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Niek ten Cate joins the PPE group as the new site manager at the SCC II site

We are pleased to welcome Niek ten Cate as a new member of the PPE group! Niek has joined our group in January 2023 as the new site manager and crane operator at the SCC II forest crane facility. He is a trained arborist, and we are looking…

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New paper on tree phenology and microclimate in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Cedric Zahnd, Günter Hoch and co-authors published a new study on how vertical microclimatic canopy gradients cause phenological variations within mature tree crowns. Tree crowns are exposed to strong vertical gradients in light,…

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The SRF Tagesschau featured the Swiss Canopy Crane II research site on August 29th.

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TreeNet 10-year anniversary conference

On June 27/28, 2022, the TreeNet 10-year anniversary conference was taking place in the Basel region in Switzerland. The conference focused on the assessment of tree growth with different experimental methods and networks.

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National Geographic Magazine features Swiss Canopy Crane II

The May 2022 issue of National Geographic is dedicated to the future forests in a changing climate. The issue describes how climate change is affecting forests across the planet and how research addresses this growing problem. Our research…

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