Small, but wow! Exploring microworlds

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Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

Series:

WSL Magazine Diagonal 2024/2

Publishing year:

2024

Amount:

40 Pages

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Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL (2024). Small, but wow! Exploring microworlds. WSL Magazine Diagonal, 2024/2: 40 p.

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Focus Microworlds ¶

With the latest methods, it is now possible to follow the path of freshly assimilated carbon between cells and tissues in plant leaves.

Alpine soils are home to an immense array of tiny organisms. Researchers are now deciphering their functions in the laboratory.

Every year, a tree forms wood cells that store environmental influences. Researchers can date and analyse these to the calendar year.

Forests and glaciers create their own microclimate. Why is this so and what are the impacts in the age of global warming?

They are neither plants nor animals, not fungi and not even true algae. They are only visible to the naked eye in the laboratory.

Fighting harmful tree fungi with viruses.