The mountain cryosphere of mainland Europe is recognized to have important impacts on a
range of environmental processes. In this paper, we provide an overview on the current …

Proglacial areas represent the counterpart of glacial retreat, where a new environmental
equilibrium will be reached. During this long and complex stage, which represents the …

Climate change, manifested by an increase in mean, minimum, and maximum temperatures
and by more intense rainstorms, is becoming more evident in many regions. An important …

The detachment of large parts of low-angle mountain glaciers resulting in massive ice–rock
avalanches have so far been believed to be a unique type of event, made known to the …

This study evaluates the performance of two fundamentally different approaches to achieve
sub-pixel precision of normalised cross-correlation when measuring surface displacements …

Glacial hazards such as ice avalanches, glacial lake outburst floods, and debris flows have
caused severe damage in populated mountain regions such as the Swiss Alps. Assessment …

Glacier recession in high-Himalayan catchments leads to the formation of moraine-dammed
lakes on many debris-covered glacier tongues. Such lakes are hazardous to communities …

The present time is one significant stage in the adjustment of mountain slopes to climate
change, and specifically atmospheric warming. This review examines the state of …

Process interactions and chain reactions, the present shift of cryospheric hazard zones due
to atmospheric warming, and the potential far reach of glacier disasters make it necessary to …

An overview is given of the relatively short history, important issues and primary challenges
of research on permafrost in cold mountain regions. The systematic application of diverse …