Retaining windthrown deadwood after disturbances can reduce avalanche risks. Site-specific management is crucial to balance short-term protection, long-term forest recovery & natural hazard mitigation
Community-based risk mitigation planning in Alpine areas – experiences from the X-Risk-CC-project
Highlighting the integration of scientific and local knowledge to develop tailored climate risk mitigation strategies in the Alpine region through participatory approaches and stakeholder engagement
Wooden rockfall barrier systems
Wooden barriers offer sustainable rockfall protection. Dynamic rockfall impact testing of wooden beams aims to provide the engineering values to support their future use.
How to approach the bioaccumulation of nanoplastics in glacial environment
Nanoplastics pose risks to organisms, yet detection is challenging. This study identifies NPs in Alpine chironomid larvae, suggesting possible contamination in pristine glacial environments.
Uncovering Risk Perception in Avalanche Terrain: A Semantic Analysis of User-Generated Ski Tour Reports
We leverage user-generated ski tour reports to study perception of risk and the environment in uncertain and risky conditions – and how these perceptions relate to avalanche hazard and accidents.
Building glacier velocity time series with a uniform sampling interval of six days or less from scene-pair velocity maps
A novel method extracts glacier velocity time series with uniform intervals, improving seasonal analysis. Validated in High Mountain Asia, it refines uncertainty using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data.
The protective effect of forests in torrential area for reducing cascading landslide risks during extreme rainfall: Insights from the 2023 floods in Slovenia
The study examines protective role of forests in reducing landslides in torrential areas in Slovenia, highlighting the lower density and movement of landslides in forests compared to agricultural land
Building safety in high Alps. The Capanna Margherita hut case study.
Global warming in high Alps is the cause of permafrost degradation and a threat for mountain huts. Thermo-geomechanical monitoring can be used to assess stability conditions.
Introducing The Glacier Stewardship Program – an international team responding to the global loss of glaciers
The Glacier Stewardship Program is introduced by international scientists to slow ice loss, enhance hazard warnings, and preserve glacier biodiversity for future climate resilience.
A Ground Motion Sensitivity Index (GMSI) to facilitate the interpretation of satellite-based radar measurements in alpine terrain
We present a novel ground motion sensitivity index (GMSI) map that combines information data reliability, measurement sensitivity, and radar visibility