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View article: Combining geostructural and retrospective analyses for rockfall susceptibility zoning
Combining geostructural and retrospective analyses for rockfall susceptibility zoning Open
Rockfall is one of the most common hazards in mountainous environments, threatening infrastructure, and lives. However, a factor limiting preliminary rockfall hazard mapping at the cliff scale is often the lack of knowledge of potential so…
View article: Respective impacts of global warming, permafrost thaw and urban sprawl on debris-flow risk: Insights from the Dorfbach Torrent, Swiss Alps
Respective impacts of global warming, permafrost thaw and urban sprawl on debris-flow risk: Insights from the Dorfbach Torrent, Swiss Alps Open
Debris flows pose significant hazards to mountain communities worldwide. In the European Alps, they annually damage infrastructure and settlements, often resulting in fatalities. Climate warming is projected to locally and temporarily shif…
View article: Peatland trees record strong and temporally stable hydroclimate information in tree-ring <i>δ</i> <sup>13</sup> C and <i>δ</i> <sup>18</sup> O
Peatland trees record strong and temporally stable hydroclimate information in tree-ring <i>δ</i> <sup>13</sup> C and <i>δ</i> <sup>18</sup> O Open
Peatland trees are valuable archives of paleoclimatic information; however, gaps persist in understanding the relationships between tree growth, peatland hydrology, and hydroclimate variables. While previous research in peatlands has mainl…
View article: Disentangling intra-annual Pinus sylvestris growth responses to hydro-climatic conditions: Insights from quantitative wood anatomy in peatlands
Disentangling intra-annual Pinus sylvestris growth responses to hydro-climatic conditions: Insights from quantitative wood anatomy in peatlands Open
Peatlands are vital ecosystems that regulate global carbon storage and hydrology, driven by waterlogged conditions that foster organic matter accumulation. However, disentangling the interactions between climate, hydrology, and tree growth…
View article: Age-dependent moisture response of conifers near their cold range limit
Age-dependent moisture response of conifers near their cold range limit Open
Growth dynamics of cold subarctic and subalpine forests are primarily sensitive to temperature, but growth responses may vary across regions or shift over tree ontogeny. Systematic assessments of spatial, interspecific, and demographic var…
View article: Cascading rock and ice avalanches are a widespread threat to High Mountain Asia hydropower installations
Cascading rock and ice avalanches are a widespread threat to High Mountain Asia hydropower installations Open
Hydropower projects across the High Mountain Asia (HMA) region have attracted substantial investment in recent decades, with institutions such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank funding projects worth hundreds of billions of …
View article: Detecting the impact of climate change on alpine mass movements in observational records from the European Alps
Detecting the impact of climate change on alpine mass movements in observational records from the European Alps Open
Anthropogenic climate change is rapidly altering high mountain environments, including changing the frequency, dynamic behavior, location, and magnitude of alpine mass movements. In this project, we gathered literture (∼1995 to …
View article: Peatland trees contain strong and temporally stable hydroclimate information in tree-ring &#948;13C and &#948;18O records
Peatland trees contain strong and temporally stable hydroclimate information in tree-ring δ13C and δ18O records Open
Peatland trees are valuable archives of paleoclimatic information; however, gaps persist in understanding the relationships between tree growth, peatland hydrology, and hydroclimate variables. While previous research in peatlands has mainl…
View article: Challenges in detecting volcanic forcing in climate and societal proxies: insights from the 1170/1171 CE eruption
Challenges in detecting volcanic forcing in climate and societal proxies: insights from the 1170/1171 CE eruption Open
While our current understanding of the impacts of volcanic eruptions on the atmosphere and climate has significantly advanced, uncertainties persist regarding the climate and societal response to major volcanic events of the Common Era, es…
View article: Hydrometeorological triggers of debris flows derived from historical archives and tree-ring data: Insights from the Swiss National Park
Hydrometeorological triggers of debris flows derived from historical archives and tree-ring data: Insights from the Swiss National Park Open
Data on past debris flows is normally scarce and biased towards large events or catchments close to settlements. Reconstructing past process activity with dendrogeomorphic approaches can help develop unbiased and spatially comprehensive ti…
View article: Peatland trees record strong and temporally stable hydroclimate information in tree-ring δ <sup>13</sup> C and δ <sup>18</sup> O
Peatland trees record strong and temporally stable hydroclimate information in tree-ring δ <sup>13</sup> C and δ <sup>18</sup> O Open
Peatland trees are valuable archives of paleoclimatic information; however, gaps persist in understanding the relationships between tree growth, peatland hydrology, and hydroclimate variables. While previous research in peatlands has mainl…
View article: Coupling tree-ring and geomorphic analyses to reconstruct the 1950s massive Glacier Lake Outburst Flood at Grosse Glacier, Chilean Patagonia
Coupling tree-ring and geomorphic analyses to reconstruct the 1950s massive Glacier Lake Outburst Flood at Grosse Glacier, Chilean Patagonia Open
Over recent decades, global warming has led to sustained glacier mass reduction and the formation of glacier lakes dammed by potentially unstable moraines. When such dams break, devastating Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) can occur in…
View article: Unravelling driving conditions of rock and ice avalanches and resulting cascading processes in High Mountain Asia
Unravelling driving conditions of rock and ice avalanches and resulting cascading processes in High Mountain Asia Open
Amplified climate warming and the tectonically active landscape in High Mountain Asia (HMA) have led to the occurrence of 60 well-documented large rock and/or ice avalanches (RIAs), resulting in at least 1366 fatalities and extensive negat…
View article: Mediterranean cyclones are a substantial cause of damaging floods in Corsica
Mediterranean cyclones are a substantial cause of damaging floods in Corsica Open
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View article: A supply-limited torrent that does not feel the heat of climate change
A supply-limited torrent that does not feel the heat of climate change Open
Debris-flow activity in the Alps is anticipated to undergo pronounced changes in response to a warming climate. Yet, a fundamental challenge in comprehensively assessing changes in process activity is the systematic lack of long-term obser…
View article: Trends in climate adaptation solutions for mountain regions
Trends in climate adaptation solutions for mountain regions Open
This study addresses the critical need for documented adaptation progress in mountain regions by reviewing recently implemented or ongoing adaptation solutions collected from the Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal (A@A Solution Portal…
View article: Climate sensitivity of natural hazards processes in mountain regions: A fuzzy logic approach
Climate sensitivity of natural hazards processes in mountain regions: A fuzzy logic approach Open
Natural hazard processes, as an inherent component of mountain environments, react sensitively to global warming. The main drivers of these changes are alterations in the amount, intensity or type of precipitation, glacier melting, or thaw…
View article: The potential of X-ray computed tomography for xylological and dendrochronological analyses of Egyptian mummy labels
The potential of X-ray computed tomography for xylological and dendrochronological analyses of Egyptian mummy labels Open
X-ray computed tomography (XRCT) imaging allows non-destructive visualization of the structure of various materials. Applied to wooden objects, it allows determination of their morphologies or manufacturing techniques, but also measurement…
View article: Corals Evidence an Underestimation of the 20th Century Warming in the Eastern Pacific Cold Tongue
Corals Evidence an Underestimation of the 20th Century Warming in the Eastern Pacific Cold Tongue Open
The trade winds cause strong upwelling in the eastern equatorial Pacific, and create the eastern Pacific Cold Tongue (EPCT) that has far‐reaching impacts on global climate. However, large discrepancies persist in quantifying 20th‐century E…
View article: Multiproxy tree ring reconstruction of glacier mass balance: insights from <i>Pinus cembra</i> trees growing near Silvretta Glacier (Swiss Alps)
Multiproxy tree ring reconstruction of glacier mass balance: insights from <i>Pinus cembra</i> trees growing near Silvretta Glacier (Swiss Alps) Open
Glacier mass balance reconstructions provide a means of placing relatively short observational records into a longer-term context. Here, we use multiple proxies from Pinus cembra trees from God da Tamangur, combining tree ring anatomy and …