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 …

The temporal evolution of seasonal snow cover and its spatial variability in environments
such as mountains, prairies or polar regions is strongly influenced by the interactions …

High alpine rock wall permafrost is extremely sensitive to climate change. Its degradation
has a strong impact on landscape evolution and can trigger rockfalls constituting an …

Snow, glaciers and permafrost translate fluctuations of atmospheric conditions and highlight
current environmental changes. Monitoring of these changes is one of the major objectives …

Permafrost in steep rock slopes has been increasingly studied since the early 2000s in
conjunction with a growing number of rock slope failures, which likely resulted from …

Climate warming causes changes in permafrost distribution, which affects the surface
energy balance, hydrologic cycle and carbon flux in cold regions. In this study, the Surface …

Coarse blocks are an abundant surface cover in mountainous permafrost landscapes. In this
coarse blocky layer, air convection occurs and has a significant influence on the ground …

Rockfalls are a ubiquitous geomorphic process and a natural hazard in steep landscapes
across the globe. Seismic monitoring can provide precise information on the timing, location …

Frost weathering is a major control on rockwall erosion in Alpine environments. Previous
frost cracking model approaches used air temperatures as a proxy for rock temperatures to …

The warming and subsequent degradation of mountain permafrost within alpine areas
represent an important process influencing the stability of steep slopes and rock faces. The …