Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern European Alps
Climate and environmental changes associated with anthropogenic global warming are being increasingly identified in the European Alps, as seen by changes in long-term high-alpine temperature, precipitation, glacier cover and permafrost. In turn, these changes impact on land-surface stability, and le...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsta.2010.0047 2024-06-23T07:56:07+00:00 Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern European Alps Keiler, Margreth Knight, Jasper Harrison, Stephan 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2010.0047 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2010.0047 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsta.2010.0047 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences volume 368, issue 1919, page 2461-2479 ISSN 1364-503X 1471-2962 journal-article 2010 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2010.0047 2024-06-10T04:15:13Z Climate and environmental changes associated with anthropogenic global warming are being increasingly identified in the European Alps, as seen by changes in long-term high-alpine temperature, precipitation, glacier cover and permafrost. In turn, these changes impact on land-surface stability, and lead to increased frequency and magnitude of natural mountain hazards, including rock falls, debris flows, landslides, avalanches and floods. These hazards also impact on infrastructure, and socio-economic and cultural activities in mountain regions. This paper presents two case studies (2003 heatwave, 2005 floods) that demonstrate some of the interlinkages between physical processes and human activity in climatically sensitive alpine regions that are responding to ongoing climate change. Based on this evidence, we outline future implications of climate change on mountain environments and its impact on hazards and hazard management in paraglacial mountain systems. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost The Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 368 1919 2461 2479 |
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Climate and environmental changes associated with anthropogenic global warming are being increasingly identified in the European Alps, as seen by changes in long-term high-alpine temperature, precipitation, glacier cover and permafrost. In turn, these changes impact on land-surface stability, and lead to increased frequency and magnitude of natural mountain hazards, including rock falls, debris flows, landslides, avalanches and floods. These hazards also impact on infrastructure, and socio-economic and cultural activities in mountain regions. This paper presents two case studies (2003 heatwave, 2005 floods) that demonstrate some of the interlinkages between physical processes and human activity in climatically sensitive alpine regions that are responding to ongoing climate change. Based on this evidence, we outline future implications of climate change on mountain environments and its impact on hazards and hazard management in paraglacial mountain systems. |
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Keiler, Margreth Knight, Jasper Harrison, Stephan Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern European Alps |
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Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern European Alps |
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Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern European Alps |
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