57-year-long (1967/68-2023/24) mass balance monitoring of the Djankuat Glacier reveals a obvious trend towards escalation of glacier mass turnover.
Harnessing Citizen Science to Monitor and Preserve Mountain Water Resources: the Acqua Sorgente project
A Citizen Science project launched by the Italian Alpine Club (CAI) in 2024 monitors mountain spring water resources, fosters awareness, and aims to expand its open-source database across Europe
Sustainable Agriculture in Mountain Regions: Alleviating Water Stress with Eco-Friendly Cellulose-Based Hydrogels
Cellulose-based hydrogels offer a nature-based solution to water scarcity in Himalayan agriculture, enhancing soil moisture, crop resilience and productivity while reducing irrigation needs.
Calibrating future glacier projections using data assimilation
Using ensemble-based data assimilation to calibrate glacier model parameters for future projections of glacio-hydrological indicators in Scandinavia
Mountain Festival in KSL-India: A Reflection of Mountaineering Culture
The Kailash Sacred Landscape in Uttarakhand blends cultural traditions, mountaineering heritage, and sacred festivals, fostering a deep connection between local communities and the mountainous terrain
Stakeholder perception of the management of species-rich grasslands in mountain areas.
Mountain grasslands face biodiversity loss. The G4B project surveys stakeholders to guide conservation policies, revealing consensus on public funding but differing views on ecosystem services
Properties and behavior of additively manufactured polymer objects in alpine environments
This work examines mechanical properties of additively manufactured polymers at different temperatures. Results indicate increased tensile strength at lower temperatures and varying water absorption.
“Acts of God” or avoidable political hazards: The making of Sikkim’s catastrophic dam-break disaster and learning from it.
Dams are often lauded as engineering marvels, but dam breaks are conveniently clubbed into the category acts of God occurring under force majeure, shifting accountability from human to nonhuman causes
An empty valley? Searching for settlements in prehistoric Valcamonica (Italy)
The interpretation of the Valcamonica rock art valley (Lombardy, Italy) as a largely uninhabited symbolic arena is challenged using non-invasive prospection techniques.