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 …

Reliable estimates of future climate change in the Alps are relevant for large parts of the
European society. At the same time, the complex Alpine region poses considerable …

Flash floods and debris flows develop at space and time scales that conventional
observation systems for rainfall, streamflow and sediment discharge are not able to monitor …

Gridded precipitation data sets are frequently used to evaluate climate models or to remove
model output biases. Although precipitation data are error prone due to the high spatio …

Predicting debris flow runout is of major importance for hazard mitigation. Apart from
topography and volume, runout distance and area depends on debris flow composition and …

This paper addresses the current knowledge on climate change impacts on mass movement
activity in mountain environments by illustrating characteristic cases of debris flows, rock …

Anthropogenic climate change is rapidly altering high mountain environments, including
changing the frequency, dynamic behavior, location, and magnitude of alpine mass …

Climate change impacts on sediment production and transfer processes on hillslopes and
through channels are governed by possible changes in precipitation, runoff, and air …

Debris flows can grow greatly in size and hazardous potential by eroding bed and bank
materials. However, erosion mechanisms are poorly understood because debris flows are …

As the evidence for human induced climate change becomes clearer, so too does the
realization that its effects will have impacts on numerous environmental and socio-economic …