New publication in Nature Communications

Forest trees suffered from heatwave even after 2018

How did the heatwave year 2018 affect stem growth and drought stress of forest trees? An international team of researchers with Swiss participation has now compiled such data from all over Europe for the first time. The results, now published in the journal Nature Communications, show that although the trees suffered record water deficits, they grew surprisingly well. The setback followed in the years that followed.

Full article here

 

The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests

 

Heatwaves exert disproportionately strong and sometimes irreversible impacts on forest ecosystems. These impacts remain poorly understood at the tree and species level and across large spatial scales. Here, we investigate the effects of the record-breaking 2018 European heatwave on tree growth and tree water status using a collection of high-temporal resolution dendrometer data from 21 species across 53 sites.

Full article here

Salomón, R.L., Peters, R.L., Zweifel, R. et al. The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests. Nat Commun 13, 28 (2022).

Decentlab equipment, data and services were among those used in this publication.

Decentlab's new Particulate Matter, Temperature, Humidity and Barometric Pressure Sensor

  • General indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring

  • Global environmental surveillance

  • Indoor air quality monitoring in offices, class rooms, hospitals, stores or malls

  • Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control: for good indoor air quality and energy savings

Measurements of CO2 concentration in Federal Palace for COVID19 aerosol risk assessment

Swiss National Council member Martin Bäumle, vice president of Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (Grünliberale Partei) measures with our DL-IAM | Indoor Ambiance Monitor including CO₂, TVOC and Motion Sensor for LoRaWAN® air quality and CO2 concentration in the Federal Palace during the winter session of the Swiss parliament assembly to estimate the risk for COVID19 aerosol in the rooms.

Full article in Tagesanzeiger

Screenshot from 2020-12-01 08-43-05.png

Feature in AWS report "How technology helps to make Switzerland safer"

Amazon Web Services (AWS) features Decentlab during Swiss Digital Days. In the video we present our flood monitoring solution. Our report part starts at 10:50 of the video

About the Swiss Digital Days
Under the direction of digitalswitzerland, we aim to make digitisation a tangible experience and promote dialogue on the subject. Our programme encourages collaboration, new ways of thinking and vibrant debate on varied topics. Learn new skills, question, open your digital horizons and most importantly have fun!

SmartCity Solutions - Flood Monitoring in Poland

SmartCity solutions also means to provide information for safety or rescue planning during heavy rain periods. You can see it in Przemyśl, which uses our LoRaWAN devices and services to measure the level of the San River. During the last days a four meter increase in water level of the local riveroccured and it was showed on the portal for residents and helped the local authorities to forecast maximum levels.

See real time data

Decentlab_FloodPoland.jpg

Once again we exhibit at The Things Conference Amsterdam

Once more and the third time we attended The Things Conference in Amsterdam. Like previous years we did have a booth on site where we were able to meet our partners and customers. In parallel it gave us many opportunities to see newest development, the ecosystem and friends since many years from The Things Network and The Things Industries. It was another great event from TTN, congrats!

Decentlab_TTN_Amsterdam.jpg

We exhibited at Swisscom IoT Day

This year Swisscom IoT Day was a great event. We sponsored it and met many partners and customers during that day.

We had as well the opportunity to showcase in real time our Indoor Ambiance Monitoring of every event room including #CO2 and #TVOC with our DL-IAM | Indoor Ambiance Monitor including CO₂, TVOC and Motion Sensor for LoRaWAN®

Looking forward to the 2021 edition

Decentlab_SwisscomIoT_01.jpg
Decentlab_SwisscomIoT_02.jpg