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InterDrought SummerSchool, Mikulov, Czech Republic, 07-11 June 2015
I am attending and co-chairing the InterDrought Project Summer School in Mikulov, Czech Republic from June 7th – 11th, 2015. The InterDrought project is in many regards different from other projects, which is also true for the concept of its summer schools. In addition to the organizers, Mirek Trnka, ...
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Keynote speaker at TRACE 2015: Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 20-23 May 2015, Sevilla, Spain
TRACE 2015 Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, 20-23 May 2015, University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain Keynote Speakers: Ulf Büntgen (WSL) “Frontiers in tree-ring research” J. Julio Camarero (IPE-CSIC) “A dendroecological approach to forest dieback with emphasis on Mediterranean forests” Paolo Cherubini (WSL) “From false rings to intra-annual density fluctuations in ...
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Lecture: “Frontiers in tree-ring research”, 6 May 2015 at Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University
Lecture: Frontiers in tree-ring research By Dr. Ulf Büntgen, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Date and time: Wednesday 6 May 2015 at 11.15–12.00 Where: Seminar room T40, floor 4, Department of Physical Geography, Geosciences building, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University ABSTRACT Modern tree-ring research frequently operates at the interface of ...
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NZZ: Das Fort Knox der Dendrochronologie, 6.3.2015
Urzeit-Bäume lagern in Munitionsbunker. Das Fort Knox der Dendrochronologie Der Fund von rund 250 subfossilen Baumstrünken im Binz-Quartier 2013 war eine wissenschaftliche Sensation. Jetzt lagern die Urzeit-Kiefern in einem Bunker im Aargau. Dass die Gegend am Fuss des Üetlibergs schon kurz nach dem Rückzug der Gletscher am Ende der letzten ...
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Asian tree rings explain historical plague outbreaks in Europe
An interdisciplinary consortium of researchers from Oslo University and the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, for the first time, demonstrate that climate-driven plague outbreaks in Asia were repeatedly transmitted over several centuries into southern European harbors. This finding contrasts the general believe that the second plague pandemic "Black Death" ...
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