This SVAT modelling study investigates changes of the water balance in Alpine forests due to climate change. Results indicate that future conditions may exceed the limits of current tree species.
Construction and Demolition Wastes (C&DW) for a more sustainable Gabion application
Research investigates using C&DW in gabion structures for mountain hazard protection, examining mechanical performance and environmental compatibility as an alternative to quarried rock.
Application of Climate-Smart Forestry in long-term experimental plots to analyze the management effects for forest resilience and climate adaptation
Long-term experimental plots provide a robust data foundation for evaluating the effects of forest management practices on climate-smart forestry over time, supporting informed forest managers’ choice
Simulating Avalanches in a Warming Climate: lessons from Wet and Dry Slab Events in the Western Tatras
As climate change increases wet snow avalanches relative frequency, results from simulations with the TRENT2D* model show that we must distinguish between wet and dry events to increase accuracy.
Darkening Ice in Central Asia? Assessing Bare-Ice Albedo Variability and Its Impact on Glacier Melt for Abramov and Golubin Glaciers
We investigated sub-seasonal and inter-anual bare-ice albedo variability on Abramov and Golubin glaciers from 1999 to 2022 and its implications for glacier melt.
The Wild West of the Tibetan Plateau (Chang Tang)
The Session will be introduced by a movie about the western and central high-mountain plateau of North-Tibet, one of the last untouched wilderness areas on Earth.
Bottom-up and decision-centric approaches to assess compound risks and associated impact cascades
We discuss approaches with an impact-thresholds perspective, combining the effect of management options with climate-, model- and scenario-uncertainties to assess cascading impacts of extreme events.
Disentangling anthropogenic from natural drivers of the climate variability in High Mountain Asia
Using detection – attribution experiments produced with general circulation models to disentangle anthropogenic from natural drivers of the climate variability in High Mountain Asia.
Cultural Models of Urban-Rural Livelihood Mobility in the Appalachian Region of the United States
This paper focuses on “thick” urban-rural socioeconomic networks in the mountainous Appalachian region of the US. I discuss various models of livelihood mobility to adapt to a changing economy.
Understanding community assemblage using species and functional diversity across elevational gradients from the tropics to the arctic
Insights into the responses of plant species and communities and their function to climate change.