ecologist @slfdavos.bsky.social, mother of two & fondue-lover, lead on @bugnet.bsky.social, biotic interactions, alpine ecology, biodiversity, global change, insectshttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3mumunbeosc2aCheck this out: today my colleague @slfyvi.bsky.social and I are on SRF Einstein, talking about consequences of climate change in the Alps alongside glaciologist Felix Keller. 📺🏔️ 🪰🦫👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumunbeosc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3msqhhgo5zk2dOur paper on the Evolutionary Imbalance Hypothesis (with data from my PhD looong time ago!), led brilliantly by @drjoshbrian.bsky.social, has been out in EcolLetters for a bit -now also with a short video on it! Take home: species from phylogenetically diverse home ranges are more likely to invade.10 Aug 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqhhgo5zk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3msbu6vbnos26🕷️ Gibt es in deinem Bündner Dorf Zecken? Mach mit bei unserer 5-Min Umfrage: wir wollen herausfinden, auf welcher Höhe Zecken in Graubünden heute leben und ob sich dies durch den Klimawandel geändert hat. 👇 https://limesurvey.wsl.ch/index.php/336859 @slfdavos.bsky.social #Klimawandel #Graubünden #TickTrack04 Aug 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbu6vbnos26https://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3msbu6vbnos26🕷️ Gibt es in deinem Bündner Dorf Zecken? Mach mit bei unserer 5-Min Umfrage: wir wollen herausfinden, auf welcher Höhe Zecken in Graubünden heute leben und ob sich dies durch den Klimawandel geändert hat. 👇 https://limesurvey.wsl.ch/index.php/336859 @slfdavos.bsky.social #Klimawandel #Graubünden #TickTrack04 Aug 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbu6vbnos26https://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3mpjzwv6kxc2kSpooky 👻! An entire tree covered with webs of ermine moths! Zernez, Switzerland.30 Jun 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjzwv6kxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3moy57vs56s2kWelcome Carole to the Bluesky World! Follow my student if you want to see more cool stuff about her research @slfdavos.bsky.social and soil invertebrates! 🪱🐌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jun 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3moy57vs56s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3mmsv3xceu22iTime to set up our @bugnet.bsky.social field sites for the season in @slfdavos.bsky.social after the snow has melted: Carole Schöpfer doing a great job in assembing all #opentopchambers and in creating this nice video 🥰27 May 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmsv3xceu22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3mllkzqeqjk2xSaw *Takahashia japonica* (at least I think so) for the first time at an Italian service area on our way to Sardinia — weird white worm-like strands covering a mulberry tree. Apparently this invasive scale insect is spreading through Europe. Never seen anything like it in 🇨🇭 before - so bizare! 🌿11 May 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllkzqeqjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3mdkafsjbe22hTaking a fun way to work to @slfdavos.bsky.social today with @serainacappelli.bsky.social 😀❄️⛄️29 Jan 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdkafsjbe22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3mcv2gqcmts2v#WEF2026 This is pretty cool - whoever walked up there has all my respect 💪 https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/wef/984588289-no-kings-steht-in-feuerschrift-im-nachthimmel-das-steckt-dahinter20 Jan 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcv2gqcmts2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3ma4xsvd4bc2fDont miss to chat to these three smart guys if you are at BES, and to visit their pretty posters! 🥰 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4xsvd4bc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3m5m7bxshus25Today we definitely ended the field season of our @bugnet.bsky.social experimental sites in @slfdavos.bsky.social. What a year - with such a great team of students this was one of my best field seasons ever! Thanks @bota-jb.bsky.social, Carole, Ida, Carla, Sevi, Flo and Irene for the great summer!14 Nov 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5m7bxshus25https://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3m4ichu63h22sI spend my days studying nature — and still, moments like this take my breath away. Gold larches. Green Swiss stone pine. White snow. Grey rock. Perfect silence... #Morteratsch Glacier forefield #Switzerland31 Oct 2025 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ichu63h22shttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3m3rml6mtc22vGreat PhD position available at University of Stirling, with some field work also in the Swiss Alps 🏔️ If you are interested in soil biodiversity and functioning have a look 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2025 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rml6mtc22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3m3aadpfmn22xComing to the #WorldbiodiversityForum in Davos in June 2026? We welcome abstracts for our session on Undestanding, mitigating and reversing insect biodiversity loss: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/session/55556 @cscherber.bsky.social & Eric Allan15 Oct 2025 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3aadpfmn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3m2to6iueqk2rSo happy to see the first BugNet paper published 🥳! Thanks to all our collaborators, without you this would not have been possible! 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Oct 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2to6iueqk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/annekempel.bsky.social/post/3lv4vwvwxi22z🦫 Climate change has had only a minor impact on marmots near Davos – for now! Using a 40-year-old dataset, we resurveyed marmots along an altitudinal gradient. They now live ~86 m higher, but range margins are unchanged. More here: https://www.slf.ch/de/news/klimawandel-laesst-murmeltiere-vorerst-kalt/ @slfdavos.bsky.social #AlpineEcology29 Jul 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:yixdm4ylkmlhtaemyxdtxv7m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv4vwvwxi22z