Social perceptions of bears shift with politics, but without strong policies, conflicts persist within a cycle of unresolved issues, highlighting the need for adaptive, community-driven management.
High-Resolution Simulations of Atmosphere-Cryosphere Interactions on Alpine Glaciers Using HICARsnow
This study aims to investigate the thermal wind driven glacier microclimate and its impact on the glacier’s surface energy balance by utilizing HICARsnow.
A 1-km gridded dataset of daily precipitation observations for the Adige River catchment (1990-2023): data evaluation and assessment of systematic errors through snow height records
We developed a high-resolution (1-km) daily precipitation dataset (1990–2023) for the Adige River catchment, improving spatial representation through optimized interpolation techniques.
Investigating the drivers of past and future change in the cryosphere and downstream water resources in a tropical Andean basin
ENSO fluctuations are a key driver of glacier fluctuations in the Cordillera Blanca, while climate change in the future will lead to glacier recession and reduced dry season runoff.
Land-use change in the European Alps: a century of post-abandonment forest dynamics
The GeoLUCA geodatabase, with 50,000 km2 of land cover maps (6 European countries) from 1850 to 2022, efficiently showed the nonlinearity of past land-use/cover change across the Alps
Socio-ecological vulnerability and adaptive capacity of small-scale agriculture to Global Environmental Change in Important Agricultural Heritage Systems in southern Chile. Encouraging local knowledge as a tool for better adaptation strategies
This project aims to analyze the degree of socio-ecological vulnerability and adaptive capacities of peasants and Indigenous people in southern Chile
Accurate Modeling of Natural and Human System Interactions to Assess Hydrological Droughts in Highly Regulated Alpine Basins
This study highlights the necessity of integrating detailed hydropower operations in hydrological models to accurately simulate drought dynamics, as demonstrated in the highly regulated Adige River ba
Advancing Glacier Protection with Innovative Biodegradable Solutions
Biodegradable and eco-designed geotextile effectively delays glacier melt, stabilizes surfaces, and enhances nutrient cycling—a sustainable geoengineering innovation fully aligned with UN SDGs.
Addressing uncertainties in ecosystem services impacts of solar energy systems under future changes
Siting solar energy systems in Alpine landscapes requires the assessment of ecosystem services impacts under uncertainty to identify suitable locations that are robust to future changes.
Innovating Climate Adaptation: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Tourism and Agriculture in the Graubünden Alps
Longitudinal real-time case study exploring how transdisciplinarity strengthens communication between tourism and agriculture in Graubünden, fostering innovative collaboration for climate adaptation.