Geomorphic and sedimentary effects of modern climate change: current and anticipated future conditions in the western United States

AE East, JB Sankey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroclimatic changes associated with global warming over the past 50 years have been
documented widely, but physical landscape responses are poorly understood thus far …

Relations between climate change and mass movement: Perspectives from the Canadian Cordillera and the European Alps

M Chiarle, M Geertsema, G Mortara… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Earth's climate is warming and will continue to warm as the century progresses. High
mountains and high latitudes are experiencing the greatest warming of all regions on Earth …

Climate change impacts on sediment yield and debris‐flow activity in an alpine catchment

J Hirschberg, S Fatichi, GL Bennett… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change impacts on sediment production and transfer processes on hillslopes and
through channels are governed by possible changes in precipitation, runoff, and air …

Pronounced increase in slope instability linked to global warming: A case study from the eastern European Alps

S Savi, F Comiti, MR Strecker - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, slope instability in high‐mountain regions has often been linked to
increase in temperature and the associated permafrost degradation and/or the increase in …

An alternative approach for the sediment control of in-channel stony debris flows with an application to the case study of Ru Secco Creek (Venetian Dolomites …

M Barbini, M Bernard, M Boreggio, M Schiavo… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Controlling sediment to reduce debris-flow hazard is generally approached using retention
basins that can be closed or have an outlet structure, generally an open check dam. They …

Rockfall from an increasingly unstable mountain slope driven by climate warming

M Stoffel, DG Trappmann, MI Coullie… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
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 …

Current glacier recession causes significant rockfall increase: the immediate paraglacial response of deglaciating cirque walls

I Hartmeyer, R Delleske, M Keuschnig… - Earth Surface …, 2020 - esurf.copernicus.org
In the European Alps almost half the glacier volume disappeared over the past 150 years.
The loss is reflected in glacier retreat and ice surface lowering even at high altitude. In steep …

Pleistocene periglacial processes and landforms, mid-Atlantic region, eastern United States

DJ Merritts, MA Rahnis - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Just as glaciers worldwide left a record of past advances and retreats that shifted latitudinally
in response to oscillating Quaternary climate changes, so too have cold-climate conditions …

Deciphering meteorological influencing factors for Alpine rockfalls: a case study in Aosta Valley

G Bajni, CAS Camera, T Apuani - Landslides, 2021 - Springer
This study exploited the historical rockfall inventory and the meteorological stations
database of Mont Cervin and Mont Emilius Mountain Communities (Aosta Valley, northern …

Alpine rockwall erosion patterns follow elevation-dependent climate trajectories

D Draebing, T Mayer, B Jacobs… - Communications Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Mountainous topography reflects an interplay between tectonic uplift, crustal strength, and
climate-conditioned erosion cycles. During glaciations, glacial erosion increases bedrock …