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

Rockfall in high-mountain regions is thought to be changing due to accelerating climate
warming and permafrost degradation, possibly resulting in enhanced activity and larger …

Relationships between rockfall and environmental factors have been the focus of
considerable research over the last several decades. Many prior studies have not quantified …

Rockfall remains a prominent hazard for transportation corridors worldwide. Recent studies
have shown promising results in resolving the relationships between rockfall activity and …

This study presents data from the first years of permafrost monitoring in boreholes in the
French Alps that started at the end of 2009 in the framework of the PermaFrance network …

Ongoing global warming intensifies the degradation of permafrost. Permafrost thawing
impacts landform evolution, reduces freshwater resources, enhances the potential of natural …

Rock slope failure (RSF) from permafrost-affected rockwall is an emerging threat for human
lives and infrastructure which raises a need for RSF hazard assessments in the alpine …

High mountains are climate change hotspots. Quickly rising temperatures trigger vegetation
shifts such as upslope migration, possibly threatening mountain biodiversity. At the same …

Warming permafrost has been detected worldwide and is projected to continue during the
next century by many modelling studies. In mountain regions, this can lead to potentially …

Understanding the triggering factors leading to rockfall is essential in managing their risk to
transportation infrastructure. Precipitation and freeze-thaw (FT) are widely studied rockfall …