[HTML][HTML] Northern Hemisphere permafrost map based on TTOP modelling for 2000–2016 at 1 km2 scale

J Obu, S Westermann, A Bartsch, N Berdnikov… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Permafrost is a key element of the cryosphere and an essential climate variable in the
Global Climate Observing System. There is no remote-sensing method available to reliably …

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 …

High mountain areas

R Hock, G Rasul, C Adler, B Cáceres, S Gruber… - IPCC special report on …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

[HTML][HTML] Uncovering a 70-year-old permafrost degradation induced disaster in the Arctic, the 1952 Niiortuut landslide-tsunami in central West Greenland

K Svennevig, M Keiding, NJ Korsgaard, A Lucas… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
On December 15th 1952, at approximately 14: 00 local time a mass of 5.9× 10 6 m 3 of
permafrozen talus deposits failed in a landslide close to the Niiortuut mountain on the south …

[HTML][HTML] Co-seismic hillslope weakening

C Xi, L Lombardo, X Hu, H Tanyas - Engineering Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Reduction in shear strength (RSS) of hillslope materials due to earthquakes have been
rarely discussed numerically in regional scale analyses. Despite the limited literature, an …

The impact of ground-ice thaw on landslide geomorphology and dynamics: two case studies in northern Iceland

C Morino, SJ Conway, MR Balme, JK Helgason… - Landslides, 2021 - Springer
As consequence of ongoing climate change, permafrost degradation is thought to be
increasingly affecting slope stability in periglacial environments. This is of growing concern …

Study of permafrost distribution in Sikkim Himalayas using Sentinel-2 satellite images and logistic regression modelling

MA Haq, P Baral - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, Sentinel-2A (S-2A) Multi-Spectral Instrument (MSI) Level 1C (L1C) products are
used for identification and mapping of rock glaciers within a transect under observation in …

Bellwether sites for evaluating changes in landslide frequency and magnitude in cryospheric mountainous terrain: a call for systematic, long-term observations to …

JA Coe - Landslides, 2020 - Springer
Permafrost and glaciers are being degraded by the warming effects of climate change. The
impact that this degradation has on slope stability in mountainous terrain is the subject of …

Landslides, a key landform in the global geological heritage

C Morino, P Coratza, M Soldati - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Landslides are important components of global geoheritage, but awareness of their
significance and value in such terms seems scanty in the scientific community. Landslides …

Paraglacial exposure and collapse of glacial sediment: The 2013 landslide onto Svínafellsjökull, southeast Iceland

D Ben‐Yehoshua, Þ Sæmundsson… - Earth Surface …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the last 130 years, Icelandic glaciers have experienced significant mass loss, and
numerous paraglacial slope failures have been documented in the country. One such failure …