bottom line: Climate change can cost households over $1300 annually.” Ouch. mitsloan.mit.edu/press/why-clim…

📢Job opportunity! The @IocUnesco is inviting applications for an Individual Consultant to support the preparatory process for the 2027 UN Ocean Decade Conference and the development. 🗓️ Deadline: 1 June 2026, 17:00 CEST ➡️Apply: lnkd.in/erUJ8C2q #OceanScience #OceanAction

The planet's current state, where we are breaching multiple planetary boundaries and which manifests as public health threats impacting millions globally, provides ample scientific evidence that climate change should be declared a public health emergency of international concern.

Unexpected discovery: hidden soil in blockfields in the high alpine region. Whereas the fields appear grey and full of stones, in reality, they hide soil containing old carbon. All the results from the extreme thaw project: extremes.wsl.ch/en/extremethaw/

Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are rapidly warming the planet. But where do they come from? Insights from #ClimateWatch explain which sectors emit the most GHGs: go.wri.org/ghg-emissions-…

🌱🏗️Blending nature-based solutions with traditional engineering can often give better results than either method alone. 🌊 This study shows how coastal vegetation combined with grey infrastructure (eg. sea walls) effectively reduces wave energy.🌿 👉 ow.ly/9YAs50XSxjm

What role can nature play in building more resilient food systems? Adriana De Palma, Principal Researcher at the UK’s @NHM_London, explores how working with natural systems can support more sustainable agricultural practices. 🌽

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬? But if summer temperatures rise by 4°C, bark beetle generations doubles. After a few years, spruce trees largely die off, bark beetle populations decline. extremesapp.wsl.ch/en/extrem/bork…

𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐬. 𝐓𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐂𝐎₂ Neue Pflanzendecken in hohen Lagen können CO₂ binden, mehr als dort freigesetzt wird Durch Trockenheit geschädigte Wälder und Moore in tieferen Lagen speichern immer weniger CO₂. extremesapp.wsl.ch/de/extrem/co2-…

By 2085, 36% of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme events such as heatwaves 🌡️, fire 🔥 or floods 🌧️ if warming continues to rise into the latter half of the century. Lead author Stefanie Heinicke explains ⬇️

Truth meets aesthetics: We present the effects of #climatechange on #Switzerland in a witty #webapp. What scenario will you choose? extremesapp.wsl.ch/en/extrem

𝐖𝐢𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐧? Für die Planung von allen Massnahmen sind aktuelle Daten und Vorhersagen wichtig. drought.ch/de/impakt-vorh…

☀️💧 Hotter and more humid = heavy precipitation = higher risk of flooding. But there are solutions: Sponge cities instead of concrete jungles! With plenty of green spaces and soils where water can slowly seep into the ground. 🔗 extremesapp.wsl.ch/en/extrem/star…

Quand vérité et esthétique se rencontrent : nous présentons les effets du #changementclimatique sur la #Suisse dans une #applicationweb pleine d’humour. Quel scénario choisirez-vous? extremesapp.wsl.ch/fr/ (Nouveau en français!)

What will Switzerland's climate be like in the future? Extreme, more extreme, truly extreme? extremesapp.wsl.ch/en/ (New in English!) provides insights into the effects of various climate scenarios for the next 20 years and what solutions are available. #ClimateChange #Extreme

Es ist schwierig, Dinge zu sehen, die nicht mehr da sind. Das gilt insbesondere für Kleinstlebewesen im Boden sowie für Insekten, aber auch für selten beobachtete Wildtiere wie den Schneehasen.Mehr dazu und was wir gegen das stille Verschwinden tun können: extremesapp.wsl.ch/de/extrem/biod…

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭? The EMERGE project provided essential data to improve how mountain regions prepare for and respond to extreme drought. It was just the start. “Megawatt”, is the follow up project, wsl.ch/de/projekte/me…