Butterflies on the move

Butterfly species’ ranges are shifting more dramatically than previously thought, driven primarily by climate change

Tiny universes

What mosses reveal about the health of our world

Allowing the soil to breathe more freely

A new study provides a precise picture of the metabolism of microorganisms in alpine meadow soils.

Italy’s mammals

The Italian Congress of Theriology comes to Bolzano – alongside a photography exhibition

Is the record-breaking heat in the Alps depleting water reserves?

Five questions for a hydrologist and a climatologist

Beneath us: a universe

Although the extent and importance of soil biodiversity are recognized, many of its mechanisms remain a mystery.

The forest forecast

A pioneering study, the largest of its kind, predicts and quantifies increase in wildfires, infestations, and storms across Europe’s forests from now until the end of the century.

Soil is alive

Why soil invertebrates are essential to our lives and what threatens them.

Why we’re failing the climate – and why we must act regardless.

Sociologist Jens Beckert and biologist Georg Niedrist explain where the real room for action still lies.

Shedding light on the nocturnal world of moths

Long term ecological research in the Matsch/Mazia valley: Biomonitoring of aquatic ecosystems

Südtirols Artenvielfalt unter Druck

Das Biodiversitätsmonitoring Südtirol veröffentlicht den ersten umfassenden Ergebnisbericht

Flying jewels, vulnerable specialists

For the first time, South Tyrol’s dragonfly fauna has been studied across the entire region and at all altitudes – with important findings for species protection in times of ...

From paintbrushes to pixels

A brief history of Earth observation from Renaissance paintings to stacks of satellite images

The echo of death

How dead wood nourishes forest biodiversity

In a hundred years, snowfall in the Alps has decreased by more than a third

New study of precipitation between 1920 and 2020

Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol, a long-term project

LTSER platform Val Mazia/Matschertal

Wo gedeiht Wein in Südtirol am besten?

Biodiversitätsmonitoring Südtirol, ein Langzeitprojekt

Osservare il terreno: tecniche radar per la misura dell'umidità

Precious Darkness

Monitoring bats in World War II bunkers

Agents of connection

The new Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol initiative is investigating mushrooms to understand how these incredible organisms stitch ecosystems together

Think of a bee

The delicate diversity of South Tyrol’s bees

The beetle’s return

A beetle species thought to be extinct has been rediscovered in South Tyrol.

Let’s take a field trip

Grasslands are complex and productive ecosystems as diverse as they are endangered.

European wines, protected designations of origin and climate resilience

A new study shows how climate change is altering wine-growing regions in Europe.

Living rivers

How the organisms that inhabit watercourses mirror their state of health

Fighting over water

Graphic article – How the water resource of a river is used and what conflicts may arise among those who benefit from it.

Apples with sunburn

The impacts of climate change on agriculture in South Tyrol

Forests that protect

A study assessed the impact from climate change on eleven South Tyrolean forests that have one trait in common…

Studying the woods through photography

Photographing the forest canopy can help protect it

Where the grasshoppers ‘sing’

Is the air getting too thin for plants?

The experiment on adaptation of alpine species moving to higher altitudes continues

Ohne Schnee ist die Gefahr einer Dürre größer

Neue Studie zum Schneefall in Trentino-Südtirol: Starker Rückgang in den letzten 40 Jahren

Wer findet sie zuerst?

Im Oberen Vinschgau wurden vier in Südtirol bisher noch nie erhobene Spinnenarten nachgewiesen. Zwei von ihnen stellen auch für Italien Neufunde dar. Es folgt eine Fotogalerie.

The Trojan horse of the butterflies

What makes the Black-spotted Large Blue butterfly so special and so endangered?

Welche Rebsorte für welches Klima?

Ein Gespräch mit Geoökologe Lukas Egarter Vigl

Artenreiche Anger

Im Rahmen des Biodiversitätsmonitorings Südtirol hat ein Forschungsteam den Lebensraum Streuobstwiese untersucht - und außerordentliche Vielfalt gefunden.